Health and Social Care
Please see below for information on each mandatory unit of the Health and Social Care Qualification.
1
HSC Health & Wellbeing Principles and Values
This unit will ensure that learners gain knowledge of factors that may affect the health and well-being of individuals. This will include understanding of the links between good physical health and mental health, and how these can be impacted by different factors such as physical activity and self-identity. Knowledge will be gained of the importance and ways of ensuring appropriate personal care for individuals. This includes pressure area care, mouth care, foot care and continence care. Learners will understand the importance of nutrition and hydration including government guidelines. Learners will understand responsibilities, legislation and guidelines and their importance in the administration of medication.
2
HSC Professional Practice Principles & Values
This unit will ensure that learners understand their job role, responsibilities including duty of care, accountabilities and standards of professional behaviour. Learners will understand codes of conduct, professionalism, policies and procedures including confidentiality, the limitations of their role and responsibilities and when to seek additional support to deal with situations beyond their job role or conflicts and dilemmas. Learners will gain knowledge of partnership working, the importance and ways of effective team and multi-agency working. Learners will cover how to handle, store and record information following legislation and codes of conduct. Learners will understand the importance of continual professional development and reflection to improve practice.
3
HSC Safeguarding Principles & Values
Learners will understand the terms safeguarding and categories and signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect. Knowledge will be gained of legislation and national policies and codes of conduct in relation to safeguarding, the roles of different agencies and recording and reporting procedures where abuse is indicated. The learner will know and understand their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding including the role of advocacy, appropriate relationships and person/child centered practices. The learner will cover ways of responding, recording and reporting procedures to follow including an understanding of ‘whistleblowing’ and boundaries of confidentiality.
4
HSC Health & Safety Principles & Values
Learners will understand how health and safety legislation impacts on daily practice, their role and responsibilities and those of employers. Learners will cover the types of accidents, emergencies and hazards that may occur in a workplace/setting and how risk assessment is used to support health and safety. Learners will understand responsibilities in relation to carrying out, recording and following risk assessments and the importance of reporting and recording health and safety concerns and incidents. Knowledge will be gained of legislation relating to fire safety, moving and handling, infection control, food safety, waste disposal and security with understanding of relevant safe good practices and procedures. Learners will know signs of stress, circumstances that may cause stress and actions that can be taken to reduce and manage stress including support available.
5
HSC Principles & Values
This unit will ensure that learners gain knowledge of how legislation, national policies, guidelines and frameworks support health and social care provision for adults. Learners will understand the need to promote equality and diversity and how person centred and rights based approaches relate to health and social care including how appropriate risk taking supports well-being voice, choice and control. Learners will appreciate the importance of effective communication, including the role of Welsh language and culture, in supporting health and social care provision and how periods of change and transition can impact on individuals. Understanding will be gained of how to develop positive relationships with individuals within professional boundaries and approaches that support positive behaviour including how learners’ own beliefs, values and life experiences can affect attitude and behaviour towards others.