Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs 

Learning aim

Key content areas

Recommended assessment approach

A. Examine principles, values and skills which underpin meeting the care and support needs of individuals

A1 Promoting equality, diversity and preventing discrimination

A2 Skills and personal attributes required for developing relationships with individuals

A3 Empathy and establishing trust with individuals

A report in response to case studies of individuals of different ages that considers the principles, values and skills needed to provide care and support for others while maintaining an ethical approach and enabling individuals to overcome challenges.

B. Examine the ethical issues involved when providing care and support to meet individual needs

B1 Ethical issues and approaches

B2 Legislation and guidance on conflicts of interest, balancing resources and minimising risk

C. Investigate the principles behind enabling individuals with care and support needs to overcome challenges

C1 Enabling individuals to overcome challenges

C2 Promoting personalisation

C3 Communication techniques

D. Investigate the roles of professionals and how they work together to provide the care and support necessary to meet individual needs

D1 How agencies work together to meet individual care and support needs

D2 Roles and responsibilities of key professionals on multidisciplinary teams

D3 Maintaining confidentiality

D4 Managing information

A report based on case studies on how working practices are used to successfully meet individual needs.

Pass                                            Merit

Distinction

Learning aim A: Examine principles, values and skills which underpin meeting the care and support needs of individuals

A.D1    Evaluate the success of promoting anti-discriminatory practice for specific individuals with different needs.

BC.D2  Justify the strategies and techniques used to overcome ethical issues and challenges experienced by individuals with different needs when planning and providing care.

A.P1 Explain the importance of promoting equality and diversity for individuals with different needs.

A.P2 Explain the skills and personal attributes necessary for professionals who care for individuals with different needs.

A.M1 Analyse the impact of preventing discrimination for individuals with different needs.

A.M2 Assess different methods professionals might use when building relationships and establishing trust with individuals with needs.

Learning aim B: Examine the ethical issues involved when providing care and support to meet individual needs

B.P3 Explain how to incorporate ethical principles into the provision of support for individuals with different needs.

B.M3 Analyse how an ethical approach to providing support would benefit specific individuals with different needs.

Learning aim C: Investigate the principles behind enabling individuals with care and support needs to overcome challenges

C.P4 Explain the strategies and communication techniques used with individuals different needs to overcome different challenges.

C.P5 Explain the benefits of promoting personalisation when overcoming challenges faced by individuals with different needs.

C.M4 Assess the strategies and communication techniques used to overcome different challenges

faced by individuals with different care and support needs.

Learning aim D: Investigate the roles of professionals and how they work together to provide the care and support necessary to meet individual needs

D.D3

D.D4

Justify how organisations and professionals work together to meet individual needs while managing information and maintaining confidentiality.

Evaluate how multi-agency and multidisciplinary working can meet the care and support needs of specific individuals.

D.P6 Explain why meeting the needs of the individuals requires the involvement of different agencies.

D.P7 Explain the roles and responsibilities of different members of the multidisciplinary team in meeting the needs of specific individuals.

D.P8 Explain the arrangements for managing information between professionals.

D.M5 Assess the benefits of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working for specific individuals with care and support needs.

D.M6 Analyse the impact of legislation and codes of practice relating to information management on multidisciplinary working.