XGBSHN5013 Applying Health and Social Care Policy, Ethics and Law Portfolio

XGBSHN5013 Applying Health and Social Care Policy, Ethics and Law Portfolio, Deadline: Friday, 21^st March 2025 by noon

Assessment Pack contents: Short introduction to the task Key terms Key resources

Template to outline structure and content Rubric to understand marking criteria Video to explain it

Short Introduction to the Task:

The portfolio will require you to complete several tasks designed to enable you to explore an aspect of social policy and practice relevant to health and social care in more depth.

It will require you to reflect on an ethical dilemma case study and outline best practice recommendations to resolve this dilemma in practice using existing legislation, policy development in the area and debates around their application in practice to guide your approach.

Word Count: 3,000 Word (Not include the references list). Referencing: Please use the APA referencing guidelines.

Key Terms:

The portfolio is designed to enable you to explore an aspect of social policy and practice relevant to health and social care in more depth.

It will require you to reflect on an ethical dilemma case study and outline your approach to resolving this in practice using existing legislation.

Key Resources:

The tasks are all found on Moodle for you to complete.

Template:

Portfolio Section

(3,000 words)

Task

Introduction to the portfolio (250 words)

Provide an overview of what the portfolio will cover

Main Body Part 1: Introduce the chosen ethical

dilemma (from the selected text or media) and outline what the concerns are (400 words)

Part 2: Present some wider evidence

and facts about how this ethical issue currently affects the health and/or social care of a particular group and its implications if unresolved

(400 words)

A good place to start is to peruse through is Mandelstam, M., 2019. Safeguarding Adults and the Law: An AZ of Law and Practice. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This should give you an idea on a suitable ethical dilemma to focus on.

Suggestions include:

•Mental capacity

•Whistleblowing

•Managing risk

•Complaints procedure

You may also want to read the section on Personalisation and risk in the Chapter on Regulatory frameworks, inspection and safeguarding in Thomas, R. (2013). Transforming Adult Social Care: Contemporary Policy and Practice.

Students may also look to recent media reports about an ethical dilemma in health and social care that presents an interesting area for social policy. For example, the recent case of Lucy Letby.

Part 3: Present an annotated timeline which explores the

development of policy in the chosen area that relates to tackling the ethical dilemma

(400 words)

Part 4:

Explain the key components of

the current policy and legal

In parts 3 and 4 your task is to explore the current policy framework for your chosen area

For your chosen area,

How has policy developed over a defined period?

What factors have influenced this?

How have they contributed to the development of policy?

What is the current policy framework in your chosen area?

Why do you think it takes this form?

framework (including where appropriate statutory guidance on safeguarding, or equality and diversity, etc) which applies to your chosen area (400 words)

What is the difference between law and statutory guidance and how does this apply in your chosen area?

Part 5:

Explore some of the key ethical and practical challenges for practitioners which arise from working within the current legal and policy context to address the ethical dilemma (400 words)

Part 6: Conclude with a discussion on your

recommendations for best practice in applying policy/legislation to tackle related ethical dilemmas as this in service delivery and provision in the future

(400 words)

In parts 5 and 6, you are expected to evaluate the impact of the current policy framework on both people working in the sector and on service users

How does current policy support or inhibit good practice?

What are the key challenges in putting policy into practice?

How effectively are the needs, rights and aspirations of service users supported by current policy?

How well does policy support diversity and inclusive practice?

What             would             your recommendations be for more inclusive practice that supports service users?

Conclusion (350 words)

Provide a conclusion to the portfolio and reiterate what you have addressed.

Classification:

Criterion:

Exception al First 100, 95,

92

Outstandi ng 1st/Dist 88, 85, 82

First/Disti nction 78, 75, 72

2 (i)

68. 65. 62

2 (ii)

58. 55. 52

Third

48. 45. 42

Fail

38. 35.

32

Abject Fail 25, 20, 10, 0

Knowledge & Understanding (20%)

Polished grasp of subject. Astute and authoritati ve approach to complexity

.

Comprehe nsive and confident grasp with a strong sense of subject complexity

.

Thorough understand ing is evident and well applied to questions or projects.

Secure, general understand ing and reasonable application to question or project.

Sound knowledge relevant to the question or project.

Limited knowledge shows basic understan ding.

Some awarenes s of the context of the question

or project.

Faulty underst anding of question s or concept s.

Irreleva nt or mostly absent

content.

No understanding of question or concepts.

Irrelevant or absent content.

Structure, Argument (20%)

Effective and integrated over- arching argument or structure, clear, insightful synthesis. Highly creative understan ding of

topic.

Effective overall argument with clear and insightful connection s between claims.

Creative understan ding of topic.

Clear and logical focus and direction with valuable connection s made between claims.

Good level of creativity.

Well- focused on the question with some clear connection s made between claims and some overall direction. Some creativity.

Addresses the topic with some direction and makes some connections between claims or different parts of artefact/assi gnment.

Argument is weak and difficult to detect. Connectio ns made between statement s limited

Lack of argume nt.

Faulty connecti on between stateme nts.

No argument. Many faulty connections between statements.

Analysis and Conclusions (20%)

Original and searching analysis, critical appraisal of task and judicious conclusion s.

Searching analysis with pertinent conclusion s drawn.

Insightful analysis throughout with appropriate conclusion s drawn.

Strong analysis of salient illustrative examples. Some general conclusion s drawn.

Some conclusions drawn based on some reasonable comparisons and examples.

Basic analysis. Remains descriptive

, little evaluation or compariso

n. Few clear conclusion s.

Insuffici ent evaluati on or attempt to make compari sons. Conclusi ons illogical

insuffici ent.

No evaluation or attempt to make comparisons. Conclusions illogical or absent.