In Part 1 of this article I analysed the NVQ Health and Social Care courses available to move you to the next level in your career as a Health or Care Worker and what you need to do to get a job within the Health and social Care sector if you are currently working elsewhere.

This post is a continuation but in a further upward and forward direction which is at management level or within the teaching sector.

If you have been working within the Health and Social Care sector for some years it might be time to take another step further in the right direction. What do you enjoy doing at work? Within the period of working as a care worker have you had to mentor other staff members and show them what to do? Are you currently carrying out the responsibilities of a manager at work but do not have qualifications to show for it? You should go ahead gathering evidence to prove yourself competent of working as a manager by acquiring NVQ Level 4 Health and Social Care and the Leadership and management course.

This course also comprises of 4 mandatory units and some optional units which you will make your choice in reference to your skill scan. Our products are coming out soon for NVQ Level 4, watch out for it.

You can complete this course within 6 – 12months and the rewards are great. You can do a Google search on Health and Social Care jobs as managers and see if the pay package is worth your while.

On the other hand if you would be interested in the assessing role or the teaching role, this is a rewarding role to pursue as well. I am an NVQ Assessor and I believe we are changing lives and supporting others to get a hold of their career and future.  Reflect on the role of your assessor if you are already taking an NVQ course. Would you like to take up such a role? Don’t be discouraged if you think you did not get enough support from your assessor or your assessor looked disorganised. There are standards of good assessment practice to follow. You would be made aware of these when you go through the A1 Award course.  If you have started we have a resource package that you can purchase for support, go here for more information

You might be curious to know how much your job will be worth when you step up to the challenge of becoming an NVQ Assessor , I will leave that to you to browse the internet and get a hold of this information and reset your goals for 2009. This course can also be completed within 6 – 12months. You will be required to assess NVQ 2 candidates as the major part of this course is practical rather than theoretical. Our unique online support is available to you when you purchase our resource on the A1 Award.

There you can ask any question to help you carry through your course, click here to purchase now.

If you are already an NVQ Assessor and you are undertaking teaching roles like delivering of underpinning knowledge sessions you will be required to have the PTTLS Award by 2010 in order to keep teaching. However you do not need this course if you are purely undertaking assessing roles only.

My advice is that things change all the time in our career, no knowledge gained is useless when you take additional courses, so go for City & Guilds PTTLS 7303 course titled- Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector.

This course is available in most colleges or training centres and you can complete this course within 3 months or less. This course will allow you start a teaching career as you can apply for lecturing jobs within the adult education once you have completed it. However, this course does not qualify you to work with individuals within the nursery, primary or secondary school level. It qualifies you to teach within the Further Education Sector.

We have PTTLS 7303 package tailor-made to support you through the 7 Assignments you will need to submit and also a guide to your journals and reflective writing. This package has examples of written assignments, journals, reflective accounts, scheme of work, micro teaching aids. Although written from a Health and Social Care background  but I find the principles to be the same across other fields therefore it is a good resource to use even if  you desire to teach within other fields as the questions and answers are teaching related and not particularly health and social care related, grab your copy here now.

Are you wondering if this will make a difference to how much you can earn now? Do your research and you will be amazed.

“Nothing really changes until you do something to change your situation. Apply for courses to take you to the next level in your career now. All things are possible if you believe you can do it!”

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Are you wondering…

· What is this all about?

· Where do I get this from?

· Who can I ask to write one for me?

· Do I need to use some forms?

Well I would like to explain this in today’s article.

Firstly, who is a witness?

Literally, he or she is a person who testifies at a court hearing. As a witness, the person may have seen an accident, witnessed a crime, or be asked to describe the character of someone they know. As a witness they will be asked to answer some questions regarding their knowledge of a case in court.

Well in this case we are certainly not in a court of Law but in a work setting you need to locate someone who testifies in writing about you with regards to your work.

Secondly, what is a testimony?

This is evidence obtained from a witness who has made a statement or declaration of fact.

Using the 2 definitions above you can define

WITNESS TESTIMONY as an account of your work performance, which has been witnessed by another person.

This clearly suggests that you can’t write one for yourself. You need someone who can testify in writing to say what they know about you, what they have seen you do or describe an activity you have carried out which should relate to your job description and also to the performance criteria of the units within your NVQ.

You can get a witness testimony from:

· Your manager or supervisor

· Your colleague at work

· The individuals you work with

· Your tutors or trainers.

Depending on your training centre’s policy, generally you would be required to obtain the witness testimony on a form given to you and you have to request that they sign what is called a Witness Status List – normally found at the front bits in your portfolio. Anyone who writes out a witness testimony must sign the Witness Status List and then your assessor will judge the evidence provided.

See an example; this is a witness testimony from a colleague at work. Yours might be how you handled a disclosure of abuse from a service user and the words in your form would be different.

Name of Witness:  S.M

Name of Candidate: A.O

Date of Testimony: 09/06/2007

Signature of Witness: 

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Often learners have asked me “how do I write a reflective account?” and my answer is you need to know what a reflective account is before you can write good one. Many learners have submitted an account to their NVQ assessor and have been disappointed when told they need to write it again. Let me tell you what might have happened – You probably wrote your account without a guide and therefore as lengthy as your account might have been you were told you haven’t met many performance criteria which are what your assessor is looking for. So let me tell you what a reflective account is.

A reflective account is usually a write up of how you have carried out part of your job in the past. It could be yesterday or a week, month or years ago as long as you use past tense. It maybe how you dealt with a health emergency, an abusive situation or how you have used a particular piece of equipment in the past.

Your account will be a record of events that actually happened. It must be reflected in your style of writing as what you did not someone else. 

For example – I did this and then I did that

It is NOT acceptable to write I would do this as this does not demonstrate that you have done it or have been doing it.

If possible write about why you took the actions stated.

For example –When I arrived at Mrs A’s home I put on my gloves and apron to ensure I protect t he service user and myself from infection…..

Throughout your account you must maintain confidentiality by using Mrs A, R or any other alphabet rather than using their actual names or addresses.

Think about a typical day at work or over a period of days and write a story on how you carried out those activities using the performance criteria of the units within your NVQ as a guide. This might include:

·         Assisting clients with toileting requirements. (HSC 218a)

·         Assisting clients with their personal hygiene. (HSC 218bc)

·         Preparing food and drink for clients. (HSC 213abc)

·         Assisting clients to eat and drink. (HSC 214abc)

·         Undertaking clinical activities. ( HSC 230ab)

·         Supporting others to undertake clinical activities. (HSC 361ab)

·         Supporting clients with cleaning or other domestic needs. (HSC 29abc)

·         Supporting clients to be comfortable (HSC 216ab)

·         Providing pressure area care. (HSC 217ab)

·         Supporting clients to move from one position to another (HSC 223ab, HSC 360ab)

·         Supporting service users to access and use services and facilities (HSC 330abc)

·         How you contribute to care planning and review (HSC 328abc)

·         Supporting individuals with specific communication needs (HSC 369abc)

·         How you administer medication to individuals (HSC 375ab)

This list is in exhaustive it applies to any unit title you have chosen within your NVQ.

There are many other activities that you might have been involved in which you should include in your account.

The way in which you carried out the activities is very important; here you will find yourself covering a good part for your mandatory units. This might include:

·         How you communicated with clients and others such as colleagues, relatives and other professionals.

·         How you treated people as individuals and showed them respect and dignity.

·         How you maintained a professional relationship with the different individuals. Did you have to deal with any conflicts, distress or challenging behaviour?

·         How you worked as a team.

·         How you monitored and maintained health and safety during the different work activities.

·         What information you passed on, how it was passed on and what records you completed.

Note: Your reflective account is expected to meet the standards of the NVQ usually the performance criteria and sometimes it will cover some knowledge specification.

 I believe if you make use of all the points I have mentioned, you will be able to construct a good reflective account at NVQ Level 2, NVQ Level 3 or NVQ Level 4 on your own.

In all our packages – NVQ 2 & NVQ 3 Mandatory and Optional units, we have fully referenced examples of reflective accounts and a guide to how to write your reflective account. You also have FREE access to our online support centre once you purchase any of the packages, if you need more help on writing reflective account or any other aspect of your NVQ I will advise you to purchase any of our packages relevant to your needs.

If this post has helped you in anyway please leave a comment, this will encourage me to do more and others to read too. I also welcome other NVQ Assessors/trainers to contribute in order to enhance good practice in our profession, thank you.

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Looking for help with your NVQ 2, NVQ 3 in health and social care, A1 award or PTTLS 7303 assignments? Perhaps you are not very sure how to go about your NVQ Health and Social Care portfolio requirements. You have met with your assessor he/she has given you an assessment plan and some assignments to do and you feel somehow stuck.  At NVQ Made Simple, the Online Support Centre plus a number of resources available can erase all your worries instantly.

You might be very busy due to family and work commitments but you want to complete your NVQ Award despite this fact, congratulation you are in the right place for the support you require.

 There is no question too small or too big to ask; all you need to do is sign up with our Free Online Support when you have purchased a resource from this site which contains specimen questions and answers already in any package of your choice. If you don’t want to purchase any product in this instance, support only can be paid for. This is a one off charge of £10 (introductory price) for as long as you are on your NVQ, Click here to pay now

After payment register for online support using the link below

www.nvqmadesimple.com/onlinesupportcentre  you will need to choose a username and password you can remember easily as you will need this each time you want to log on to the Support Centre, please allow maximum 24hours after registering for your account to be approved by an administrator, you will get a confirmation email to inform you that your registration has been approved.

Next steps to start getting guidance and support

Once you log on to the support centre successfully, locate the relevant page tab to your award type/level, in addition locate the page tab for the units you want to ask question (if applicable) then finally use the comment section to submit your questions. Our promise (guaranteed) is that within 24hours an experienced assessor will respond and answer your request and this response will be available for you to view on the same page.

What makes us different from other similar service provider?

You might have come across a few others who offer similar services to what we do, but we are different, for these reason:

·         Your answers are supplied by experienced assessors within 24hrs or earlier.

·         You are not left alone to seek answers from your colleagues as would be the case on a forum.

·         You have access to the answers supplied to other learners who have asked questions ahead of you.

·         You have access to an online assessor and if extra support is required you can reach us on phone.

·         We provide 7days a week online support if you have difficulties logging into the centre; which means you are supported all the way through your NVQ.

Contact us by email on product@nvqmadesimple.com for support on logging in.

So don’t wait, why don’t you get started now and you will be right on target to hand in your work to your assessor without the normal worries of how to go about your work. Register today as this amount we request is very introductory and at a reduced price. You don’t want to revisit this site and register when it has become £50!

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