Employability Skills Portfolio for BSc Health and Social Care Students

Programme Name: BSc Health and Social Care
Module Title: HSO5006 Employability Skills
PORTFOLIO 2021/2022
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Portfolio Contents
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Section 1
Career Planning
Section 2
Life Skills Analysis
Employability Skills Analysis
STAR Exercises
SWOT Analysis
Personal Development Plan
Section 3
CV
Cover Letter
Personal Statement
Certificates
Job descriptions
Section 4
Reflective Account- 1000 words.

Section 1
Career Plan
Current situation:
Currently I am a student of BSc Health and Social Care in Regent College London, United
Kingdom. I would like to develop my career in health and social care. So I require to analyse
my skills and work on my weaker section by making personal development plan.
Career Aspirations:
I want to develop my career in health and social care as I am pursuing BSc from the same
field. I want to do work in any nursing home as a health administration.
Why this Career?
It has been found that due to the spread of diseases, Health and Social Care sector has
several of vacancies as they are hiring well educated and skill full employees to work in the
health and social care centres. Along with this, I have generated interest regarding the health
care within me. My graduation degree help me in grabbing a good opportunity in the same
field.

Section 2
Life Skills Audit
Aspects of life
events:
List up to 5 tasks that you carry out
in this particular aspect of life
List the skills you use
to carry out these tasks
Work Experience:
Nursing Home
1. providing personal care to the
service users
2. Assisting them with food
3. Constantly changing beds
4. Maintain hygiene
5. Assisting them with elevate
 Good nature
 Self assurance
 Exhibit regards
 establishing positive
relationship
 Assisting and
management skills
Education &
Training:
BSc in Health and
social care
1. Research on several new topics
2. preparing assignments
3. Attending online classes
4. Books reading
 Skills related to
research
 Learning theory
aspects
 Good written
communication
 Understanding
scenario
Voluntary Work:
Medical and
Nursing Program
1. Taking care of old aged people
in old age home.
2. Preparing entire schedule for
their medicines.
3. Providing them positive
environment which help them in
best recovery.
4. Maintaining proper hygiene.
 Positive attitude
 Critical thinking
 Helpful nature
 Good in taking
care of old
people

Employability Skills Analysis
Introduction to Graduate Attributes Matrix Framework (GAME) – Self Assessment
This document should be used to assess your professional development during your time at University, and provide you a foundation for the start of your
career. Rather than viewing this as a tick list you will address on one occasion, you should make an assessment of where you are at this point in time, set your
goals and determine what needs to be done via an action plan and review this regularly.
Consider your USP (unique selling points). What are your unique strengths, skills, attributes, attitudes, experiences and values which you can use to
distinguish yourself in the job market?
Traffic Light Rating: Highlight your level of skill by ticking the appropriate number:
1 Unable to evidence
2 Partially able to evidence
3 Fully able to evidence
Graduate
Attribute
Description Rating Evidence: Now justify why you have given yourself this score
Self-Aware To have a clear perception of your personality,
strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs,
motivations, and emotions, and how these can
affect your subsequent decisions and
behaviours.
1
2 X
3
I rate myself 2 in the self-awareness aspect as I am able to
perform my SWOT analysis in order to identify my strengths and
weaknesses. The motivation is also a major aspect which will help
me to motivate self and others in a set period of time. I also
intelligent in order to take decisions on my own,