This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Health Assessment Principles. Learning outcomes 2, 3 and 4 must be assessed in a real work environment.
This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. The unit provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to work with individuals to retain, regain and develop skills for everyday life.
Understand the context of supporting skills for everyday life.
Compare methods for developing and maintaining skills for everyday life.
Analyse reasons why individuals may need support to maintain, regain or develop skills for everyday life.
Individual refers to someone requiring care or support; it will usually mean the person or people supported by the learner.
Explain how maintaining, regaining or developing skills for everyday life can benefit individuals.
Be able to support individuals to plan for maintaining and developing skills for everyday life.
Work with an individual and others to identify skills for everyday life that need to be supported.
Others may include:
Agree a plan with the individual for developing or maintaining the skills identified.
Analyse possible sources of conflict that may arise when planning.
Evaluate ways to resolve any possible sources of conflict.
Support the individual to understand the plan and any processes, procedures or equipment needed to implement or monitor it.
Be able to support individuals to retain, regain or develop skills for everyday life.
Provide agreed support to develop or maintain skills, in a way that promotes active participation.
Active participation is a way of working that recognises an individual’s right to participate in the activities and relationships of everyday life as independently as possible; the individual is regarded as an active partner in their own care or support, rather than a passive recipient.
Give positive and constructive feedback to the individual during activities to develop or maintain their skills.
Describe actions to take if an individual becomes distressed or unable to continue.
Be able to evaluate support for developing or maintaining skills for everyday life.
Work with an individual and others to agree criteria and processes for evaluating support.
Carry out agreed role to evaluate progress towards goals and the effectiveness of methods used.
Agree revisions to the plan.
Record and report in line with agreed ways of working.
Agreed ways of working will include policies and procedures where these exist; they may be less formally documented with micro-employers.