PUP 2226 ASSIGNMENT GUIDANCE

On successful completion of the module you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrates enhanced engagement skills and techniques and their application to assessment.
  2. Examine and analyze the strengths and limitations of principles and philosophies which underpin existing service models in mental health care delivery.
  3. Demonstrate and provide an in-depth analysis of holistic assessment principles within mental health care.
  4. Analyze collaborative working in relation to planning and implementation of care.
  5. To demonstrate the ability to adhere, concisely, to the requirements contained within the assessment brief.

Note the guidance given below is a basic guide to assist you with completion of the PUP 2226 assignment.

You will be provided with further support during the module, and the module team advises you to attend all timetabled sessions.

You have been asked to identify a case study from clinical practice demonstrating good understanding of therapeutic engagement skills, appropriate use of assessment tool, goal settings, care planning and collaborative partnerships via the production of a 3500 word assignment based on an identified service user/family from practice that you have worked with or had some contact with. You may choose either a family or individual service user.

Your chosen service user/family should be discussed within assignment support sessions and a brief account of the service user/family should be included in the appendix of your work (please note:- any work included within the appendices is not included within the word count, neither is it marked, it is for additional information purposes only)

Introduction (approx. 250 words)

In relation to learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4, give a brief account of your service user/family (signpost to appendices if appropriate), discuss what will be included within the main body of the assignment, linking to the learning outcomes.  The introduction should make it clear to the reader what is to be discussed within the assignment, remember that if you don’t include something discussed within the introduction, or you include something additional to what was highlighted in the introduction, then this will have an impact on the mark awarded.

Main Body (approx. 3000 words)

  1. Begin by discussing the overall framework i.e. CPA, its underpinning philosophies, impact and advantages and disadvantages in relation to your service user. It is important to demonstrate true engagement with the literature. You need to relate this back to your case study, why is your chosen service user/family on the CPA? What are the specifics of the case study that warrant this? Discuss any complexities within your case study. (LO 2)
  2. Discuss what assessment tool will be utilised i.e. Becks Depression Inventory (BDI) and defend your choice. Explain, using evidence based research, the various engagement strategies that you would need to adopt with your patient.  How would you manage any barriers to communication you encountered and give an account of the specific communication skills used with your service user/family such as open ended, probing questions, reflection and paraphrasing, and why you deemed these appropriate. It is important to relate the theory to practice and you should have collated a number of pieces of literature to assist with this process. Also, discuss completion of assessment and skills required, including who you asked and how you elicited the information needed to gain a comprehensive assessment (from family, carers, other services involved). (LO 1, 3, 4).

Define, briefly what a care plan and its importance within contemporary health care.

  1. Next, begin to formulate 2 problem statements and goals. Concentrate on two problem areas with goals and with appropriate intervention, using the SMART principle (LO 1, 2, 4). It is important to use the literature to support your interventions i.e. evidence based work.

Your problem statement should be in the service user/families own words, for example

‘I really struggle getting to sleep at night, I am often wide awake in the early hours of the morning, then I can’t get out of bed to take the kids to school’

 

You should then provide a long term goal that meets the needs highlighted within the problem statement, for example

 

‘For Sarah to be able to fall asleep within 30 mins of going to bed within 3 weeks’ (make sure that your goals are realistic and achievable, evidence suggests that the average length of time people take to fall asleep is between 10-20 mins, therefore 30 mins is reasonable)

 

Your 2 short term goals should be stepping stones to meeting the long term goal, for example

‘For Sarah to understand her sleep routine and identify areas for improvement within 1 week’

‘For Sarah to have made agreed changes to her sleep routine within 2 weeks’

Alternatively, short term goals can demonstrate smaller improvements leading to the long term goal, for example

‘For Sarah to fall asleep within 1 hour of going to bed’

Or

‘For Sarah to commit to getting out of bed and taking the kids to school regardless of what time she fell asleep’

At this point you discuss, analyse and critique the best available evidence supporting your chosen evidence based interventions used to achieve the goals identified.  These should again be specific to your case study.  Why have you chosen these particular interventions to support your service user/family?  Why have you chosen not to use others when evidence suggests they are considered successful?

Remember we want you to use sub titles during the writing of your care plan

Problem statement

Long Term Goal

Short Term Goals

Interventions

 

  1. Discuss other professionals and their involvement within the care package i.e. social worker role, health care assistant, this may be included within the interventions if appropriate. (LO 2)

Conclusion (approx. 250 words)

Briefly outline what has been discussed within the main body of the assignment, relating it to the learning outcomes.  Consider any conclusions that can be drawn from the literature and highlight any conflicts identified (if identified), including how these were managed.

You must use Harvard referencing throughout and please refer to the marking criteria at the end of the module handbook to be able to self assess the quality of your work prior to submission.

Again, please remember you will be supported throughout this module and will be given further information and advice.