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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

National standards and codes of conduct

HSC302 · Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care — Week 2 of 16

CourseHSC302
Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

National standards and codes of conduct

  1. Care Certificate standards
  2. Regulatory frameworks
  3. Continuous quality improvement
  4. Best practice benchmarks
  5. Quality Improvement and Service Improvement Projects for Nurses

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Explain how relevant standards can promote best practice in the health and social care sector.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain how relevant standards can promote best practice in the health and social care sector.

Study materials

Videos

  • Quality Improvement and Service Improvement Projects for Nurses · YouTube · Carol Forde-Johnston · 33 min · for registered students
  • The Care Certificate Standard 1: Understand Your Role - What you need to know @skillsforcare · YouTube · CaringforCare · 18 min · for registered students
  • About the Care Quality Commission and what we do · YouTube · Care Quality Commission · 3 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • CQC: Regulations for service providers and managers · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
  • CQC: Assessment framework (quality statements) · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
  • The Cavendish Review: healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Roles, responsibilities, and professional boundaries
  • Week 2: National standards and codes of conduct
  • Week 3: Personal values and professional practice
  • Week 4: Introduction to reflective practice
  • Week 5: Applying reflection to care scenarios
  • Week 6: Evaluating own performance in practice
  • Week 7: Benchmarking knowledge and competence
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: The role of feedback in professional growth
  • Week 10: Support mechanisms for professional learning
  • Week 11: Personal development planning
  • Week 12: Applying Personal and Professional Development in Health an…
  • 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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