About this ebook
Exam Board: SQA
Level: Higher
Subject: Care
First Teaching: August 2018
First Exam: June 2019
Develop the values, knowledge, skills and understanding that you need to succeed in your course and become a reflective care worker. Care in Practice combines clear explanations of policy, legislation and theory with practical guidance and real-life case studies.
Fully updated throughout and written in a highly accessible style, the Fourth Edition of this book:
- Comprehensively covers the material and assessment for the revised Higher Care specification and includes relevant content for a range of SVQs and HNCs
- Builds your understanding of the latest research and practice in key areas such as human development, psychology, sociology and safeguarding
- Encourages you to think about, examine and develop your practice through regular activities that help you reflect on your learning
- Provides up-to-date coverage of the Health and Social Care Standards: My support, my life (Scottish Government 2017), the Code of Practice for Social Service Workers (SSSC 2016) and the Nursing and Midwifery Code (NMC 2018)
This book supports a variety of courses including:
- Higher Care
- National 4 and 5 Care
- SVQ2 and SVQ3 in Social Services (Children and Young People) and Social Services and Healthcare
- HNC Social Services
- HNC Care and Administrative Practice
- HNC Additional Support Needs
- HNC Childhood Practice
- Higher Child Care and Development
Level: Higher
Subject: Care
First Teaching: August 2018
First Exam: June 2019
Develop the values, knowledge, skills and understanding that you need to succeed in your course and become a reflective care worker. Care in Practice combines clear explanations of policy, legislation and theory with practical guidance and real-life case studies.
Fully updated throughout and written in a highly accessible style, the Fourth Edition of this book:
- Comprehensively covers the material and assessment for the revised Higher Care specification and includes relevant content for a range of SVQs and HNCs
- Builds your understanding of the latest research and practice in key areas such as human development, psychology, sociology and safeguarding
- Encourages you to think about, examine and develop your practice through regular activities that help you reflect on your learning
- Provides up-to-date coverage of the Health and Social Care Standards: My support, my life (Scottish Government 2017), the Code of Practice for Social Service Workers (SSSC 2016) and the Nursing and Midwifery Code (NMC 2018)
This book supports a variety of courses including:
- Higher Care
- National 4 and 5 Care
- SVQ2 and SVQ3 in Social Services (Children and Young People) and Social Services and Healthcare
- HNC Social Services
- HNC Care and Administrative Practice
- HNC Additional Support Needs
- HNC Childhood Practice
- Higher Child Care and Development
About the author
Janet Miller is a Consultant to the Social Services Sector in Scotland and an External Assessor with the Scottish Social Services Council. She is concerned that people working in care services get the basics right, respecting the worth and dignity of all individuals and valuing learning and development as a means of improving their own lives and the lives of those with whom they work.
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