HNC Assignment Brief

Session: September 2018

Programme title Pearson BTEC HNC in Healthcare Practice (RQF)

Demonstrating Professional Principles & Values in H&SC

Unit number and title 2
Practice

Assignment number & title 1 of 1 Becoming a professional and reflective practitioner

Unit Level 4 Credit Value: 30

Assessor(s) Nahid Younis

Issue Date

Final assignment submission

deadline

The learners are required to follow the strict deadline set by the College
for submissions of assignments in accordance with the BTEC level 4 –
Late submission deadline 7 submission guidelines and College policy on submissions. They
should also refer to Merit and Distinction criteria that require evidence of
meeting agreed timelines and ability to plan and organise time
effectively without which the learner may not expect to receive a higher
grade.

Resubmission deadline TBA

 The work you submit must be in your own words. If you use a
quote or an illustration from somewhere you must give the
General Guidelines source.
 Include a list of references at the end of your document. You
must give all your sources of information.
 Make sure your work is clearly presented and that you use
readily understandable English.
 Wherever possible use a word processor and its “spell-
checker”.

Internal verifier

Signature (IV of the brief) Date

Aim
The unit aims to develop the skills and knowledge necessary for students to reflect on their own and
others’ daily practice and improve students’ own practice and professional development. Students will
firstly develop an understanding of the purpose and importance of continually reviewing their own
practice and professional development through an exploration of the benefits and issues associated
with reviewing practice. They will then develop their knowledge and skills of theoretical models and
other techniques needed to support them in carrying out active, dynamic, action-based, real-time
reflection. Students will record their evidence in the PLAD which will comprise learning from this and
other units on an ongoing basis. Finally, students will evaluate their reflective journeys and the
effectiveness of the PLAD in supporting their ongoing personal and professional development. On
successful completion of this unit, students will have gained the necessary knowledge and skills to
complete a professional development portfolio that records
evidence of a continuous cycle of reflection and improvement of knowledge and skills and be able to
plan for their future career pathway.

Learning outcomes and criteria covered by this assignment:

 All pass criteria
 All merit descriptors
 All distinction descriptors

Edexcel Grading Criteria

This assignment/portfolio will be assessed according to the following grading criteria:

 To attain a ‘PASS‘ grade, learners need to achieve all the ‘PASS‘ criteria.
 To attain a ‘MERIT‘ grade, learners need to achieve all the ‘MERIT‘ criteria, along with all the
‘PASS’ criteria.
 To attain a ‘DISTINCTION‘ grade, learners need to achieve all the ‘DISTINCTION’ criteria, along
with all the ‘MERIT’ and PASS criteria.

Plagiarism and collusion

 Any act of plagiarism and collusion will be seriously dealt with according to the City College Limited
regulations. In this context the definition and scope of plagiarism are presented below:

 Using the work of others without acknowledging the source of information or inspiration. Even if the
words are changed or sentences are put in a different order, the result is still plagiarism (Cortell 2003).

 Collusion is described as the submission of work produced as a result of the collaboration between
two or more parties. Additionally, collaboration entails the sharing of one person‘s work with others who
submit either all or part of their coursework ―as their own.
 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Explain the role of reflection in health and social care practice D1 Evaluate how own
reflections can impact on
P1 Explain the purposes of M1 Review the ways that reflective personal and professional
reflection in health and social practice is applied in health, care or development and that of
care practice support service environments individuals using health,
P2 Describe models and tools care or support services
used for reflection in health and
social care practice

LO2 Use the Practice Themes as a framework for reflection

P3 Explain how the Practice M2 Produce a plan for reflecting on D2 Assess the effectiveness
Themes can be used to own learning and development of the plan in supporting
underpin reflection in learning using the Practice Themes and other the development of own
and practice quality assurance indicators reflective practice skills

P4 Illustrate in detail the links

between the Practice Themes
and other performance
indicators

LO3 Demonstrate active, ongoing, critical reflection of learning

experiences

P5 Explain methods used to M3 Analyse own performance and D3 Evaluate own holistic
gain evidence of effective learning using the framework of professional learning and
reflective practice in own area Practice Themes and other quality development through
of work practice performance measures practice
P6 Produce a portfolio of
evidence of reflection using the
Practice Themes as a
framework

LO4 Assess the overall success of own reflective journey and consider
future career pathway
D3 Evaluate own holistic
P7 Review evidence gathered in M4 Assess own personal learning professional learning and
own portfolio in regard to its and development in terms of its development through
contribution to own personal contribution to own journey towards practice
and professional development a future career pathway
P8 Produce targets for the
development of own
professional career pathway
Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Explain the role of reflection in health and social care practice

Scenario:
You have recently completed training on the importance of reflecting on practice to help
support progression through career pathways. Your manager was particularly interested in the
way that you have used a six-theme framework to underpin and guide your reflections and is
keen to encourage other staff members to develop themselves. He wants you to share your
experiences with the team to encourage them to use reflection in their everyday practice.
You have been asked to a report for the staff about the value of reflective practice and how it
supports development of career and personal progression. Your manager wants you to provide
information on the methods staff can use to reflect on practice and the way the six themes can
be used to guide your reflections. For this purpose, you will required to provide own completed
learning and development plan that you have used as an evidence of practice.
Task 1:
1.1 Introduction of your own health and social care workplace, focusing on the importance and
purpose of reflection, in order to influence and change own and others’ values, attitudes,
approaches while focusing on personal and professional development.

1.2 Describe and review the relevant models and tools used and applied for reflective practice in
health and social care.

LO2 Use the Practice Themes as a framework for reflection

Task 2
2.1 In this part of the report you need to produce a Personal Development plan given in
Appendix 1 for yourself explaining the use all 6 of the Practice Themes as a framework for
reflection.
2.2 Based on the above plan, demonstrate in detail the links between the Practice Themes and
other quality performance indicators in your health and social care practice and assesses its
effectiveness in supporting the development of your own reflective practice skills.

LO3 Demonstrate active, ongoing, critical reflection of learning experiences

You are required to produce Professional Learning and Development Portfolio (PLAD) given
in Appendix 2 and set relevant SMART targets based on your job title in your setting for
your reflective practice.
3.1 based on the Set SMART targets for your professional development, explain and analyse
your PLAD using different methods which you will use to support and gain evidence of effective
reflective practice in your own setting. The analysis should be based on the recording of your
daily practice following data protection and ethical considerations, methods of learning and by
applying principles of Duty of care etc. covering any learning and communication barriers.
You must use the given Portfolio template in Appendix 2 to document your evidence and
experience

LO4 Assess the overall success of own reflective journey and consider future career
pathway

4.1 You are required to review and evaluate effectiveness of your PLAD focusing on how it has
benefited your professional development and has contributed in your journey towards your
future career pathways.
4.2 Conclude with recommendations on how you could improve your reflective learning
meeting the quality assurance indicators of your healthcare practice.

Submission Format

Submission for this assessment will take the form of a reflective report. You are encouraged to use
tables and other material to support your work. Any material that is derived from other sources
must be suitably referenced using a standard form of citation. Provide a bibliography using the
Harvard referencing system.
The recommended word count of this report is 3500 – 4000 words.

P5 Explain methods used to gain evidence of effective reflective practice in own area of work
practice

P6 Produce a portfolio of evidence of reflection using

the Practice Themes as a framework

Important Information

You should include a bibliography using the Harvard referencing system.

Each unit will be graded as a Pass, Merit or Distinction. A Pass is awarded for the achievement of all
outcomes against the specified assessment criteria based mostly on DESCRIPTIVE content. Merit and
Distinction grades are awarded for higher-level achievement which includes degrees of CRITICAL
THINKING, ANALYSIS & EVALUATION – these are higher level skills that you should work on over the
period of your programme.
If your submission fails to meet all Pass criteria, it will be refered. The second attempt will then be
capped at a Pass, as per the Pearson Edexcel regulations.

Please access HN Global for additional resources support and reading for this unit. For further
guidance and support on report writing please refer to the Study Skills Unit on HN Global.
For support with this assignment please contact your tutor on 0121 4557964 or via email info Submission
Instructions
Please submit your work soft copy digitally on Box and send a copy via email to your course tutor on
the set dates and notify via email to [email protected]. Request a receiving receipt in the form of
a reply email which you should keep safe.
All marked work is expected to be returned to learners within 4 weeks of submission.

Glossary:

Analyse: Break an issue or topic into smaller parts by looking in depth at each part. Support each part
with arguments and evidence for and against (Pros and cons).

Critically Evaluate/Analyse: When you critically evaluate you look at the arguments for and against
an issue. You look at the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments. This could be from an article
you read in a journal or from a text book.

Discuss: When you discuss you look at both sides of a discussion. You look at both sides of the
arguments. Then you look at the reason why it is important (for) then you look at the reason why it is
important (against).

Explain: When you explain you must say why it is important or not important.

Evaluate: When you evaluate you look at the arguments for and against an issue.

Identify: When you identify you look at the most important points.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

JOHNSON, G. et al (2014) Exploring Strategy Text and Cases. Harlow: Pearson.

JOHNSON G. et al (2011) Fundamentals of Strategy. 2nd Ed. Financial

Times/Prentice Hall.

KIM, W. C. and MAUBORGNE, R. (2015) Blue Ocean Strategy. Expanded Ed.

Boston: Harvard Business Review Press.

ROTHAERMEL, F. (2014) Strategic Management. 2nd Ed. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill.

Links
This unit links to the following related units:
Unit 1: Business and the Business Environment
Unit 18: Global Business Environment
Unit 25: Principles of Operations Management
Unit 27: Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Unit 33: Business Information Technology Systems
Unit 42: Planning for Growth

Wider reading is available via our MOODLE website with guidance given within the Unit 30 folder and
also links are available giving remote access to the e-library resources including e-books, journals &
databases. You are encouraged to use these to develop your assignment. Let your college
administrator know if you need any help with ATHENS login.
Appendix 1
Personal Development Plan - Learner Name
Revie 2nd
Development Specific Objective Resources Evaluation Achievemen Future career Pathway
w Timescale Review
Needs to achieve Required Measure t Status Targets
Date Date

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 
Appendix 2 - Unit 2: Demonstrating Professional Principles and Values in Health and Social Care (LO3.P6)

KEY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, Assessors to

Source(s) of Evidence
COMPETENCES against unit criteria sign confirm
Unit ref (if evidence found in
unit:
achievement
Other source(s) of evidence
state Learning Outcome and
Assessment Criterion/Criteria) Date

Practice Theme 1: Law, Regulation and Ethical Practice

Evidence of experience of working in line with
regulated ways of working and duties in supporting
and caring for individuals and others including:
● responsibilities and duty of role

● case management, supervision and teaching Unit 1 (LO3: P5, M3,

D3)
● personal development, team working
Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
● assessment of individual’s needs
D2)
● communication strategies Unit 3 (LO2: P4, M2 &
● person centred personal care and well being LO3: P5, P6, M3 & D3)
● physiological care Unit 4 (LO4: M4)
● risk management

● equality and diversity

● quality care procedures

Evidence of taking personal responsibility Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2, D2)

Evidence of working independently within defined parameters of

Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2, D2)
practice
Using initiative in a variety of situations Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2, D2)

Performing a range of skills consistent with own roles,

Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2, D2)
responsibilities and professional values

Practice Theme 2: Professional values, attitudes and behaviour in health and social care practice evidenced through
Exploring own values, attitudes and behaviours and Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
how they impact on the work done with others D2)

The values, attitudes and behaviours of others and how Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
to promote positive working and caring relationships D2)

Exploring own communication style and how to use Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
and adapt communications to different audiences D2)
reflecting individual needs of others

Communicating purposefully and appropriately using Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,

different forms; verbal, written, electronic, non-verbal D2)

Exercising own skills, attitudes and behaviours to Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
support personal development of self and others D2)

Commitment to adopting a person-centred approach:

working with colleagues and individuals to promote Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
quality care and services that ensure the health, safety D2)
and wellbeing of individuals
Demonstrating courage to challenges faced in Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
different contexts and be adaptable to change D2)
Practice Theme 3: Health, Safety and Safeguarding through the Lifespan and how skills and knowledge are demonstrated through

Carrying out roles and responsibilities in ensuring the

Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues, service users
D2)
and others visiting the premises

Own roles and responsibilities following and adhering to

safeguarding and protection e.g. Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
whistleblowing, recording and reporting, knowing when D2)
to escalate concerns and seek support

Practice Theme 4: Valuing and promoting diversity, difference and inclusion evidence through

Own fair and equitable treatment of and response to

individual service users and others, inside and outside Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
own work setting, regardless of their personal defining D2)
characteristics

Making adjustments to own working practices,

Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
behaviour and approach to meet the needs of individual
D2)
service users and their loved ones

Making adjustments to own working practices,

Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
behaviour and approach to meet the needs of the
D2)
organisation, colleagues and other professionals

Actively valuing and promoting the individuality,

diversity and inclusion of others to include: age, gender, Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
ethnicity, disability, sex, religion, culture and other D2)
protected characteristics
Practice Theme 5: Promoting physical and mental health and wellbeing in health and social care practice evidenced through

Demonstration of knowledge and skills in supporting Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,

individual needs of service users D2)

Knowledge of different needs and possible outcomes Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
where quality support and care is not provided D2)

Developing and sharing strategies for disseminating

Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
awareness to others of needs of individual service users
D2)
using evidence based practice

Practice Theme 6: Applied mathematics demonstrated through

Use of IT technologies, e.g. healthcare specific Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,

technology D2)

Technologies used in GP practices Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,

D2)

Administering medications Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,

D2)

Taking, recording and interpreting accurate

Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
physiological measurements from patients or service
D2)
users

Identifying statistical trends and use of statistics in Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
research D2)

Office work and other day to day activities Unit 2 (LO2: P3,P4 M2,
D2)