INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS TO SERVICE USERS
FORM 1: Assignment brief – BTEC (NQF)
Assignment title
Individual Rights in Health and Social Care
Assessor
Tracey Simpson
Date issued
16/09/14
Hand in deadline
Duration (approx)
6 hours
Qualification covered
BTEC First Diploma in Health and Social Care
Units covered
Unit 8: Individual Rights in Health and Social Care
Learning aims covered
Learning Aim A: Investigate the rights of individuals using health and social care services
Learning Aim B: Examine the responsibilities of employers and employees in upholding service users’ rights in health and social care
Scenario
You are about to go on work experience at a training centre for young adults with learning disabilities. Some of the young adults also have mental ill health and require medication.
Task 1
We all have rights
As part of your preparation for work experience, you have decided to produce an information pack on the rights of the young adults who attend the centre. Your information pack should contain:
a summary of the rights of the individuals who use the centre an explanation of how the rights of individuals can be upheld within the centre; you should refer to three examples here an assessment of the benefits and potential difficulties of upholding the rights of individuals within the centre, referring to your chosen examples a description of how the Human Rights Act and the Mental Health Act 1983 may be used to uphold the rights of young adults who attend the centre, referring to three examples.
Evidence you must produce for this task
Information pack
Criteria covered by this task:
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
Unit
Criterion reference
Summarise the individual rights of service users in health and social care.
8
2A.P1
Describe how current and relevant legislation protects the rights of service users, using examples.
8
2A.P2
Explain ways in which service users’ individual rights can be upheld in health and social
Assignment title
Individual Rights in Health and Social Care
Assessor
Tracey Simpson
Date issued
16/09/14
Hand in deadline
Duration (approx)
6 hours
Qualification covered
BTEC First Diploma in Health and Social Care
Units covered
Unit 8: Individual Rights in Health and Social Care
Learning aims covered
Learning Aim A: Investigate the rights of individuals using health and social care services
Learning Aim B: Examine the responsibilities of employers and employees in upholding service users’ rights in health and social care
Scenario
You are about to go on work experience at a training centre for young adults with learning disabilities. Some of the young adults also have mental ill health and require medication.
Task 1
We all have rights
As part of your preparation for work experience, you have decided to produce an information pack on the rights of the young adults who attend the centre. Your information pack should contain:
a summary of the rights of the individuals who use the centre an explanation of how the rights of individuals can be upheld within the centre; you should refer to three examples here an assessment of the benefits and potential difficulties of upholding the rights of individuals within the centre, referring to your chosen examples a description of how the Human Rights Act and the Mental Health Act 1983 may be used to uphold the rights of young adults who attend the centre, referring to three examples.
Evidence you must produce for this task
Information pack
Criteria covered by this task:
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
Unit
Criterion reference
Summarise the individual rights of service users in health and social care.
8
2A.P1
Describe how current and relevant legislation protects the rights of service users, using examples.
8
2A.P2
Explain ways in which service users’ individual rights can be upheld in health and social