This unit is one of the Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care Optional Units and has the following learning outcomes and assessment criteria:
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- 1 Understand the need for self-advocacy
- 2 Be able to support individuals to self-advocate
- 2.1 Use active listening with individuals to understand their perspective
- 2.2 Work in ways that respect individual’s choice or viewpoint regardless of own view
- 2.3 Establish what individuals wants
- 2.4 Work with the individual to prepare them to self-advocate
- 2.5 Share information so individuals can make choices
- 2.6 Maintain boundaries within the self-advocacy relationship
- 2.7 Support individuals to participate in a meeting
- 3 Be able to support individuals to develop and use their own power
- 3.1 Describe what personal power and power imbalance mean in the context of social care
- 3.2 Describe ways an individual can take power
- 3.3 Identify barriers that stop individuals from being empowered
- 3.4 Support individuals to lead the advocacy relationship
- 3.5 Support the individual to challenge a decision
- 3.6 Support the individual to challenge stereotypes
- 4 Understand the impact of being able to self-advocate
- 4.1 Identify challenges and positive outcomes for individuals who self-advocate.
- 4.2 Identify opportunities to promote self-advocacy within own practice
- 4.3 Explain own personal motivation in supporting individuals to self-advocate
- 4.4 Reflect on the impact on own practice of supporting individuals to self-advocate
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