Unit

Provide active support

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Unit ID:: CCY280
Unit Code:: PT12CY056
Level:: Two
Credit Value:: 3
Sector:: 1.3
LDCS:: PT1
GLH:: 27
Last registration date:: 31/08/2019
Lower age restriction:: 16

Purpose and Aim

The purpose of this unit is to provide the learner with knowledge, understanding and skills to providing active support to increase an individual’s participation in tasks and activities. It is aimed at those whose role includes providing direct support and assistance to individuals.

Learning Outcomes

The learner will

Assessment Criteria

The learner can

1.	Understand how active support translates values into person-centred practical action with an individual.

1.1	Explain how the key characteristics of active support differ from the hotel model.
1.2	Define the terms: • promoting independence • informed choice • valued life.
1.3	Explain how use of active support can promote independence, informed choice and a valued life.

2.	Be able to interact positively with individuals to promote participation.

2.1	Explain the three elements in positive interaction that promote an individual’s participation in activity.
2.2	Break a routine task into manageable steps for an individual.
2.3	Provide different levels of help to support an individual to participate in a task or activity.
2.4	Positively reinforce an individual’s participation in an activity.

3.	Be able to implement person-centred daily plans to promote participation.

3.1	Provide opportunities for an individual to participate in activity throughout the day avoiding lengthy periods of disengagement.
3.2	Use a structured person-centred format to ensure that a valued range of activities for an individual is available.
3.3	Use a structured format to plan support for an individual to participate in activities.

4.	Be able to maintain person- centred records of participation.

4.1	Record an individual’s participation in activities.
4.2	Describe changes in an individual’s participation over time.
4.3	Report the extent to which an individual’s participation represents the balance of activity associated with a valued lifestyle.

Assessment Methods:

There are no prescribed assessment methods for this unit. Assessments used should be fit for purpose for the unit and learners, and generate evidence of achievement for all the assessment criteria.

Assessment Information:

There is no specific assessment information to be used with this unit.

If not specifically stated in the assessment information, a plural statement in any assessment criterion means a minimum of two.

Other Mappings:

Mapping to National Occupational Standards (NOS) and the Knowledge and Skills Framework(KSF) for the NHS.

NOS ref: HSC 25 & HSC 234

Assessor Requirements:

Units need to be assessed in line with the Skills for Care and Development QCF Assessment Principles.
LO 2, 3, and 4 must be assessed in real work environment.

Additional information:
Active Support - A person-centred model of how to interact with individuals combined with a daily planning system that promotes participation and enhances quality of life.

Individual is someone requiring care or support

Hotel model - refers to institutional style settings organised mainly around staffing needs. They are not person-centred and offer a poor quality of life to individuals. For example, where carers undertake all the domestic tasks and do not provide opportunities for individuals to participate in constructive activities.
Positive interaction refers to supportive interaction using the levels of assistance, task analysis and positive reinforcement that helps an individual to participate in constructive activity.

Levels of help - refers to graduated levels of assistance, from simple verbal reminders providing the lowest level of support to actual physical guidance providing the highest level. Assistance should be given flexibly according to the individual’s need for help, and should be focused on encouraging as much independence as possible.

Positively reinforcing - refers to what an individual gains from undertaking a specific task. These can include naturally occurring rewards (eg. drinking a cup of tea the individual has just made) or other things that the individual particularly likes (eg. praise and attention or a preferred activity) as an encouragement or reward for participating in a specified activity.

Valued range of activities refers to the balance of activities that contribute to a good quality of life for individuals, incorporating vocational, domestic, personal, leisure, educational and social activities.

Valued lifestyle refers to the balance of activities that contribute to a good quality of life for individuals, incorporating vocational, domestic, personal, leisure, educational and social activities.