Unit 4 - Communication in Health and Social Care



|Assignment front sheet |

|Learner name | Assessor name |

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|Date issued |Completion date |Submitted on |

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|Qualification |Unit number and title |

|BTEC Level 1 Award and Certificate in Introduction to Health and |Unit 4: Introduction to Communication in Health and Social Care, Adults and Children and |

|Social Care, Children’s and Young People’s Settings (QCF) |Young People, Early Years and Child Care |

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|Assignment title | |

| |The Importance of Communication |

|In this example assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. |

|Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. |

|Criteria |To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that | |Task no. | |Evidence |

|reference |the student is able to: | | | | |

|1.1 |Identify a range of communication methods. | |1 | | |

|2.1 |Outline how to identify an individual’s communication and language needs, wishes and preferences. | |2 | | |

|2.2 |Identify a range of barriers to communication. | |2 | | |

|2.3 |Identify factors that promote communication and overcome barriers. | |2 | | |

|Learner declaration |

|I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully acknowledged. |

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|Learner signature: Date: |

|Assignment brief |

|Qualification |BTEC Level 1 Award and Certificate in Introduction to Health and Social Care, Children’s and Young People’s |

| |Settings (QCF) |

|Unit number and title |Unit 4: Introduction to Communication in Health and Social Care, Adults and Children and Young People, Early |

| |Years and Child Care |

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|Assessor name | |

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|Assignment title |The Importance of Communication |

|The purpose of this assignment is to assess your knowledge of communication in working with |

|adults, children and young people. |

|Scenario |

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|You have been asked to create an information pack for health and social care and childcare students about the importance of communication in working with |

|adults, children and young people. Your pack should include information about a range of communication methods, both verbal and non-verbal. It should also |

|include advice about how to identify the different communication needs of individuals, some of the barriers to effective communication and how these can be |

|overcome. |

|Task 1 |

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|Produce an illustrated poster or fact sheet, which identifies a range of communication methods. Your |

|poster/fact sheet should identify 4 different methods and should include both verbal and non-verbal |

|communication. |

|Task 2 |

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|Create a portfolio of information, which could form part of your pack for the students. Your portfolio should: |

|outline how to identify an individual’s communication and language needs, wishes and preferences, using examples to explain your ideas |

|identify a range of barriers to communication, including one example of each of the following types of barriers: environmental, psychological, cultural, |

|emotional, social, speech and language issues and use of English as an additional language |

|identify four factors which can promote communication and overcome some of the barriers |

|you have mentioned, using examples to explain your understanding. |

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|Note to tutors |

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|Learners could produce this information over a period of several weeks, providing the opportunity for some formative assessment and ongoing feedback. |

|Sources of information |

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|Guest speakers |

|Case studies |

|Training DVDs |

|Relevant websites |

|This brief has been verified as being fit for purpose |

|Assessor | |

|Signature | |Date | |

|Internal verifier | |

| Signature | |Date | |

Notes

The portfolio of information could be replaced by a verbal presentation, accompanied by an authenticated observation record/witness statement and PowerPoint presentation notes printed on A4 or over-head projector slides.

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