Unit 2 Assignment: Professional Principles and Values

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Form HCP 4 – Tracking of Practice Evidence Against the Practice Themes
Unit 2: Demonstrating Professional Principles and Values in Health and Social Care (LO3.P6)
KEY KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS,
COMPETENCES against
unit criteria
Source(s) of Evidence
Unit ref (if evidence found in unit:
state Learning Outcome and Assessment
Criterion/Criteria)
Other source(s) of evidence
Practice Theme 1: Law, Regulation and Ethical Practice
Evidence of experience of
working in line with regulated
ways of working and duties in
supporting and caring for
individuals and others
including:
1. Responsibilities and
duty of role
The role involves respect for autonomy which
means that the personal details must not be
disclosed without the consent. There has to be a
balance of benefits and harms of disclosure and
non disclosure. It is the responsibility of the
caregiver to understand diverse nature of
individuals who are getting the care and a few
ethical problems that can come up in the health
and social care setting.
First and foremost, a care provider
should owe a duty of care to
patients prior to his or her
competency in carrying out that
duty can be evaluated. As the
obligatory doctor-patient relation is
set up, the care giver owes to the
patient the duty of care and cure
with that level of skill, care, and
diligence as held by or anticipated
of a realistically competent
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physician under the identical or
similar situation (Findlaw, 2019).
2. Case management
Case management would need collecting all the
facts and understanding the possible dilemmas
that can come up (Lloyd, 2010).
For case management I will have
to coordinate all facets of the care
of each patient. There has to be
proper use of services and
resources too.
3. Supervision
The regulated way of operation and duty would
include the records to be maintained by
supervisors with respect to the observations of the
practice.
The use of clinical supervision is
to give a protected and
confidential setting for employees
to consider and talk about their
work and their private and
professional reactions to their
work (Koivu, Hyrkas and
Saarinen, 2010).
4. Personal development It is highly significant for the health and social
care practitioners to enhance tolerance and
understanding. This will help in ensuring that the
diversity is valued. As a practitioner, I need to
build up a non judgemental behaviour while
The personal and professional
development is to assist in
nursing. Continuous professional
development has been significant
in nursing because it helps the

working.
caregiver to have up to date
awareness by training so that the
best care can be delivered to the
patients.
5. Team working
Teamwork is important because the people as well
as care providers have to work equally to plan,
develop and monitor care for making sure that the
needs are accomplished. People and their families
have to be the centre of decisions. The family
should be considered as experts for attaining the
best outcomes.
Teamwork is important for
delivering best care to patients
therefore all the care providers,
either professional or the relatives
or family members of the patient,
act as a team for the treatment of
the individual patient (Persily,
2014).
6. Assessment of
individual’s needs
It is ethical to consider people's preferences and
their expressed needs because people expect to be
actively participating in their own case and they
want the health professionals to assist them in
doing so (Community Care, 2019).
Every individual has a different
need and preference so the care
provider has to understand the
needs of the patient prior to
providing the treatment.
7. Communication
strategies
For great coordination and integrating care, it is
important that there is good communication so
Such a reputation must be built
with the patient so that all the

that people are physically comfortable and they
get emotional support. The communication has to
be two way.
problems and issues can be
communicated in the right manner
to the care provider.
8. Person centred
personal care and well
being
Through this unit, I have learnt that person-
centred care includes considering desires, values
and emotions of people along with their family
circumstances, lifestyles and social situations.
Support staff is expected to perform as per the
wishes of each individual that is getting care or
support.
Every individual is different and
has different needs therefore
personalized care has to be
provided to each individual.
9. physiological care
Physiological care should not be ignored as it is of
a holistic patient viewpoint. It helps patients to get
both informational and emotional support from
care givers to assist them in dealing with the care.
The nursing assessment involves
collecting information regarding
the patient's individual
physiological, psychological,
sociological, and spiritual
requirements. It is the primary
step in the effective assessment of
a patient (Manning, 2014).
10. risk management There are dilemmas faced by care workers and for
making ethical decisions it is important that the
Whenever individual is given a
treatment, there is little or high risk

risks to the individual and the other people are
considered. I have to recognise and evaluate risks
as a way to reduce or eliminate any harm to the
patients from our staff members or visitors. I
understand that there are certain identified risks
and these would be required to be informed to the
relevant people. I need to be ready for accepting
the element of risk.
attached to the procedure. It is
important that the risk is identified
and the family members are made
aware of the risk. The focus has to
be on reducing the risk.
11. equality and diversity As a care provider, it is my responsibility
to provide a service which shows good equality
and Diversity practice. For this I have understood
role of cultural and religious beliefs in Healthcare
and it is my duty to make sure that everybody gets
care as per the personal requirements. Each
individual has to be treated with respect and
dignity at all times.
A care giver has to deal with
various individuals, who differ in
class, ethnicity, culture or
religion. for providing care from
all must be treated equally
12. quality care procedures For making the care services to be of good
quality, whole set of services have to be
accomplished in the best manner.
The procedures should be
performed in a qualitative manner
so that the patient gets premium
care at the clinical unit.
Evidence of taking personal Care giver has a duty to support the patients and The Healthcare provider cannot

responsibility their families. It is important that personal
responsibility for all acts is accepted and the
caregiver is accountable for any action, inaction
or judgement.
pass on his responsibility onto
other individual and therefore the
roles and responsibilities have to
be clearly defined.
Evidence of working
independently within defined
parameters of practice
I got the capacity to work without direct
supervision. At times, there was a delivery of
care independently according to the defined plan
of care of individual and then the parameters of
the practice of nursing associate role were
followed.
Provider should be capable of
providing independent support,
without the need to referring to
senior staff or any manual. In case
of need for help, he should not
hesitate to get help.
Using initiative in a variety of
situations
While evaluating the condition of the patient, I
exercised judgement and took initiative to handle
situations.
The decision making skills are
evaluated by the way individual
takes initiative
Performing a range of skills
consistent with own roles,
responsibilities and
professional values
For the role, I developed analytical, judgmental,
communication skills.
Each role requires various skills
and it is important that individual
performing the role of a caregiver
has all the required skills to deal
with different types of patients and

their families.
Practice Theme 2: Professional values, attitudes and behaviour in health and social care practice evidenced through
Exploring own values,
attitudes and behaviours and
how they impact on the work
done with others
In the theme 2, the values which are important for
working in health and social care have been
explored. These act as principles for
differentiating right from wrong and
understanding what is significant while caring
and supporting people. These help in providing
person centred value to people.
Today, nurses have to get
knowledge and responsiveness
regarding professional values as
principles to give safe and high-
class ethical care.
The values, attitudes and
behaviours of others and how
to promote positive working
and caring relationships
The positive working in caring relations can be
built through effective communication and
practising partnership, respect and dignity.
Nurses’ viewpoint on professional
values has impact on decision-
making and patient care.
Exploring own
communication style and how
to use and adapt
communications to different
audiences reflecting
In this case small activity was carried out to
explore on communication style and bring
changes so that I can use effective and positive
communication in future, while dealing with
people and their families. The choice of
The ability to communicate
efficiently is a necessary talent for
nurse leaders. High-quality
communication skills are linked to
improved patient outcomes and

individual needs of others communication has to be done effectively,
depending on different situations. I realise that no
two communications with different people can be
same.
higher worker contentment.
Communicating purposefully
and appropriately using
different forms; verbal,
written, electronic, non-verbal
The communication can be done in verbal, non
verbal or symbolic manner. Different from verbal
communication, nonverbal involves all kinds in
which there is no spoken or documented word.
But it can be useful way to communicate when
utilised in a proper way, particularly then there is
any elderly adult client usually has constraint
hearing or visual problem. Therefore it is
important that as a caregiver I understand the
usage of non verbal communication for below the
relationship with my patients (Dzaher, 2016).
Strong communication skills allow
the care giver to interact more
efficiently with the colleagues as
well as patients.
Exercising own skills,
attitudes and behaviours to
support personal development
of self and others
It is important to develop skills of self awareness
so that I can respond to patients in highly
appropriate manner therefore this would assist the
patient and would save personal feelings of
embarrassment. For being self aware, I explored
It is important to be self motivated
so that the individual can motivate
others too. For this, self awareness
is important.

the aspects of my life which might bring anxiety
and therefore the strategies and ideas were used
for supporting myself. For this role model can
also be considered for help can be sought from
other people so that the caregiver can learn to
deal with the situation. By being self aware, I
become more capable of becoming role model for
other people.
Commitment to adopting a
person-centred approach:
working with colleagues and
individuals to promote quality
care and services that ensure
the health, safety and
wellbeing of individuals
In the person centred care, I work in
collaboration with individuals who utilise
services. This week air is made and customised
according to the requirements of people.
Person-centred treatment uses a
non-authoritative way that lets the
clients to take a lead in and find
out the best solutions. The service
provider is a compassionate
facilitator, who does not judge or
interrupt or interfere with the
client’s procedure of self-
discovery.
Demonstrating courage to
challenges faced in different
contexts and be adaptable to
By discovering oneself the challenges faced can
be handled. In the working situations when
difficult times come up then and the vulnerability
Whenever a change is initiated, it
has to be evaluated in terms of
available skills and capacities.

change and uncertainty might challenge the perceived
skills. In this phase being more self awareness
assists in coping with such situations so that the
anxieties and concerns can be respected and one
can prompt questions regarding the ways of
overcoming these challenges.
Practice Theme 3: Health, Safety and Safeguarding through the Lifespan and how skills and knowledge are demonstrated through
Carrying out roles and
responsibilities in ensuring
the health, safety and
wellbeing of colleagues,
service users and others
visiting the premises
As per the health and safety law at workplace, it
is the duty of employer to protect the health,
safety and welfare of the staff and other visitors
might get impacted by the business. Therefore the
service provider or the caregiver has to make sure
that all the colleagues, service users and people
who visit the premises are safe from all things
which can be harmful. There is a need to control
risks to health or injury that can come up.
The caregiver has to make sure that
all the people who visit the
premises are safe from all things
which can be harmful.
Own roles and
responsibilities following and
adhering to safeguarding and
protection
I understand that it my role involves getting all
the information regarding this in the workplace
and finding out about the protection instructions
and getting training on the way of dealing with
The different techniques used in
case of unwanted, illegal or
harmful activities are Whistle
blowing, recording and reporting,

the risks. The responsibility will include
empowerment form of prevention, protection of
partnership and proportionality without
accountability in safeguarding activities. In case
any unethical or illegal practice is found in the
workplace then I have to who act as a
whistleblower recording and reporting the
problem and escalating to the concerned
authorities. In this case there were discussions of
various events when the nursing team acts as
whistleblower, along with assessment of its
impact.
knowing when to escalate concerns
and seek support.
Practice Theme 4: Valuing and promoting diversity, difference and inclusion evidence through
Own fair and equitable
treatment of and response to
individual service users and
others, inside and outside
own work setting, regardless
of their personal defining
characteristics
As per the American Association of colleges of
nursing, it is important to recognise the direct
relation among culturally diverse nursing staff
and the capacity to deliver quality, culturally
competent patient care to the diverse set off
patients. Like, the creation of teams are Groups
for reviewing and presenting content can be a
Whenever an individual comes, I
do not differentiate on basis of the
culture, religion or ethnicity of
people.

useful way which it is based on what people
know and also leads to active participation. The
collaboration by every member is supported in
case the team is accountable to get successful
learning results. This strategy can be highly
useful along with understanding of cultural
presentations and concepts so that diversity is
promoted. It is important that the cultural climate
of the clinical unit is evaluated for maintaining
the environment which supports diversity. For
invention diversity the focus was on the strengths
of workplace diversity and areas which require
improvement. When the roles are clear for every
team member then the team efficiency is
improvised and the mutual trust and respect is
gained. Effective teams have to accept and
support diversity of opinions amongst team
members.
Making adjustments to own
working practices, behaviour
and approach to meet the
In the classroom sessions, there was
consideration of a patient who was different in
cultural terms and also was unable to hear. In this
I make amendments to the way of
dealing with people, on the basis of
situation. The patient and their