Unit HSC505
RQF Level: 5
Unit Aim
The aim of this unit is to help learners to understand issues of health, disability and illness and how health care professionals can empower those with complex physical and mental health needs to determine their own care.
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
| Learning outcomes. To achieve this unit a learner must be able to: | Assessment criteria. Assessment of these outcomes demonstrates the learner can: |
| 1. Analyse different perceptions of health, disability and illness. |
1.1 Describe the historical and current definition applied to health, disability and illness. 1.2 Choose 1 condition and analyse the differences in perceptions historically and in the present day. |
| 2. Discuss how to promote the participation and independence of users of health and social care services. |
2.1 Linking to legislation, discuss how you can promote independence in service users. 2.2 Discuss the mechanisms by which service users can be involved in developing services. |
| 3. Evaluate how the design and review of services promotes and maximises the rights of users of health and social care services. |
3.1 Evaluate the role of stakeholders in service design and review. 3.2 Evaluate how feedback from all stakeholders can be collected. 3.3 Discuss potential tensions in developing services with stakeholders for health and social care organisations. |