Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care

UNIT 9: VALUES AND PLANNING IN SOCIAL CAREUnit content1 Understand care planning principles and processesPrinciples: empowerment of service user; needs; choice; confidentiality; rights;values; cycle of assessment/planning; potential use of advocates; service user atthe centre of the processApproaches: needs-led; service-ledPotential conflicts: eg resources, rights and responsibilities of service user, rightsand responsibilities of family/others, riskSkills required: eg communication, building of relationships, counselling,implementing care plansProcesses of care planning: cycle — referral, assessing holistic needs andpreferences, identifying current provision, care planning, recording,communicating, implementing, monitoring, reviewing, evaluating, assessingholistic needs and preferences; complying with legislation/guidelines, eg CareStandards Act 2000, Children Act 2004, Equal Opportunities legislation andpolicies, General Social Care Council/Care Council for Wales/Northern IrelandSocial Care Council codes of practice, national service frameworks; multidisciplinaryworking/inter-agency workingAssessment tools: eg checklists, forms, diary of social care worker, diary ofservice user, asking questions, observation, network analysis, personal historyflowchart, group discussionsApproaches to implementing care plans: eg behavioural, task-centred, use ofnetworks, use of advocates, use of groups, use and abuse of powerKey people: eg social worker, support worker, health visitor, occupationaltherapist, domiciliary care worker2 Understand the framework of legislation, policy and codes of practice thatinfluence social care practiceLegislation: relevant sections from, eg European Convention on Human Rights andFundamental Freedoms 1950, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Mental HealthAct 1983, The Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, The Children Act 1989,Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, Disability Discrimination Act 1995, HumanRights Act 1998, Data Protection Act 1998, Nursing and Residential Care HomesRegulations 1984 (amended 2002), Care Standards Act 2000, The Children Act2004Codes of practice: General Social Care Council/Care Council for Wales/NorthernIreland Social Care Council; others specific to organisationsPolicy: health and safety; equal opportunities; organisational policies; harmminimization; risk assessmentStandards: national minimum standards134BN018467 – Specification – Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care– Issue 1 – February 2007 © Edexcel Limited 2007