Assignment Guidelines for professional foundations of health and social care
Word length: 2000 words
Due date: This assignment should be submitted on Monday, 19 May 2025 by 23:59 via Turnitin.
Task: You are tasked to complete a template for a health and social care patient care plan. In this template you will show your
understanding of why each section is needed. You will fill out the template so that the reader can understand professional boundaries
and use of professional codes of conduct, as well as safeguarding policies and procedures that are needed to show good practice.
Understanding of key caring techniques will be shown throughout. Overall, you will demonstrate the importance of each area of a care
plan through showing the reasonings for each section.
To start the task:
Make sure you know how to access:
1. GBS Moodle – to access the teaching session resources and submission link.
2. Oxford Brookes Library resources
3. Microsoft Office
Specific Guidance on the Outcomes of the Assignment:
A care plan will work to assess health and social care needs, and how you will support your service user. It specifies who will provide care, what
type of care is needed, and how the support will be given.
You will use the template of a care plan in this assignment to give evidence that you have learned how to support a service user in each section.
This will show your learning and understanding of.
Codes of conduct
The importance of professional boundaries
Safeguarding procedures
Key caring techniques
The format of a care plan
The role of the professional in care planning
This will help you to meet your learning outcomes:
1. Explain professional boundaries by referring to relevant documentation.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of how best practice supports a service user’s needs.
3. Outline the key features of a care plan to support a services user’s needs and understand the role of the Health and Social Care
professional.
You will be introduced to Government legislation, Codes of Conducts, and different professional working teams.
Core reading resources:
Aveyard and Sharp (2017) A beginner’s guide to evidence-based practice in health and social care. 3rd edn. New York: Open
University.
Edwards and Best (2020) The textbook of health and social care. London: SAGE.
Glasby (2017) Understanding health and social care 3rd edn. Bristol: Policy Press.
Websites:
Cooper (2012) Professional boundaries in social work and social care. Available at:
https://bhdp.sccgov.org/sites/g/files/exjcpb716/files/boundaries_for_carers.pdf.
Gov.uk (2023) Legislation, government policy. Available at: Legislation.gov.uk.
NHS (2022) Safeguarding. Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/safeguarding/.
NHS (2022) Care and support plans. Available at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/help-from-social-
services-and-charities/care-and-support-plans/.
Assignment Template:
Introduction
Introduce the aim of your assignment. Describe the importance of using a care plan referring to sources and theory that
have been discussed in class and from core reading material.
Service User Care Planning
Patient Name: Do not complete DOB: Do not Gender: Do not complete Preferred name: Do Next of Kin: Do not
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