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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

HSC301 · Responsibilities of a Health and Social Care worker — Week 13 of 16

CourseHSC301
Week13 of 16
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing
  4. Planning your writing, and How to organize an essay: 3 techniques with examples from nursing
  5. Craap Test for evaluating sources
  6. Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style
  7. The project brief

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain roles and responsibilities in health and social care settings.
  • 1.2 Explain ways in which a working relationship is different from a personal relationship.
  • 1.3 Explain the role of regulators and advisors within health and social care.
  • 2.1 Explain why it is important to follow agreed ways of working.
  • 2.2 Describe how to access details of agreed ways of working.
  • 2.3 Explain how to contribute to quality assurance processes to promote positive experiences for individuals receiving care.
  • 3.1 Explain the benefits of working in partnership with others in the health and social care sector.
  • 3.2 Describe examples of best practice of health and social care services working together.
  • 3.3 Describe ways of working that can help improve partnership working.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

  • Planning your writing, and How to organize an essay: 3 techniques with examples from nursing · YouTube · Jennifer Jackson PhD RN · 24 min · for registered students
  • Craap Test for evaluating sources · YouTube · Talking Libraries and Books · 7 min · for registered students
  • Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style · YouTube · UCDLibrary · 7 min · for registered students
  • The project brief · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students

Further resources

  • Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Roles and responsibilities in care
  • Week 2: Working relationships versus personal relationships
  • Week 3: Regulators and advisory bodies
  • Week 4: Agreed ways of working
  • Week 5: Accessing organisational policies and procedures
  • Week 6: Quality assurance processes
  • Week 7: Promoting positive experiences through quality feedback
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Principles and benefits of partnership working
  • Week 10: Best practice in multi-agency collaboration
  • Week 11: Improving partnership working
  • Week 12: Applying Responsibilities of a Health and Social Care worke…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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