HND Health & Social Care Work Experience Handbook (Log & Reflective Journal)

HND HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Work Experience Handbook (Log &
Reflective Journal)
Student name
Student ID
Course
Name of
Employer
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placement
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Contents Page No
1. INTRODUCTION 3
HOW YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE COUNTS
2. AIMS, BENEFITS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES 4
PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES
3. WORK EXPERIENCE PAID AND UNPAID 5
4. HOW THESE WORK PLACE ARRANGEMENTS ARE SET UP
5. STAFF AND STUDENT ROLES 6
ALL STUDENTS MUST. INFORMATION ON STUDENT CONDUCT
6. WHAT HAPPENS IF THINGS GO WRONG 7
7. EMPLOYERS RESPONSIBILITIES
8. HEALTH AND SAFETY
9. MENTORS AND SUPERVISORS 8-9
10. PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND PRACTICE AT WORK
11. ASSESSMENT 10
12. LOGS AND PROGRESS
13. STAFF CONTACTS
14. WHAT NEXT?
15. UNITS THAT YOU WILL COMPLETE DURING YOUR2 YEAR COURSE 11
16. WORK EXPERIENCE REVIEW FORM 12-15
17. REFLECTIVE ACCOUNTS OF WORK PRACTICE 16-20
18. TEACHER OR SUPERVISOR FEEDBACK ABOUTLEARNER PRACTICE
19. ATTENDANCE SHEET 21
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INTRODUCTION
This document is a guide and reference point for your work experience on the HND Health
and Social Care. It helps you to relate the work you do with an organisation to your
academic practice. All the units you will study have work integrated learning embedded in
them in varying degrees. Work experience offers both opportunities and challenges.
The college will support you to negotiate these challenges and celebrate your success. This
document is available in both hard and soft copy (on Moodle) and includes materials to use
in your discussions with your mentor/supervisor when at work and when discussing with
your Personal Tutor and WBL Coordinator.
Learners must complete 8 mandatory units over the course totalling 125 credits and a
further 8 specialist units to make a total of 240 credits, plus the 200 hours work experience,
to achieve the HND Health & Social Care.
1. HOW YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE COUNTS
Work Experience and Work-based Learning (WBL) are an essential part of the course. You
are required to complete 200 hours of relevant work experience over the two years. This is
related to Unit 4: Professional and Personal Development in Health and Social Care.
LCC has potential contacts for work experience and we can help you to find suitable
organisations. When you find an opportunity for work experience contact your WBL
Coordinator with information on where you are working and the name of and contact
details of your supervisor so we can check your progress and the suitability of the work
experience and organisation.
If you are having difficulty in finding work experience, contact your WBL Coordinator.
You are also required to complete and submit a Work Experience Handbook that links your
work experience to the course and your employability. Please note that you cannot receive
your qualification and graduate until you have completed 200 hours of work experience.
Your WBL Coordinator is: Jennifer Newland: [e-mail]
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2. AIMS, BENEFITS, LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aims of the programme are to enable you to develop real experiences and engage in
real life projects as much and as far as possible. The structure is aimed to equip you to
become confident in applying your knowledge and understanding of health and social care
to the work place environments and succeed in managing yourself within these
environments. The programme gives a thorough grounding in professional based units and
provides opportunity to develop core and transferable skills within the various units of the
programme. You will have the opportunity to work and learn andapply the theories on the
course in a related organisation.
PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES
The programme aims to enable you to develop the necessary skills, knowledge,
understanding and practice to deliver quality care services which will enhance and support
your employability for your future aspirations and work opportunities.
In particular, the programme aims to:
 Provide you with a critical overview of well established and emerging theories,
principles and concepts within a health and social care area through core skills and
key professionally based units.
 Create opportunities for you to consider the application of these underlying theories,
principles and concepts to real world contexts that relate to the areas in which you
have experience of working, or wish to work in the future and to be creative and
innovative in practice informed by relevant theory and learning.
 Enable you to reach your personal potential by enhancing your knowledge, key
transferable skills and strong academic skills which permit critical enquiry including
the ability to identify and locate appropriate tools, techniques and research.
 Equip you with knowledge, skills, self-awareness and confidence to continue as a
reflective and effective learner within your workplace and/or in a Higher Education
setting, learning and working effectively independently and/or as part of a team.
3. WORK EXPERIENCE – PAID AND UNPAID
You need to complete the mandatory 200 hours work in paid or voluntary work and cannot
graduate without completing these hours. The college can provide you with contacts and
assistance. LCC will inform all students of any opportunities through Moodle the Virtual
Learning Environment and through Personal Tutors and the WBL Coordinator.
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If you already have a work experience opportunity, either paid, unpaid or voluntary or find
one during the course you must complete the Work Experience Information Form (WEIF)
and submit it to the WBL Coordinator. We need to know where you are working so we can
monitor your progress and the suitability of the work experience and organisation.
4. HOW THESE WORK PLACE ARRANGEMENTS ARE SET UP
A. Once you have found an organisation, or are using your existing work, complete the
WEIF from theWBL Coordinator or Moodle and return it to the WBL Coordinator.
B. YourWBL Coordinator will confirm suitability and relevance of the opportunity to the
course.
C. You will conduct a skills audit during this time and reflect on what has worked and
what didn’t work during your work placement searches.
D. You will have feedback on your skills audit and develop your preparation through
study of the following units: ‘ level 5 unit 23 Employability and level 4 unit 4 Personal
and Professional Development’
E. You will have the opportunity to drop in to speak with Personal Tutors or theWBL
Coordinator for support and guidance.
F. You will have the opportunity for unit – related activities devoted to work related
learning.
G. The WBL Coordinator will monitor your progress and will also ensure that the work
experience mentor/supervisor provides confirms compliance with health and safety
requirements. Please confirm your work experience details as soon as possible so
that all safety checks can be carried out.
H. Ensure that you and the Employer complete and sign-off all parts of the log book and
reflective activities in the Work Experience Handbook and the record of hours
completed in the back of this document.
I. Return the completed Work Experience Handbook to the WBL Coordinator as part of
your course and when you have completed a minimum of 200 hours.
Please note that you cannot receive your qualification and graduate until you have
completed 200 hours of work experience.
5. STAFF and STUDENT ROLES
Staff roles at LCC:
The Head of Employability - Oversight of work experience within the curriculum and
responsible for the Work Experience Policy and Work Experience Strategy.
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Course Co-ordinator- Supports the WBL Coordinator and the Head of Employability in the
smooth running of work experience in the curriculum and takes responsibility for academic
related content and supports mechanisms provided for you regarding preparing and
operating workplace activities.
WBL Coordinator - ensures that unit requirements support you and meet your
requirements in your preparing, gaining, and undertaking work experience activities such as:
Health and Safety and insurance.The WBL Coordinator manages and advises students on
their work experience and liaises with external partners who provide work experience
opportunities and monitors the database to flag when students are behind in work
experience activities.
Student Roles:
Your role as a student is to seek work experience and undertake this according to the
programme and college regulations. You will engage with the College to complete activities
and submitthe Work Experience Handbook on completion of the work experience. You will
engage fully in assessment and college review processes.
You are expected to behave at all times in a professional manner in your search for work
experienceand throughout your programme. If at any time the College receives a bad report
from an organisation the college reserves the right to withdraw their services if you have
acted in a manner to be deemed unprofessional. If this is proven to be correct the college
may discipline you and if it is deemed that you have damaged the college’s reputation in any
way they may withdraw their support to you in every aspect.
If you are not sure how to act or respond in a certain situation or are unsure of what it
means to be professional, please contact your WBL Coordinator so that they can help and
advise you.
ALL STUDENTS MUST:
 Attend all appointments made with the WBL Coordinator. If unable to attend an
appointment / interview you must inform the WBL team and your work placement
mentor/supervisor in good time prior to the date/time arranged, so that it can be
cancelled and another date/time can be arranged.
 Liaise professionally with all stakeholders.
 Students will be withdrawn from using the WBL service if they do not respond
professionally and within a reasonable time when contacting the WBL team or the
work experience provider.
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