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Pearson
Higher Nationals in
Healthcare Practice/Healthcare Practice
for England
EXAMPLE ASSESSMENT BRIEF
Unit: 1 Law, Policy and Ethical Practice in Health and Social Care
For use with the following qualifications:

Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate and Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Healthcare
Practice

Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate and Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Healthcare
Practice for England

Brief Number: 1

First teaching from January 2018

Issue 1
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Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Healthcare

Practice/Healthcare Practice for England

Example Assessment Brief

Student Name/ID Number
Unit Number and Title 1 Law, Policy and Ethical Practice in Health and Social Care

Academic Year
Unit Tutor
Assignment Title Law, Policy and Ethical Practice in Healthcare
Issue Date
Submission Date
IV Name & Date

Submission Format

There are a range of submission formats appropriate to each of the two activities comprising this
assignment.
Activity 1 (Part A): takes the form of an electronic presentation, and accompanying notes. You will
present this in a 10-minute presentation to an audience. The presentation should include relevant
diagrams and images to illustrate your points.

Activity 2 (Parts B, C and D): takes the form of a series of observation, activity and reflective
practice logs, and a witness statement/record of observation of your practice in placement.
This assignment requires you to have access to, and complete an introductory period of work
placement in, a suitable healthcare setting. You are expected to shadow a healthcare practitioner of
your choice during your placement and complete a period of induction.

Your submission will be word-processed, written work with clear indication of: the unit number and
title, the relevant activity/activities being addressed, your name and registration number.

You are expected to use external sources, and clearly reference these in your work. References
should be added to the text (next to the quote or paraphrase), and placed at the end in a references
list, using Harvard Referencing style. You should complete a bibliography to support all evidence.
The recommended word count for each task is 1500 to 2000 words, but you will not be
penalised for exceeding this.
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Explore the legal framework within which health and social care practitioners operate
LO2 Describe key legislation, national and organisational policy of fundamental importance to the
health, care or support service practitioner
LO3 Interpret the law in relation to key ethical and professional Practice Themes in health and social
care
LO4 Apply law and policy in line with regulatory and ethical requirements in a relevant practice
setting
Assignment Brief and Guidance

*Please note that assignment guidance is for reference only and should be more specific in detail to meet customised
needs.

Scenario:
You are a senior healthcare worker in a residential and community healthcare organisation. Your
organisation has recently expanded and seeks to employ assistant healthcare workers to support the
delivery of their service. Your manager has asked you to prepare a presentation to train these new
workers on the importance of understanding of how national government, and the structures within,
impact on the work of healthcare practitioners.

Activity 1

Part A:
You are required to produce a 10-minute presentation explaining the roles of the legislature, the
executive and the judiciary in the UK system of government, as it relates to the health and social care
system. Within the presentation, you should evaluate the way these elements of the UK system of
government shape and effect the provision of healthcare services in the country in which you
operate.

The presentation should explain the key features of legislation, statutory guidance, codes of practice,
and national and organisational policy. You must provide accurate examples of each of these, related
to a broad area of healthcare practice. Your presentation should help the new workers understand
this in more practical terms by providing more specific and evaluative examples (some of which must
be drawn from your own experience) of how these operate in terms of ensuring ethical practice,
taking into consideration the impact on healthcare practitioners.

Your presentation will be oral, and to an audience, including your tutor. You should have an
electronic presentation included in your presentation. The electronic presentation should be
accompanied with notes pages providing the detail required that reflects the content of your overall
presentation. Be prepared to answer questions to clarify any points raised.
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.

Activity 2
This Activity requires that you analyse and critically review how specific law, policy and standards
regarding equality, safeguarding of service users and health and safety shape and guide ethical
practice in your workplace setting. You should give practical examples of this in sufficient detail to
demonstrate your understanding of law, policy and professional standards in ethical healthcare
practice.

Part B:
To complete this, you are required to identify and agree a period of work-shadowing with a
healthcare practitioner in a setting to observe how legislation, policy and standards are regarding
equality and safeguarding are implemented in practice, and the challenges practitioners face in
carrying out their role ethically and efficiently, whilst ensuring these governing aspects of their
practice are adhered to. You are expected to informally discuss your observations with your
observee and note their responses.
You will produce an observation log which includes notes on the practitioner’s application of
relevant legislation, policy and professional standards. The observation log will include a record of
your discussion with the professional focused on the challenges faced by practitioners in ensuring
legislation, policy and professional standards are adhered to when ensuring the fair treatment and
safeguarding of service users in their day-to-day tasks.

Part C:
You are required to engage in a period of placement in a setting. To complete this task, a minimum
level of work experience is required and this can be limited to a period of induction in a workplace
that provides healthcare to individuals. As part of your experience, you are required to complete
activity logs which include notes on the integration and influence of national and international
human rights law in terms of the practical ways you are expected to ensure the equal and fair
treatment of the individuals you are supporting. Your notes should also relate national healthcare
legislation and policy to your duties and responsibilities whilst you are providing this support,
including your rights as a healthcare worker.
You are expected to provide clear and relevant examples of the tasks you have completed during
your time on placement, with at least one observation of your practice supported by witness
statement or record of observation by your supervisor in placement, that demonstrate your
implementation of different and relevant legislation with regards to healthy and safe practice.
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.

Part D:
You will use the logs you have produced in Part s A and B, to develop a series of reflections on your
practice, and that of others. These reflective practice logs will include two main aspects:
• A practical analysis of the impact of equality legislation, policy and the notion of equity on the
practice of safeguarding individuals in health, care or support services
• A critical review of the ways in which specific health, care and support service practitioners
working in your setting can ensure currency and compliance with relevant legislation and
national policy through ethical practice, taking into account unwarranted variation.

In your submissions, you must remember the need for absolute confidentiality. This means you
need to change the details of the location, the name of the setting, as well as all details relating to
patients/service users, practitioners and other staff.

*Please access HN Global for additional resources support and reading for this unit. For further guidance and support on
report writing please refer to the Study Skills Unit on HN Global www.highernationals.com
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Explore the legal framework within which health and social
care practitioners operate

P1 Describe how the legislature, M1 Explain in detail how ethics D1 Evaluate own national
the executive and the judiciary informs health, care and system of government in
set the legal and policy support service practice, giving relation to its effect on health,
landscape for health and social practical examples from own care and support service
care practitioners experience and current codes practice and practitioners
of ethical practice
P2 Summarise key features of
legislation, statutory guidance,
codes of practice and national,
and organisational, policy

LO2 Describe key legislation, national and organisational policy of

fundamental importance to the health, care or support service
practitioner

P3 Describe the relationship M2 Reflect on ways in which

D2 Analyse the impact of
between key legislation and specific tasks in health, care or
equality legislation, policy and
national policy, of direct support service practice meet
the notion of equity on the
relevance to health and social national professional standards
practice of safeguarding
care practice of safe and non-discriminatory
individuals in health, care or
practice
P4 Compare national and support services
organisational policy against
national professional standards
in terms of their impact on
health and social care practice

LO3 Interpret the law in relation to key ethical and professional

Practice Themes in health and social care

P5 Explain how specific national M3 Analyse recent health and LO3 and LO4
and international human rights social care legislation or D3 Critically review ways in
law influence and inform the national policy in relation to its which health, care and support
equal and fair treatment of importance in informing rights
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.

others in health, care and and responsibilities of health, service practitioners can ensure
support services care or support service currency and compliance with
practitioners relevant legislation and national
P6 Implement different and
policy through ethical practice
relevant legislation and policy in
regard to safe and healthy
conduct in own practice

LO4 Apply law and policy in line with regulatory and ethical
requirements in a relevant practice setting

P7 Describe the relationship M4 Explain in detail how

between law, policy and ethical chosen law, policy and ethical
requirements in relation to a considerations might result in
real case scenario in a health or difference outcomes to the case
care setting scenario taking into account
unwarranted variation
P8 Explain the impact of
relevant law and policy on the
outcome of a real case scenario
Pearson
Higher Nationals in
Healthcare Practice/Healthcare Practice
for England
EXAMPLE ASSESSMENT BRIEF
Unit: 2 Demonstrating Professional Principles and Values in Health
and Social Care Practice
For use with the following qualifications:

Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate and Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Healthcare
Practice
Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate and Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Healthcare
Practice for England
Brief Number: 1

First teaching from January 2018

Issue 1
Edexcel, BTEC and LCCI qualifications

About Pearson

Higher National Certificate/Diploma

in Healthcare Practice
Example Assessment Brief
Student Name/ID Number

Unit Number and Title 2 Demonstrating Professional Principles and Values in Health and
Social Care Practice

Academic Year

Unit Tutor

Assignment Title Becoming a professional and reflective practitioner

Issue Date

Submission Date

IV Name & Date

Submission Format

Submission for this unit will consist of two activities and associated submission formats:

Activity 1: an electronic presentation to an audience. You are encouraged to use images, graphics,
charts and other material to support your work in the presentation. A hard-copy of the presentation
(as a PDF document) will be submitted, along with accompanying notes to support. You are
encouraged to use images, graphics, charts and other material to support your work. Any material
that is derived from other sources must be suitably referenced using a standard form of citation.
Provide a bibliography using the Harvard referencing system.

The recommended length of this presentation is 1500 words, though you will not be penalised for
exceeding this.
Activity 2: a portfolio of practical learning, assessment and development (PLAD) completed
throughout your learning for the Level 4 component of your qualification.

The PLAD should be presented as a PDF file, showing development in practical work and learning on
placement (which may include scanned or photographed physical work). Links to any separate video
files should be included within the PDF. When presenting examples of physical work, attention
should be made to using appropriate lighting, shooting angles and general views to present the
qualities of the work clearly. Your PLAD will consist of a number of forms and records, listed in the
Assignment Brief and Guidance section below.
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Explain the role of reflection in health and social care practice
LO2 Use the Practice Themes as a framework for reflection
LO3 Demonstrate active, ongoing, critical reflection of learning experiences
LO4 Assess the overall success of own reflective journey and consider future career pathway
Assignment Brief and Guidance

*Please note that assignment guidance is for reference only and should be more specific in detail to meet customised
needs.

Scenario:

As an assistant healthcare worker, you have recently completed training on the importance of
reflecting on practice to help support progression through career pathways. Your manager was
particularly interested in the way that you have used a six-theme framework to underpin and guide
your reflections and is keen to encourage other staff members to develop themselves. They have
asked you to share your experiences with the team to encourage them to use reflection in their
everyday practice.
You have been asked to develop a presentation to staff about the value of reflective practice and
how it supports development of career and personal progression. Your manager wants you to
provide information on the methods staff can use to reflect on practice and the way the six themes
can be used to guide your reflections.

Activity 1: Presentation

Your response should be in the form of a presentation on what reflection means to you, and how it
can help healthcare practitioners develop their practice. This should evaluate your own decisions
regarding adopting reflective approaches in your practice. Your evaluation should include a
discussion on the role of reflection in healthcare practice and the different models that can be used
in personal and professional development. You should provide a discussion on the six themes and
how these could be applied across different areas of your own practice and other areas of
healthcare practice. You should also detail any links to other quality performance measures
applicable to your own healthcare practice.
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.

Scenario 2:
Your presentation was successful and has inspired you to seek promotion to be a senior healthcare
practitioner in your setting. As part of this, your manager has asked for you to attend the interview
with a portfolio of evidence of your experience in practice, and the skills you have demonstrated
that make you an effective and reflective practitioner and will support your intended progression in
your career.

Activity 2: Practical Learning, Assessment and Development portfolio (PLAD)

For this assessment you are required to develop a PLAD which contains evidence of your practice,
development, and reflections in learning through work over the course of the Level 4 element of this
qualification. Your portfolio should include reflections that reflect the six themes and other quality
performance measures and should also combine reflections from other units taken as part of this
qualification. You are expected to build this portfolio through the completion of a minimum of 225
hours of workplace experience, in at least one setting that provides healthcare to different
individuals. Additional and specific guidance for completion of the PLAD is provided separately by
your tutor, and includes template materials for your completion of your PLAD. The ownership of the
PLAD is yours alone.
Your PLAD will contain at a minimum:
o A record of your induction to placement
o A record of your hours on placement
o Records of your observations of others’ professional practice
o Records of others’ observations and assessment of your practice, including assessment
records and witness statements, placement supervisor and tutor-assessor reports, and can
include records of professional discussions
o Examples of recording documentation completed on placement, including health and
safety forms, annotated with how data recording and storage requirement were met by
you for the records concerned
o Activity logs
o Individualised personal care plans developed by you
o Annotated care/care and support plans from your workplace setting evidencing how you have
supported the aspects of the plans through your work in placement
o Evidence of continuing professional development undertaken whilst on placement (e.g.
Certificates of training received on placement)
o Tracking records of evidence of your practice aligned with the Practice Themes of the
qualification, and demonstrating your learning through other experience and in other units.
This can take the form of cross-referencing of other evidence of practice submitted in your
learning for other units, providing they meet the requirements for practice-based criteria in
this unit
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.

Centres must develop assignments and assessment materials that meet the needs of their students and align with their curriculum planning.
This Example Assessment Brief may be used as a starting point for the development of an assignment, however Centres are expected to
modify and revise the Example Assessment Brief to meet the specific needs of their students and curriculum. All assessment briefs must be
Internally Verified.
o Reflective Practice Logs. These logs can include evidence of reflection in logs as submitted
in your learning for other units, providing the evidence meets the reflective criteria for this
Unit.
All requirements noted above, can include evidence gathered through your learning in other
units, providing they meet the assessment criteria for this unit. The evidence in your portfolio
can be cross-referenced against your achievement in other units. Any evidence submitted for
other units that contribute to your evidence for your PLAD should be collated in your PLAD. For
example, if you complete a risk assessment and submit this for evidence in Unit 1, you should
insert the assessed risk assessment in your PLAD in an ‘evidence’ section of your PLAD and
reference this in your tracking record at the front of your PLAD.
o A record of your personal development planning, to include a SWOT analysis of your
current knowledge, behaviour and skills against the requirements for your chosen career,
a Personal Development Plan (PDP), an assessment of the effectiveness of your PDP in
supporting the development of your reflective practice skills, Progress Reviews by your
Tutor-Assessor and a final summative evaluation of your own holistic professional
development and learning through practice.
*Please access HN Global for additional resources support and reading for this unit. For further guidance and support on
report writing please refer to the Study Skills Unit on HN Global www.highernationals.com
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Explain the role of reflection in health and social care practice

P1 Explain the purposes of M1 Review the ways that D1 Evaluate how own
reflection in health and social reflective practice is applied in reflections can impact on
care practice health, care or support service personal and professional
environments development and that of
P2 Describe models and tools
individuals using health, care or
used for reflection in health and
support services
social care practice

LO2 Use the Practice Themes as a framework for reflection

P3 Explain how the Practice M2 Produce a plan for D2 Assess the effectiveness of
Themes can be used to reflecting on own learning and the plan in supporting the
underpin reflection in learning development using the Practice development of own reflective
and practice Themes and other quality practice skills
assurance indicators
P4 Illustrate in detail the links
between the Practice Themes
and other performance
indicators

LO3 Demonstrate active, ongoing, critical reflection of learning

experiences

P5 Explain methods used to M3 Analyse own performance LO3 and LO4

gain evidence of effective and learning using the
reflective practice in own area framework of Practice Themes D3 Evaluate own holistic
of work practice and other quality performance professional learning and
measures development through practice
P6 Produce a portfolio of
evidence of reflection using the
Practice Themes as a
framework

LO4 Assess the overall success of own reflective journey and

consider future career pathway
Please note that this Example Assessment Brief is NOT an authorised assignment brief. It is provided as a reference only.