(Alternative Assessment – Learner Record)
ASSESSMENT BRIEF
Programme Module Name Care Support
Programme Module Code: 5N0758
Assessment Technique: Learner Record
Title: Learner Record
Weighting: 70%
Level: 5
Learning Outcome: 5,6,7 and 8
Guidelines/Scenario
You are required to submit a personal journal (template attached) that includes a description of the relationships with people you can be in contact with on a day-to-day basis including your colleagues, the residents of a healthcare setting, their families and other personnel. You can refer to experience acquired within a simulated environment also within your journal.
The journal should describe your own personal learning in the role of a care worker. You should include the following as part of your response:
1. Effective reflection on relationships that develop in care work. 2. Clear identification of interpersonal issues that can arise in care work such as recognising diversity and individuality in clients, families and co-workers. 3. Effective reflection on own interpersonal skills and personal effectiveness as a care worker, highlighting personal strengths and weaknesses 4. Completion of detailed skills audit
5. Observations on the experience of receiving guidance and direction, and giving and receiving feedback.
6. Detailed evidence of expertise for safeguarding privacy and dignity of clients and caring for clients’ property.
The total time allowed to complete this assessment is two to three weeks. Evidence for this assessment technique may be written, oral, graphic, audio, visual or any combination of these. Any audio, video or digital evidence must be provided in a suitable format.
You will be assessed as follows:
Assessment Criteria Maximum Mark Effective reflection on relationships that develop in care work 10
Clear identification of interpersonal issues that can arise in care work such as recognising diversity and individuality in clients, families and co-workers 15
Effective reflection on own interpersonal skills and personal effectiveness as a care worker and highlight personal strengths and weaknesses 15
Completion of detailed skills audit 10
Observations on the experience of receiving guidance and direction, and giving and receiving feedback 10
Detailed evidence of expertise for safeguarding privacy and dignity of clients and caring for client’s property 10
All work must be submitted on the submission date. No work will be accepted after this date .A draft copy must be submitted on the specified date below for assessor feedback
Date Brief Issued: _________ Date and Time Received: _____________ (Confirm by replying to e-mail) Draft date_________________Final submission date__________________
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When completed, sign this declaration:
I, __________________________, acknowledge that I understand that it is vitally important to maintain the integrity of this assessment. In adhering to this, I confirm that the attached assignment is my own original work and was carried out without external support.
Learner Signature: _______________________ Date: __________________ Date and time submitted: ______________________________(E-mail)
Assessor Signature: _______________________Date Received: _________
Care Support 5N0758
Student Name.
Learner Record.
(All names and locations are fictitious within the learner record to protect client confidentiality)
Effective reflection on relationships that develop in care work.
Give a detailed description on your relationships which develop with clients, relatives and members of the health care team.
Relationship with clients:
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Diversity of clients` families:
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Relationship with co-workers:
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Clear identification of interpersonal issues that can arise in care work such as recognising diversity and individuality in clients, families and co-workers.
Describe the diversity among co- workers and use of interpersonal skills. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
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Discuss and enclose any organisational charts, explaining the structure of the health service personnel within various healthcare teams.
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Discuss your interpersonal skills ( consider acceptance and respect, recognising individual differences, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social-economic status, religious and political beliefs for the client and their families)
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Describe giving examples of using Listening/Body Language to good effect in a healthcare setting.
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Effective reflection on own interpersonal skills and personal effectiveness as a care worker, highlighting personal strengths and weaknesses.
(Devise a SWOT analysis)
Personal Strengths:
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Personal Weakness:
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Opportunities:
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Threats:
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Give examples of how you demonstrate personal effectiveness in a healthcare setting.
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Give an account of how you prove to be personally effective in the care that is given in a healthcare setting
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Describe examples when you can act on your own initiative in the healthcare setting and the interpersonal skills required.
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Observations on the experience of receiving guidance and direction, and giving and receiving feedback.
Give a detailed account of your thoughts and feelings when receiving guidance and direction from management/supervisor and when giving and receiving feedback.
Receiving guidance and direction examples.
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Describe and give examples of appropriate reporting/record keeping entries in the healthcare setting (Attach evidence to support)
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Detailed evidence of expertise for safeguarding privacy and dignity of clients and caring for clients’ property.
Discuss the in- house procedures for safeguarding clients in the healthcare setting for each of the following.
Privacy:
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Dignity:
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Property:
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Completion of detailed skills audit.
Complete the following skills audit.
Skills I hope to learn/improve upon in the workplace. How will I improve these skills. Benefits of these skills to an employer or to a workplace.
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