Assessment

Programme
Assignment
Brief
Understanding
Specific Needs in
Health and Social
Care

Unit Title:
Understanding
Specific Needs in
Health and Social
Care
Student Name

Unit Leaders:

Edexcel BTEC Levels 4 and 5 Higher

Nationals in Health and Social Care
Date Issued:
20/01/201
Unit : 16
4
Student ID No.:

Date of final
Submissio
n:
2nd August
2014

Internal Verifier Name:

The IV TEAM

Rules and regulations:

Plagiarism is presenting somebody elses 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; copying another students coursework; stealing coursework from another
student and submitting it as your own work. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if
found to have occurred will be dealt with according to the procedures set down by the College.
Please see your student handbook for further details of what is / isnt plagiarism.

Coursework Regulations
1
Submission of coursework must be undertaken according to the relevant procedure whether
online or paper-based. Lecturers will give information as to which procedure must be
followed, and details of submission procedures and penalty fees can be obtained from
Academic Administration or the general student handbook.
2

All coursework must be submitted to the Academic Admin Office and a receipt must be
obtained. Under no circumstances can other College staff accept them. Please check the
Academic Admin Office opening hours.

Late coursework will be accepted by Academic Admin Office and marked according to the
guidelines given in your Student Handbook for this year.

If you need an extension (even for one day) for a valid reason, you must request one. Collect
a coursework extension request form from the Academic Admin Office. Then take the form to
your lecturer, along with evidence to back up your request. The completed form must be
accompanied by evidence such as a medical certificate in the event of you being sick. The
completed form must then be returned to Academic Admin for processing. This is the only
way to get an extension.

General guidelines for submission of coursework:

a) All work must be word-processed and must be of good standard.

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b) Document margins shall not be more than 2.5cm or less than 1.5cm
c) Font size in the range of 11 to 14 points distributed to including headings and body text.
Preferred typeface to be of a common standard such as Arial or Times New Roman for
the main text.
d) Any computer files generated such as program code (software), graphic files that form
part of the course work must be submitted either online with the documentation or on a
CD for paper submissions.
e) The copy of the course work submitted may not be returned to you after marking and you
are advised to have your personal copy for your reference.
f) All work completed, including any software constructed may not be used for any purpose
other than the purpose of intended study without prior written permission from St
Patricks International College.
INSTRUCTIONS
Read the following carefully and proceed to do the tasks in your assessment. The instructions below
apply to all parts of the assignment.
1. You must have read extensively, using diverse sources of information.
2. For each source of information you use in doing this assignment, ensure that you give the source
of your information by giving a reference in the text of your assignment, followed by a list of the
references you use at the very end of the body of your text. You should use the appropriate
referencing system-Harvard referencing system.
3. You should organize your essay as a continuous essay but you should use the assessment criteria in
the deliverables below as milestones or major headings for your essay. In other words, each
assessment requirement should be written under a major title or heading.
4. The following is a brief example of how you should structure your essay. You should cover all the
topics covered in the paragraph below.
5. Your essay for part 1 should be at least 1000 words long and at most 1100 words. For part 2 it
should be at least 1000 words long and at most 1100.
6. When writing your answers, refer to the background information given, as much as possible. Your
answers must be in the context of the background information.
PART1& PART2
Background Information for Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4
The following is background information for the learning outcomes.
Description of problem to be solved

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As a Health and Social Care Practitioner, your responsibilities include, among others, assessing
specific needs of people with disabilities, analyzing their care needs and also, evaluating strategies
for giving support to people with challenging behaviours. Taking into consideration the on-going
developments in Health and Social Care Policy and changes in perceptions of specific needs over
time, in addition to the attached case study titled Baby P Case study:
YOUR ESSAY FOR PART 1 SHOULD BE AT LEAST 1000 WORDS LONG AND AT MOST
1100 WORDS.
PART1
DELIVERABLES
Learning Outcomes

Assessment requirements

LO 1. Understand
perceptions of
health, disability,
illness and behaviour

To achieve each outcome a learner must demonstrate the ability to:

1.1 Analyse concepts of disability, illness and behaviour in relation to
Health and social care service users.
1.2 Assess how perceptions of specific needs have changed over time.
1.3 Analyse the impact of legislation, social policy, society and culture
on the ways that services are made available for individuals with
Specific needs.

PART 2
Background information for Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4
As a Health and Social Care practitioner, your responsibilities include, among others, assessing specific
needs of people with disabilities, analyzing their care needs and also, evaluating strategies for giving
support to people with challenging behaviours. Taking into consideration the on-going developments in
Health and Social Care Policy, changes in perceptions of specific needs over time and the attached case
study entitled Baby P Case study:
Description of problem to be solved
Use the assessment requirements shown against the Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4 in the table below to
do the tasks for Part2 of your assessment.

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YOUR ESSAY SHOULD NEITHER BE LESS THAN 2000 WORDS NOR EXCEED
2250WORDS.
SUBMIT ON STPONLINE, YOUR FULL ASSIGNMENT, INCLUDING PARTS 1 AND 2 FOR A
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (I.E. FOR A FINAL GRADE FOR THIS ASSSIGNMENT).
DELIVERABLES

LO 2. Understand how
health and social care
services and systems
support individuals
with specific needs

2.1 Analyse the care needs of individuals with specific needs.

2.2 Explain current systems for supporting individuals with specific
needs.
2.3 Evaluate the services available in a chosen locality for individuals
with specific needs

3.1 Explain the approaches and interventions available to support

LO 3. Understand
individuals with specific needs.
approaches and
intervention strategies 3.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of intervention strategies for an individual
that support
with specific need(s).
individuals with
3.3 Discuss the potential impact of emerging developments on support
specific needs
for individuals with specific needs.
LO4. Understand strategies 4.1 Explain different concepts of
for coping with
challenging behaviour.
challenging
4.2 Describe the potential impact of
behaviours associated
challenging behavior on health and
with specific needs.
social care organizations.
4.3 Analyse strategies for working with
challenging behaviours.
*Please see the Merit and Distinction criteria below.

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Merit and Distinction Descriptors

Merit descriptors

Indicative characteristics

Identify and apply

strategies to find
M1 appropriate solutions

Select/design and
M2 apply appropriate
methods/ techniques

Present and
M3 communicate
appropriate findings
Distinction Descriptors

D1

Use critical reflection

to evaluate own work
and justify valid
conclusions

D2

Take responsibility for

managing and
organising activities

Effective judgements have been

made

A range of methods of
presentation have been used and
technical language has been
accurately used
Indicative characteristics
Conclusions have been arrived at
through synthesis of ideas and
have been justified

Substantial activities, projects or

investigations have been planned,
managed and organised

Demonstrate
convergent/
lateral/creative thinking

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Has analysed concepts of

disability illness and
behaviour in relation to
health and social care service
users. (L1.1)

Has used information in the

A range of sources of information literature effectively to
has been used
support concepts used,
showing sources of
information used, with
citation given.

Ideas have been generated and

decisions taken.
D3

Contextualised Indicative
characteristics

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Has analysed strategies for

working with people with
challenging behaviours and
has justified the methods
used.
Contextualised Indicative
characteristics
Has critically evaluated the
effectiveness of
intervention strategies for
an individual with specific
need and has arrived at the
right conclusions. (L3.2)
Has demonstrated
understanding of the
approaches and
interventions available to
support individuals with
specific needs.
Has generated ideas on
how to assess specific
needs of people and
identified available services
to support people with
disability, within a chosen
locality.

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Baby P Case study

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11621391
Baby Peter's "horrifying death" was down to the incompetence of almost every member of staff who
came into contact with him, official reports say.
Peter Connelly died in August 2007 at home in Haringey, north London, after months of abuse.
Details of his case, just published, reveal the incompetence of social workers, doctors, lawyers and
police.
His mother, her boyfriend and a lodger were jailed last year for causing or allowing Peter's death.
Continue reading the main story

Start Quote
If Peter Connelly is to have any legacy at all it's that children are safer
Graham Badman
Baby Peter report author
The 17-month-old boy had suffered more than 50 injuries, and had been visited 60 times by the
authorities in the eight months before his death.
Publishing the serious case review into Peter's death in full for the first time, Children's Minister Tim
Loughton said he hoped it would bring "closure" to the case.
The report said: "In this case, the practice of the majority, both individually and collectively... was
incompetent."
"Their approach was completely inadequate and did not meet the challenge of the case," it continued.
The report said that his "horrifying death could and should have been prevented" and if the correct
approach had been taken, the situation would have been "stopped in its tracks at the first serious
incident".
It criticised Peter's GP for not raising concerns when he found bruises on the child's head and chest
after apparently falling down stairs.
It chastised police for not investigating suspicious injuries and it said the school, attended by Peter's
siblings, had not mentioned the difficulties staff had encountered with the mother.
Neither did the social workers and their managers at any time "seriously think" that Peter was being
harmed or was at risk of harm.

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The report sets out how various agencies failed to realise that Stephen Barker, the violent boyfriend
of Peter's mother Tracey Connelly, was living at the family home and might have been abusing Peter.
"Hovering in the background to the situation is Mr H [Stephen Barker], the male friend of Ms A
[Tracey Connelly]... the extent of his involvement with the household is not known."
Connelly had apparently declared Barker as next of kin on an official form, but authorities still failed
to realise he was living with her and there was a failure to establish his identity, interview him and
check on his background.
The report said: "There was a readiness and a willingness to believe Ms A's account of herself, her
care of her children, the composition of her household and the nature of her friendship networks."
'Dirty, smelly' home
The report said the intervention in the family lacked urgency and thoroughness and the agencies
involved did not challenge Connelly's poor parenting or focus on the children's welfare.
It depicted a chaotic and troubled home - the house was "disorganised, dirty and smelly: it smelled of
urine from the dogs", Peter and his siblings had head lice and their mother smoked 60 cigarettes a
day.
The report touched on Tracey Connelly's own troubled childhood and noted that she herself was
placed on the child protection register at the age of 10 because of neglect.
"Too little significance was given to Ms A's own childhood experience of serious physical and
emotional abuse and the possible impact of it on her own parenting," the report said.
'Bringing closure'
The publication of this previously secret report follows on from a Conservative and Liberal
Democrat pledge to do so.
Children's Minister Tim Loughton said children were safer now than before
Mr Loughton said there had been "multiple failings" in the case. He said publishing the serious case
review was not about a "blame game" but about achieving "greater transparency in child protection".
"It's also about trying to achieve a degree of closure. It would be in everyone's interest - the families
and the professionals involved - if we can learn lessons, find closure and move on."
Graham Badman, author of the report and now chair of Haringey's children's safeguarding board,
said the case contained many lessons for child protection agencies around the country, but said the
tragic case had brought improvements in children's services.
"If Peter Connelly is to have any legacy at all it's that children are safer," he added.

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Peter Lewis, director of children's services at Haringey, said improvements had been made at the
council, with agency social workers accounting for 20% of staff, down from 45% at the height of the
tragedy.
He also confirmed more children in the borough were being taken into care - 620 were now in care,
up from 460 18 months ago.
This latest report is the second review into the case of the toddler.
The first serious case review was found to be "inadequate" by inspectors at the watchdog Ofsted - so
a second one was undertaken.
Source BBC : 26/10/2010

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