PERFORMANCE CRITERIA To be competent you must achieve the following:

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1 U19702 Unit Descriptor: This unit describes the competence required to develop your knowledge and practice. The unit describes the essential abilities of: Assessing work activities Applying appropriate information to work activities Operating within organisational procedures ELEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA To be competent you must achieve the following: 1. Evaluate your work 1.1 Assess how well you carry out your work activities. 1.2 Encourage individuals and key people to give you feedback on your work. 1.3 Identify how your values, belief systems and experiences may affect your work with individuals. 1.4 Identify any skills, knowledge and support that would help you to carry out your work activities more effectively. 1.5 Access and use appropriate support and information to improve your work. 2. Use new and improved skills and knowledge in your work 2.1 Use the evaluation of your skills and knowledge to improve your work activities. 2.2 Work with others to: Identify new skills and knowledge relevant to, and which can improve your work activities. Access any training you may need to gain the new and improved skills and knowledge. Page 1 of 6

2 Discuss, develop and review, with appropriate people, the usefulness of the new and improved skills and knowledge to your work activities. Confirm with the appropriate people that it is safe and legal before applying new skills and knowledge. Use new and improved skills and knowledge that have been agreed are appropriate to your work activities. Evaluate, and support individuals and key people to evaluate if, and how your new and improved skills and knowledge have enhanced your work. Page 2 of 6

3 RANGE STATEMENT You must cover the items below: Element 1: Evaluate your work A. Key people: (Applies to Element 2) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) family friends carers others with whom the individual has a supportive relationship B. Feedback provided: (i) (ii) (iii) orally in written form electronically Page 3 of 6

4 UNDERPINNING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Values 1. Legal and organisational requirements on equality, diversity, discrimination and rights when working with individuals and others to improve your knowledge and practice. Legislation and organisational policy and procedures 2. Codes of practice and conduct; standards and guidance relevant to your own and the roles, responsibilities, accountability and duties of others in relation to developing your skills and knowledge and improving practice. 3. Current local legislations and organisational requirements, procedures and practices for accessing training and undertaking personal and professional development activities. 4. The purpose of and arrangements for your supervision and appraisal. data protection including recording, reporting, confidentiality and sharing information and how to complete records for accidents and emergencies health, safety and risk assessment for the environment, your work activities and for the individuals with whom you are working the protection of individuals from danger, harm and abuse your responsibility for keeping yourself and others safe use and storage of hazardous an non-hazardous substances and equipment Infection control. Theory and practice 5. Purpose and ways to access professional development activities and opportunities. 6. How to keep your skills and knowledge up-to-date. 7. Organisations that provide development opportunities to meet your needs and how to access these. 8. How to plan training, development opportunities and other support to develop your skills and knowledge. 9. How to learn from: your own and others practice other sources of information and support. Page 4 of 6

5 10. Study and other abilities that will enable you to acquire new skills and knowledge, apply these to your own practice and evaluate their effectiveness. 11. How to evaluate your own values, skills and knowledge. 12. How to work with individuals, key people and others to evaluate your practice and improve your skills and knowledge. Page 5 of 6

6 EVIDENCE GUIDE (1) Critical Aspects of Evidence You must provide your assessor with evidence for ALL of the performance criteria, all of the knowledge and the parts of the range that are relevant to your job role. The evidence must reflect the policies and procedures of the work place and be linked to current legislation, values and the principles of best practice within the Health and social Care sector. All evidence must relate to your own work practice. It is important that you collect evidence from a number of sources; these must include direct observation by an assessor. (2) Methods of Assessment The following forms of evidence are required: Direct observation: your assessor or an expert witness must observe you in real work activities which provide a significant amount of the performance criteria for most of the elements in this unit, for example, how your practice has developed since you started and how you are able to demonstrate what you have learned by the way that you now carry out your job role. Personal statement/professional discussion: you should describe your actions in a particular situation and explain why you did things, for example, how you undertake your job tasks now in comparison to how you did them before, what you have learned from training and what you think you still have to learn. Questioning: to assess your underpinning knowledge, your assessor will ask you questions about your work and about the policies and procedures you have learned as part of your job, either you or your assessor will need to record the questions and your answers. Witness testimony: this is a confirmation of an activity you have undertaken with an individual. It could be written by your line manager, another assessor, a member of the care team you work with or an individual you are caring for. (3) Context of Assessment Simulation is NOT allowed for any part of this unit. Page 6 of 6