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Level 4 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Assessment Tools in Practice

HSC405 · Assessment Processes in Health and Social Care Settings — Week 2 of 16

CourseHSC405
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Assessment Tools in Practice

  1. Nutritional screening tools
  2. Pressure ulcer risk assessment scales
  3. Cognitive impairment screeners
  4. Functional and mobility assessments
  5. Waterlow Risk Assessment

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Describe the purpose of assessment tools used in health and social care.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the purpose of assessment tools used in health and social care.

Study materials

Videos

  • Waterlow Risk Assessment · YouTube · Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions (NICE NG22, 2015) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
  • Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Strengths-based approach: practice framework and handbook (DHSC, 2019) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Assessment Models and Theoretical Frameworks
  • Week 2: Assessment Tools in Practice
  • Week 3: Partnership Working in Assessment
  • Week 4: Person-Centred Assessment Practice
  • Week 5: Conducting the Assessment Process
  • Week 6: Referral Pathways and Triggers
  • Week 7: Co-Producing Care and Support Plans
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Evaluation and Action Planning Post-Assessment
  • Week 10: Staff Instruction on Assessment Frameworks and Tools
  • Week 11: Assessing Staff Competence and Family Impact
  • Week 12: Applying Assessment Processes in Health and Social Care Set…
  • 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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