BSc Health & Social Care: HSO5006 Employability Skills Portfolio

This portfolio documents the development of employability skills for a BSc Health and Social Care student. It includes a career plan outlining aspirations and motivations, a life skills audit assessing various life aspects and corresponding skills, and an employability skills analysis using the Graduate Attributes Matrix Framework (GAME) with self-assessment and STAR technique examples. The portfolio further features a skills profile, CV, cover letter, personal statement, certificates, job descriptions, and a reflective account. The student reflects on self-awareness, resilience, problem-solving, communication, global citizenship, adaptability, collaboration, confidence, and lifelong learning, providing concrete examples using the STAR method to demonstrate these attributes. Additional skills such as organization, time management, and IT proficiency are also highlighted.

Programme Name: BSc Health and Social Care
Module Title:HSO5006Employability Skills
PORTFOLIO 2021/2022
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Portfolio Contents
Page Number
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 studying BSc Health and Social Care and focusing on developing new
skills and capabilities with the motive of accomplishing desired professional and
personal goals.
Career Aspirations:
Career aspiration is to perform nursing and health care practices in effective and
efficient manner. this includes gaining new skills sets that is significant for future
career opportunities.
Why this Career?
I have consider this career as this is very fulfilling for me as I am passionate about
care as well as brining the best out of people. I like to support individual and group of
people for meeting different needs and issues.

Section 2

Life Skills Audit
Aspects of life
events:
Provide specific
details re these
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) Give personal care to service
user
2) Assisting them with food
3) Changing bed and bed linens
4) Help them with hoist
5) Providing assistance
 Patience
 Self confidence
 Showing respect
 Good communication
skills
 Lifting and handling
skills
Education &
Training:
BSc in Health and
social care
1) Writing essay
2) Take online classes
3) Read books
 Good written
communication
 Research skills

4) Research
5) Learning new skills
 Reading skills
Club membership
1) Attending meeting
2) Participate in events
3) Communicate thoughts and
ideas
4) Club development activities
5) Engaging with club members
 Communication
skills
 Listening skills
 Networking
capabilities
 Self confidence
Voluntary Work:
1) Mentoring
2) Administrative activities
3) Counselling
4) Listening
5) Communicating with people
 Commitments
 Communication
skills
 Team work
 Leadership
 Compassion
 Time management
Family:
1) Taking care
2) Communicating ideas and
feelings
3) Providing support
4) Assisting family member
5) Financial support to family
member
 Good
communication
skills
 Time management
 Supportive
 Understanding
 Active listening
Hobbies:  Budgeting

travelling 1) Developing plan
2) Selecting place
3) Backpacking
4) Accommodation
5) Safety and security
 Planning
 Management
 Adapting changes
 Survival skills
The list is only a guide – you can add to /change to suit your own personal situation

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 havegiven 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
I have understanding about some of my skill and weakness. There
are various other skills or capabilities which are unknown and
needs to be developed.

3
Resilient To utilise effective coping strategies to
withstand, learn from or recover quickly
from difficult and challenging situations.
1
2
3 X
I am able to effective deal with the issues and problems as well as
able to cope up with the strategies to withstand. I am able to
successfully recover from the challenging situations.
Problem Solver To use a range of techniques and consider
a number of options in an orderly manner,
to find positive solutions to problems
posed.
1
2
3 X
I am a problem solver and able to resolve issues in proper and
accurate manner. I use different techniques for dealing and solving
problems posed.
Effective
Communicator
To actively listen, share information and
express ideas and feelings effectively
through a range of different mediums
(verbally, via social media, ICT and
presentations) so that the intended message
is successfully delivered, received and
1
2 X
3
I am able to listen actively but I am not able to share information
and ideas with others. I can effective use different mediums to
pass transfer information and message to other.

understood.
Global Citizen To respect diversity, different cultures and
different ways of working, and to
understand the global issues that affect us.
1
2 X
3
I respect different culture and diversity people. I have lack of
information about the global issues that is affecting us.
Enterprising To demonstrate, leadership, initiative and
resourcefulness, and be ready to act as
opportunities present themselves.
1
2 X
3
I am lacking in leadership and not able to successfully demonstrate
possible opportunities presented themselves.
Adaptable To be flexible and responsive to change in
any given situation or work environment,
or in response to the needs, wishes or
demands of others.
1
2
3 X
I am very flexible as well as responsive to the changes and able to
perform better in different working environment.

Collaborative To develop a purposeful relationship/team
with two or more people to constructively
explore ideas and achieve shared goals.
1
2
3 X
I am very collaborative person as well as able to develop a
purposeful relationship with other people
Confident To be free from doubt and have a firm
belief in yourself and your abilities
1
2 X
3
I consider that I am lacking in confidence as I have various doubts.
Lifelong
Learner
To evaluate personal performance and
independently seek and act upon means of
improvement to allow for the advancement
of skills and knowledge for personal or
professional reasons
1
2
3 X
I am a quick learner and focusing on personal performance
development practices. I am learning different skills and
capabilities that is beneficial for personal or professional reasons.