Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

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. The project brief

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Define person-centred values
• 1.2 Explain how person-centred values underpin health and social care practice.
• 1.3 Explain how care plans are central when applying person-centred values.
• 1.4 Describe factors that contribute to the wellbeing of individuals.
• 2.1 Describe ways to understand individual preferences, wishes and needs.
• 2.2 Explain ways to put person-centred values into practice.
• 2.3 Review practice in response to an individual’s changing needs or preferences.
• 3.1 Explain when an individual might be required to give consent.
• 3.2 Describe factors that influence the capability of an individual to give consent.
• 3.3 Explain how to establish consent for an activity or action.
• 3.4 Explain what steps to take if consent cannot be readily established.
• 4.1 Explain the principle of active participation
• 4.2 Describe ways of ensuring active participation to meet individual’s needs.
• 4.3 Explain how to support an individual to agree how active participation will be implemented.

Activity

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

Study materials

Videos

• The project brief · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students

Further resources

• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students