Health and Social Care Curriculum Map: UNIT 5: MEETING INDIVIDUAL CARE AND SUPPORT NEEDS
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UNIT 5: MEETING INDIVIDUAL CARE AND SUPPORT NEEDS
Big Questions
Small Questions
Assessment
Opportunities and
Criteria. Teacher
Feedback point
(TFP)
Assessment
A1
Examine principles, values
and skills which underpin
meeting the care and support
needs of individuals
• Can you define equality, diversity and discrimination?
• Why is it Important to prevent discrimination?
• Whay initiatives are aimed at preventing discrimination in care,
e.g. the use of advocacy services?
COURSEWORK
A report in response
to case studies of
individuals of
different ages that
considers the
principles, values
and skills needed to
provide care and
support for others
while maintaining an
ethical approach and
enabling individuals
to overcome
challenges.
A.P1, M1 and D1
A2:
Skills and personal
attributes required for
developing relationships
with individuals
• What are The 6Cs – care, compassion, competence,
communication, courage and commitment?
• people skills – empathy, patience, engendering trust, flexibility,
sense of humour, negotiating skills, honesty and problem-solving
skills?
• communication skills – communicating with service users,
colleagues and other professionals, e.g. active listening and
responding, using appropriate tone of voice and language,
clarifying, questioning, responding to difficult situations
• observation skills, e.g. observing changes in an individual’s
condition, monitoring children’s development
• dealing with difficult situations?
A.P2, A.M2
Learning aims: A, B
and C
(A.P1, A.P2, B.P3,
C.P4, C.P5, A.M1,
A.M2, B.M3, C.M4,
A.D1, BC.D2)
A3:
Empathy and
establishing trust with
individuals
• Attachment and emotional resilience theory, to include the
effect of secure attachments and support on emerging autonomy
and resilience.
• The triangle of care.
• Empathy theories, e.g. Johannes Volkelt, Robert Vischer, Martin
Hoffman and Max Scheler
B.P3,
B1
• Ethical theories, to include consequentialism, deontology,
principlism and virtue ethics.
