Direct Own Support

Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Entry Level 3
Unit No:
D/504/8754
Credits:
5
Guided learning hours:
50 hours

Assessment Guidance

Portfolio of Evidence

Unit Learning Outcomes

1

Know when they are likely to need support.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1
    Identify situations which arise routinely (e.g. tasks that need completing daily or a session within a weekly timetable) where they are likely to need support.
2

Be able to request support from appropriate sources.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1
    Seek some aspects of support that they need from the sources able to provide it and/or those who can broker it for them.
3

Be able to make informed choices about their own support.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1
    Make choices about support which meet their needs are in line with their own personal preferences.
4

Be able to give instructions to people providing support.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1
    Instruct familiar people so that they provide support for routine tasks or situations in a way that the learner wants to receive it.
5

Be able to ask for support to be adjusted.

Assessment Criteria

  • 5.1
    Identify who to inform if support is not meeting their needs.
  • 5.2
    State what aspect of their support is not working and why.
6

Know how support can benefit them.

Assessment Criteria

  • 6.1
    Outline how the support they receive enables them to do things that they may not otherwise be able to do.