Diploma in HealthCare Practice

HND Assignment Brief
Session: September 2020

Programme title	Pearson BTEC Higher National Diploma in HealthCare Practice
Unit number & title	Unit 3	Supporting the Individual Journey through Integrated Health and Social Care
Unit Level and Credit Value	Level 4	Credit Value 15
Assessor (s)	Mr Enayet Sarwar
Issue Date	29 September 2020
Final assignment submission deadline	11 – 16 January 2021
Late submission deadline	18- 23 January 2021 The learners are required to follow the strict deadline set by the College for submissions of assignments in accordance with the BTEC level 4–7 submission guidelines and College policy on submissions.
Resubmission deadline	TBA
Feedback	Formative feedback will be available on ICON VLE during the semester. Final feedback will be available within 2 weeks of the assignment submission date.

General Guidelines

• The work you submit must be in your own words. If you use a quote or an illustration from somewhere you must give the 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 correct grammar. • Use a word processor and its “spell-checker”.

Internal verifier	Mr Anthony Oyekanmi
Signature (IV of the brief) *	AOyekanmi	Date	21/09/2020

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ICON College of Technology and Management
BTEC HND in Healthcare Practice (Integrated Health and Social Care)
Unit 3: Supporting the Individual Journey through Integrated HSC (RQF- L4)
Session: September 2020
Coursework
Recommended Word limit: 3500 for both parts
This Unit will be assessed by assignment only and will be in two parts (A & B)
You are strongly advised to read “Preparation guidelines for Coursework” document
before answering the questions and writing the assignment.
Discuss with your lecturer to know the evidence for this assignment that can also
contribute to your PLAD portfolio
Part A
Submission of Part A should be in the form of a report:
Recommended Word Limit 1500 words
Assignment Context and Scenario LO1
LO1: Examine the health, care and support services available to an individual
requiring multidisciplinary care
Scenario
You are working in a community-based healthcare service. You are designated by the
team manager to research the health and social services available within your area to
meet the needs of an individual who is now requiring multi-disciplinary care.
Activity 1
For the assessment of LO1 you are required to write a report of no more than 1,500
words containing evidence of your research and findings. Your report should consider the
services available within your local area and how they meet the needs of an individual
requiring multidisciplinary care.
You will need to:
• Outline local community resources and provision that supports integrated care
planning/working
• Describe local unmet need related to healthcare provision in own locale
• Explain the difference between health and social care providers and types of
interagency care provision in relation to meeting the needs of the individual
requiring care
• Evaluate local resources/provision in terms of meeting the needs of an identified
individual requiring multidisciplinary care
Your report will be a summary of your research into the local health and social care
provision in your area, within which the organisation you are in placement with operates.
You will be expected to include referenced images, and a map of your local area to
identify the services discussed.
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Part B
Submission of Part B should be in the form of a portfolio of evidence of practice based
reflection.
LO2 Assess an individual’s capacity to identify their own needs
For the assessment of LO2, you will be required to produce two elements:
1. an anonymised care assessment (filled out by you)
2. reflect on your anonymised care assessment
Assignment Context and Scenario (LO2)
Scenario
You are required to complete a work placement in a healthcare setting. Whilst you are
working you will need to develop and complete a case study on an individual who has a
person-centred plan to meet their health and social care needs, in addition to this you will
need to reflect on your anonymised care assessment and own practice in supporting
different individuals and your team when providing care support.
For the assessment of LO2 you will be required to produce two elements:
1. An anonymised care assessment which demonstrates the capacity of an individual
to make choices in their care pathway. This will be the start of your case study.
2. A report of no more than 1,500 words regarding the differences in care
assessment processes.
You will need to:
• Outline an individual’s capacity to support the identification of their own care
needs
• Describe your role and that of different healthcare professionals in supporting the
individual through person-centred care
• Explain the process of different person-centred assessments in defining the
individual’s own care pathway
• Critically evaluate a capacity assessment of an individual’s care needs to identify
areas for improvement
Guidance on the Anonymised Care assessment (Care Plan)
1. The anonymised Care Plan should be submitted as a word processed document
2. The layout should include the care plan and an analysis of the care worker and
the individual’s role in the development and review of the Care plan (see example
at the end of the assignment brief of a Health Care Plan)
3. Reference the analysis with reference to research using the Harvard referencing
system
4. The recommended length of the case study is 1000 words.
LO3 Describe the impact of own relationship with the individual and multidisciplinary team
members involved in the delivery of the care pathway.
LO4 Demonstrate the need for person-centred communication in implementing personcentred plans
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For the assessment of LO3 and LO4, your portfolio will include:
For the assessment of LO3 and LO4, your portfolio will include reflections on your
anonymised care assessment and work practice, you will include observations of your:
1. Partnership working within a multidisciplinary team
2. Skills required for person-centred communication
In your reflection, you will need to:
• Identify the relationships and partnership working within multidisciplinary working
within multi-disciplinary teams
• Describe the responsibilities of information sharing between multidisciplinary
teams
• Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of information sharing within the
multidisciplinary team and the impact on the individuals care needs
• Provide a detailed analysis of your role in partnership working and coproduction
with the individual for the delivery of the care pathway
• Describe the responsibilities involved in balancing individuals’ rights and choices
with duty of care
• Explain the differing communication methods used to support an individual in
meeting and reviewing their care needs
• Analyse a balanced approach to positive risk taking in supporting the individual to
meet their ongoing care needs
• Critically evaluate your role in facilitating and empowering the individual to
communicate their changing care needs
Guidance for the Observation Reports (See template at the end of the assignment
brief)
1. The observation reports should be used by your supervisor to record your
performance and to what standard (See observation report at the end). The student
will complete the observation report and the workplace supervisor will check it and
sign it.
2. There will be a section for your work place supervisor to make notes. The observation
write up form will be filled out by you and signed by your work place supervisor.
3. The tutor will discuss with you which Assessment Criteria you have successfully
achieved and give you feedback. You will receive feedback on the standard the
standard formative feedback form.
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Relevant Information
To gain a Pass in BTEC HND Unit, you must meet ALL the Pass criteria; to gain a Merit,
you must meet ALL the Merit and Pass criteria; and to gain a Distinction, you must meet
ALL the Distinction, Merit and Pass criteria.
1. Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass	Merit	Distinction
LO1 Examine the health, care and support services available to an individual requiring multidisciplinary care	D1 Evaluate local resources and provision in terms of meeting the needs of an identified individual requiring multidisciplinary care
P1 Outline local resources and provision that supports integrated care working P2 Describe current local unmet need related to health, care and support service provision in own locale	M1 Explain the difference between healthcare and social care providers and types of interagency care provision in relation to meeting the needs of the individual requiring care
LO2 Assess an individual’s capacity to identify their own needs
P3 Provide support to an individual in a health, care or support service setting towards the identification of their own care needs P4 Describe the role of the health, care or support service practitioner in supporting person-centred care	M2 Explain own involvement in the different person centred assessments used to define an individual’s care pathway	D2 Evaluate the differences in care assessments across the integrated care pathway
LO3 Describe the impact of own relationship with the individual and multidisciplinary team members involved in the delivery of the care pathway
P5 Provide appropriate leadership within the remit of own role in a health, care or support service to promote effective inter-professional and multidisciplinary team working P6 Describe the responsibilities of information sharing between multidisciplinary teams	M3 Provide competent and autonomous leadership in information sharing within a multidisciplinary team in own setting towards meeting different individuals’ care needs	D3 Provide a detailed analysis of own personal growth and development in supporting an individual to access the quality integrated care they require to meet their needs, within parameters of own practice

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LO4 Demonstrate the need for person-centred communication in implementing person-centred plans	D4 Evaluate own role and practice in facilitating and empowering an individual to communicate their changing care needs in health, care and support services
P7 Describe different communication methods used to provide appropriate support to different individuals to meet and review their care needs P8 Apply appropriate communication strategies in identifying and responding to the needs of different service users in a health, care or support service	M4 Demonstrate safe and clinically effective practice within own professional boundaries when communicating with different service users and staff in health, care or support services M5 Analyse own capacity for positive and person centred risk-taking when supporting an individual to maintain their own identity to meet their ongoing care needs

Guide to student
1. Preparation guidelines of the Coursework Document
a. All coursework must be word processed.
b. Any assignments submitted with TEXT BOXES will not be accepted.
c. Document margins must not be more than 2.54 cm (1 inch) or less than 1.9cm (3/4
inch).
d. Font size must be within the range of 10 point to 14 points including the headings and
body text (preferred font size is 11).
e. Standard and commonly used type face, such as Arial and Times New Roman, should
be used.
f. All figures, graphs and tables must be numbered.
g. Material taken from external sources must be properly referred and cited within the
text using Harvard system
h. Do not use Wikipedia as a reference.
2. Plagiarism and Collusion
Any act of plagiarism or collusion will be seriously dealt with according to the College
regulations. In this context the definitions and scope of plagiarism and collusion are
presented below:
Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It includes copying
information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material; submitting
joint coursework as an individual effort.
Collusion is copying another student’s coursework; stealing coursework from another
student and submitting it as your own work.
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Suspected plagiarism or collusion will be investigated and if found to have occurred will
be dealt with according to the College procedure (For details on Plagiarism &
Collusion please see the Student Handbook).
3. Submission
a. Initial submission of coursework to the tutors is compulsory in each unit of the course.
b. The student must check their assignments on ICON VLE with plagiarism software
Turnitin to make sure the similarity index for their assignment stays within the College
approved level. A student can check the similarity index of their assignment up to five
times in the Draft Assignment submission point located in the home page of the
ICON VLE.
c. All Final coursework must be submitted to the Final submission point into the Unit
(not to the Tutor). The student would be allowed to submit only once and that is
the final submission.
d. Any computer files generated such as program code (software), graphic files that form
part of the coursework must be submitted as an attachment to the assignment with
all documentation.
e. Any portfolio for a Unit must be submitted as an attachment in the assignment
4. Good practice
a. Make backup of your work in different media (hard disk, memory stick, etc.) to avoid
distress due to loss or damage of your original copy.
5. Extension and Late Submission
a. If you need an extension for a valid reason, you must request one using an
Exceptional Extenuating Circumstances (EEC) form available from the Examination
Office and ICON VLE. Please note that the tutors do not have the authority to extend
the coursework deadlines and therefore do not ask them to award a coursework
extension. The completed form must be accompanied by evidence such as a
medical certificate in the event of you being sick, and should be submitted to the
Examination Office.
b. Late submission will be accepted and marked according to the College procedure.
It should be noted that late submission may not be graded for Merit and Distinction.
c. All late coursework must be submitted to the Late submission point into the unit
(not to the Tutor) in the ICON VLE. A student is allowed to submit only once and
that is also treated as the final submission.
d. If you fail in the Final or Late submission, you can resubmit in the
Resubmission window.
6. Submission deadlines
Submission deadlines Online to the ICON VLE only
Final Submission date: 11 – 16 January 2021
Late Submission date: 18- 23 January 2021
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).
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Compare: Identify similarities and differences
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’s important (for) then you
look at the reason why it’s important (against).
Describe: When you give an account or representation of in words
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 and then
make judgments based on a set of guidelines.
Identify: When you identify you look at the most important points.
Implement: Put into action/use/effect
Recommend: Suggest/put forward as being appropriate, with reasons
Suggested observation write-up

Date and time of observation

Rationale – why these activities/tasks were chosen:

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Explain the individual’s needs (for example healthcare, communication needs)

Describe briefly the details of the setting (for example location, type of setting)

Describe the context of the setting (for example what takes place in the setting at the time of observation)

Observation write-up
Discuss how the needs and preferences of individuals are identified and
met, for example, through care planning and person centred care
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Suggest how individual needs can be met for those you have identified
during the observation, justify your suggestions

Signature of placement supervisor who witnessed implementation of the observation Signature

Date

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Student Reflective Practice Logs: Meeting the Unit Assessment Criteria

Student name
Unit number and title	3 Supporting the Individual Journey through Integrated Health and Social Care
Assessment criteria	LO2 M2, LO3 D3, LO4 M4, LO4 D4 (circle as appropriate)
Placement
How well did you achieve the practice criteria for this unit?
What challenges did you face?
Are there any specific examples from your placement that evidence your learning/development, e.g. Interpersonal skills, dealing with specific issues requiring ethical consideration?
What skills and/or qualities do you consider you need to develop as a result of completing this element of the unit?

How can you action plan to develop these skills and/or qualities further/ help to improve provision in the healthcare sector?
Student signature	Date
Assessor name
Assessor signature	Date

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Example Healthcare Plan
This is for reference only. Students are expected to use the format, and adhere to the
requirements, of care planning/care plans in own workplace setting.

PATIENTS MEDICAL INFORMATION
Relevant conditions, diagnosis and latest test results: Significant past medical history:
Current medication: Date of planned review of medications:
Allergies:
KEY ACTION POINTS
For example: guidance on intervention/deterioration, unmet need to support patient (specify)
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION (if appropriate)
Other support services e.g. local authority support, housing Identification of whether the person is themselves a carer (formal or informal) for another person
Anticipatory care plan agreed: YES /NO/N/A	Anticipatory drugs supplied: YES / NO/ N/A
Emergency care and If yes, please specify outcome: treatment discussed: YES / NO e.g.: cardiopulmonary resuscitation – has the patient agreed a DNR or what treatment should be given if seizures last longer than x or y, etc.
Date of assessment: / /	Date of review(s):
Any special communication considerations (e.g. patient is deaf or language communication differences):

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Any special physical or medical considerations (e.g. specific postural or support needs or information about medical condition – patient needs at least x mgs of drug before it works, etc.):

SIGNATORIES (if appropriate and / or possible)

Patient signature: Date: Carer (if applicable) signature: Date: Named accountable GP signature: Date: Care Coordinator signature (if applicable): Date: