Title

Participate in teams to benefit CYP in residential childcare      

Type

Knowledge and Skills

Learning outcomes

Assessment criteria

Potential Evidence

1

Understand how to work as part of a team

1.1

Explain the practices that support effective team working

Showcasing your knowledge: –

Tutor marked assignment – one of:

a) Assessment Pack

b) Resource Pack                      

c) Essay

All Assignments MUST use and be submitted with an appropriate referencing system

Professional Discussion

E-learning

Prior Learning / Certificates

Learning Journal

Showcasing your skills: –

Observations

Witness Testimonies

Workplace Records

Minutes of Meetings

Care Plans

Daily notes

Supervision / Appraisals Records

Medication Administration Records

In put – Out put Records

Turn Charts

Reports

Prior Learning / Certificates

Learning Journal

1.2

Define the roles and responsibilities of different team members in own work setting

1.3

Describe ways to ensure that own responsibilities as a team member are met

2

Understand the local network for children and young people’s services

2.1

Describe the functions of agencies that constitute the local network involved with children and young people in residential childcare

2.2

Explain how and why referrals are made between agencies

3

Understand the role of networks and multi-agency work in supporting positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare

3.1

Analyse the benefits of networks and multi-agency work in supporting positive outcomes for children and young people in residential childcare

3.2

Describe how failures in networks and multi-agency work have been highlighted in formal inquiries and serious case reviews

3.3

Describe circumstances when it would be desirable to use networks to build a multi-agency team around a child or young person

4

Be able to build working relationships with others involved in the care of children and young people

4.1

Build and maintain working relationships with others within and beyond the work setting

4.2

Overcome barriers to partnership working

4.3

Reflect on own practice in building and maintaining working relationships

4.4

Identify where improvements can be made in own practice to support working relationships

5

Be able to participate in a multi- agency team around a child or young person

5.1

Participate in negotiating agreement on the parameters of a team built around a child or young person

5.2

Adapt own role and working practice to take account of responsibilities as a team member

5.3

Work collaboratively with other team members within agreed boundaries while ensuring the child or young person remains the focus of the team

5.4

Support the child or young person to understand the work of the team according to their level of understanding

6

Be able to communicate with others to facilitate multi-agency working

6.1

Use appropriate communication for different circumstances in multi- agency working

6.2

Explain the tensions between maintaining confidentiality and the need to share information with other agencies

6.3

Prepare reports that meet legal requirements and are accurate, legible and concise

6.4

Use information in reports prepared by other agencies to support multi- agency working

6.5

Explain the value of using information prepared by other agencies