L/650/1136 Assessment Processes in Health and Social Care Settings Assignment Brief 2025/26

Unit L/650/1136 Aims

The aims of the unit are to develop learners’ knowledge of forms of assessment, to develop their reviewing and planning skills when carrying out assessments, and how to meet the needs of individuals accessing services.

Learning Outcomes And Assessment Criteria

L/650/1136 Assignment Task 1 of 2: Approaches and Leading Care Assessments

Unit Title

Assessment Processes in Health and Social Care Settings

Unit Learning Outcomes Covered

LO 1: Know about approaches used in the assessment process for care provision.
LO 2: Know how to lead assessments for care provision.

Task Assessment Criteria To Be Covered

1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3

Assignment Brief And Guidance

You are employed at Horizon, an adult social care setting. Due to a growing business, individuals with varying care and support requirements have been accepted. There is a lack of staff familiarity with some aspects of their care needs, so training regarding assessment methodologies is needed.

You are required to research information and guidance to inform staff, putting this together in a report for use in induction and training.

The information and guidance should include:

• An explanation of the purpose of different assessment models.
• A description of the purpose of assessment tools available to be used at Horizon.
• Analyse how partnership working can support the assessment process.
• Explain how to use person centred ways of working to support individuals to participate in the assessment process.

How to undertake an assessment.

When to use the referral process for individuals.

You can refer to the SCIE Practice examples – assessment and eligibility for the Care Act 2014 for examples that have been taken direct from the frontline to support practitioners to carry out assessments.

Delivery And Submission

• The submission is in the form of an information and guidance report written in Word format.
• The recommended word limit is 1500 words excluding diagrams, references, and appendices.

Referencing

• You are expected to use relevant academic and reliable sources, and clearly reference these in your work.
• References should be added to the text and placed at the end in a references list, using Harvard Referencing style.
• You should complete a bibliography to support all evidence.

L/650/1136 Assignment Task 2 of 2: Managing Outcomes and Advising Others

Unit Title

Assessment Processes in Health and Social Care Settings

Unit Learning Outcomes Covered

LO 3: Know how to manage the outcomes of care assessments.
LO 4: Be able to advise others about the role of assessment.

Task Assessment Criteria To Be Covered
3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 4.1; 4.2; 4.3

Assignment Brief And Guidance

Your supervisor is preparing you to take on more responsibilities at work and wants you to prepare a staff briefing on how to manage the outcomes of care assessments and advise others about the role of assessment.

Prepare a staff briefing which includes:

• How to develop a care plan.
• How to evaluate the effectiveness of the assessment process and outcomes.
• How to develop an action plan to address any changes following an assessment review.
• Summary of an assessment process for staff to show they understand the impact of assessments on individuals and their families.
• You can refer to the SCIE selection of examples that have been taken direct from the frontline to support practitioners to carry out assessments.

Delivery And Submission

• The submission is in the form of a staff briefing report written in Word format.
• The recommended word limit is 1500 words excluding diagrams, references, and appendices.

Referencing

• You are expected to use relevant academic and reliable sources, and clearly reference these in your work.
• References should be added to the text and placed at the end in a references list, using Harvard Referencing style.
• You should complete a bibliography to support all evidence.