Principles Underpinning Health and Social Care – Unit code: K/505/9496

Unit HSC501

RQF Level: 5

Unit Aim

All Health and Social care professionals have professional codes of conduct. The aim of this unit is to develop understanding of the values, theories and policies underpinning health and social care practice and the mechanisms that exist to promote good practice within the sector.

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. Explain how principles of support are implemented in health and social care practice.	1.1 Discuss how health and social care values influence care delivery. 1.2 Explain the principles of safeguarding service users.
2. Evaluate the impact of recent government policy, legislation, regulation, codes of practice and standards on practice.	2.1 Evaluate a piece of government legislation in health and social care and its influence on practice. 2.2 Evaluate how codes of practice influence professional practice.
3. Evaluate the theories that underpin the delivery of health and social care practice.	3.1 Evaluate person-centred care and its role in holistic care. 3.2 Discuss issues of social isolation and exclusion in service users and how professionals can help to overcome these