Health and Social Care Foundation

Health and care support assistants work in a range of health and care settings, for example in a care home, hospital, General Practice, as part of community team and in individuals’ homes where their wider team may include workers from both health and social care.

The broad purpose is to provide high quality and compassionate care and support to individuals. Daily duties will vary dependent on where they work and whether their work is focused on supporting healthcare professionals in providing clinical healthcare or in providing personal care and support in adult social care.

Please enter your email address (upon completion of this skills scan you will need to click on the submission button. Once you have done this, the completed skills scan will be emailed to you and your line manager. You will need to upload your completed skills scan to the OneFile learning assessment record that you have opened to access this skills scan)

We need to ensure you require substantial learning and development to access a funded apprenticeship. You do not need to research topics to answer. This is about what you may already know or do, so we can get a baseline and create a personal learning programme. You may also wish to state areas you would like to develop further.

Please rate each question with Yes, Some or No

Please note if you answer Yes or Some to any of the questions, a drop-down box will appear and you will need to write about what you already know and/or do. If you have any qualifications, competency evidence or certification appliable to the question, it is very important you attach these to the OneFile learning assessment record (LAR) that you have opened to access this skills scan. Please ensure you always maintain confidentiality and avoid putting any names of colleagues/patients.

Skills - Work in partnership with others to help to keep individuals safe. Follow infection prevention and control precautions to protect yourself and others in the workplace. Move and handle equipment or other items safely and assist individuals:

Knowledge - Fundamental principles of a duty of care. Fundamental principles of adult safeguarding and how to report a safeguarding concern.

Fundamental principles of infection prevention and control. Principles of safe moving and handling of equipment and other objects and assistance of individuals:

Skills - Act in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm. Support individuals using person centred values. Adapt your approach when providing care and support to meet the needs of the individual.

Support individuals with positive lifestyle choices to promote health and wellbeing. Develop personal resilience when working in a health or social care setting:

Knowledge - The importance of equality, diversity and inclusion and human rights. Fundamental person-centred values to maximise an individual’s independence. Fundamental mental health, physical health and emotional wellbeing needs that individuals may have. Fundamental principles of health promotion and illness prevention to support positive lifestyle choices.

Common health conditions and routine interventions and knowing when and to whom to escalate for action. Techniques and sources of support to help develop personal resilience when working in a health or social care setting:

Skills - Explore career progression opportunities within the health and social care sectors. Use digital systems and technology in the workplace.

Apply basic food hygiene and preparation methods:

Knowledge - Introduction to the health and social care sectors, and how the sectors link together. Career progression opportunities. Developments in digital working and professional boundaries when using technology.

Basic food hygiene and preparation methods:

Thank you for completing your skills scan

check the emails you have entered are correct before clicking on the submission button.

Your Email : {yourEmail}

Managers Email : {email8}

Reminder: your completed skills scan will be emailed to you immediately, please upload to the skills scan learning assessment record on OneFile, with any other evidence. This is very important as your allocated coach will review before the planning meeting.

Please inform your manager they will receive your skills scan.

At the planning meeting with your coach, your line manager will be asked to confirm it is correct and /or identify further areas of development.