Model Assignment (Learner Extract) Issued September 2012 OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technicals in Health and Social Care Unit 1: developing effective communication in health & social care
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Scenario
Communication Matters
The Local Authority have advertised for young people interested in volunteering to work in range of different health, social care and early years settings.
You are interested in a career in health, social care or early years services and are keen to gain experience that will help you achieve this goal. You have applied for a volunteer placement and have been invited for interview. There is a lot of competition for the placements and they specifically wish to appoint someone who is able to show an understanding of the importance of developing effective communication and interpersonal skills in health, social and early years care, and who has the potential for further development.
The selection panel has set you a number of tasks in preparation for your interview.
Tasks
Task 1: Ways of communicating effectively
Assessment Criteria P1, P2 and M1
For the first part of your interview you must prepare a written report that explains the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health or social care setting. Your report should
In this essay I will be analysing the communication and interpersonal interaction that took place in various sectors such one to one interaction, group interaction and how effective these skills and other elements in the health and social care setting such as the environment was being demonstrated.
Hospital volunteers are crucial to the hospital environment. The hospital volunteers are people who interact with the patient if the parent can’t make it on time because of a meeting or simply are there when a kid needs help with his math homework or is bored of watching T.V.. Kids also seek out advice from different people that are not their family. A lot of the kids at the Children’s Hospital in Aurora have been there their whole life and volunteers tend to make a great connection with them after each shift. Most of the volunteers are white because of the connections their family members can make and they can get a good reference when filling out the application to become a volunteer. At the Children’s Hospital of Aurora there are not many Hispanic women volunteers that are college educated. These young women have a lot to say when it comes to volunteering at the Children’s Hospital.
The article summarises a new programme that will be given to newborn babies against meningitis B. Meningitis is an infection of the membrane which surrounds the brain and spinal cord. This can affect anyone but young children are more vulnerable to the infection. Some symptoms that have been shown from the infection are high fever with cold hands and feet, agitation, misperception, sickness and headaches.
With a Mini-Mental State that greater than or equal 20, twenty French native speaking memory unit patients were diagnosed to have an Alzheimer's sickness. Ten female and 20 sound matured controls (HC; 14 female) experienced a neurological and neuropsychological examination. All patients presented classical amnesic variant. All patients and controls participated gave their written informed consent before recruitment. All patients presented classical amnesic variant. All patients and controls participated gave their written informed consent before recruitment.
M3: Discuss the care strategies that can be used to support individuals with each physiological disorder.
Reporting of Injuries,Diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations of 1995 requires the reporting of work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences. The Act applies to all work related activities, but not to all work related incidents. The objective of the regulations is to enable the enforcing authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents so as to prevent them from occurring in the future and thus providing a safer work environment. The enforcing authorities can then help and advise you on preventive action to reduce injury, ill health and accidental loss,the main points of our own policy that relate to this are:
No Secrets – Guidance published by the Department of Health, builds upon the governments respects for human rights and highlights the need to protect vulnerable adults through effective multi-agency work.
Volunteering at a retirement residence was a rewarding experience. I was able to gain useful and professional experience in terms of working with people and building strong relationships while being reminded of the positive difference that I was making while volunteering. Chartwell Deerview Crossing is a wonderful, inclusive place for the residents to spend their days. Their mission statement “making peoples lives better” is an understatement as to what they provide for their residents, volunteers, and staff. They provide many activities to encourage comfort and the most care in their facility. During my experience, I was able to recognize and incorporate course concepts learned from 1BB3. Throughout this essay, I will be discussing my
One of my biggest achievements so far is successfully coordinating four rounds of a small grants programme to support Carers Trust’s Network Partners in supporting young adult carers who are or at risk of being NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) to address their immediate barriers to employment, education or training. I developed the application forms and guidance notes and launched the programme via different communication streams. I effectively developed the assessment process for each round of the programme including recruiting assessors made up of beneficiaries and staff and chaired the grant-making panels. Following this, I ensured each applicant was provided with comprehensive feedback that was disseminated promptly, maintained effective grant management processes following award and confidently acted as the main point of contact for successful applicants. Furthermore, I developed monitoring forms to capture the impact of the grant and reviewed them at the end of the funded projects to pull out best practice and write reports to be circulated to funders, staff and carers services across Carers Trust’s
This question would be asked to see how the applicant would communicate their experience and to see how they are with interpersonal communication.
During my position as a volunteer, one of my role was to
Most of my past volunteer experiences took place in a high school environment, where I had the opportunity to participate in events such as helping to: plan and execute the assembly of an outdoor classroom, prepare food and make beds for homeless individuals, and gather gifts and make cards for sick children in hospitals. I also am currently a part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel's in-school mentoring program, where I have the pleasure of being a mentor to a ten year old girl. My volunteer experiences have taught me how to co-ordinate with teachers, peers, school administrators, and organizational officials. Also, because I have a mentally and physically disabled cousin, I have experience in dealing with special-needs youth; these experiences have taught me the many challenges such youth face, and how to be prepared for and how to deal with unexpected situations. I am comfortable with engaging with diverse groups of people, being vocal about social inequality, and taking the lead to make a
My love for the NHS and desire to give back to my community drew me to attending an NHS information careers day and I decided to join the Foundation Trust. I have I also volunteered as a waitress at the Volunteer Reception of the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS foundation trust and taken part in the stakeholder event. I currently conduct patient surveys, which involves conversing with patients to better understanding their thoughts and feelings to empathise with them. I am also currently doing further training to be part of Patient
Offered training for the suitable role, given clear, specific roles, and often compensated for the volunteer work has made it easier for me to step up and get to work with other volunteers who are reliable. All of us work as a team. The hardest part
4) Analyze your information. You will need to take the information you gathered in your library and internet research along with your "case" information from the interview and determine which items pertain most to the problem. Organize all of your information in the same place.