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Principles of care: Codes and standards
This badge will help you to show what you have learned from the Codes and standards chapter of the Principles of Care ebook in the Foundations for Practice series. It is one of five badges required to gain the Principles of Care milestone open badge.
We all have to work to codes of practice and national standards and these are fundamental to ensuring good outcomes for people who you care for and support. This badge will help you to provide evidence that you know, understand and can work to the requirements of the codes and standards that are at the core of best practice. You will need to read the Codes and standards chapter of the Principles of Care ebook before you can apply for this badge.
To get this badge you must:
- complete the activity in the Codes and standards chapter of the Principles of Care ebook, and include what you wrote in your note as evidence for this badge
- using the information in this chapter, write a short reflective account of a minimum of 150 words to explain how the codes and standards help to ensure the best outcomes for people you care for and support
- write a short reflective account of a minimum of 100 words to explain how you will use the knowledge you gained from this chapter in your practice in future.
We will return applications that do not provide enough evidence showing how you have met these criteria.
You must achieve the Writing evidence for Open Badge applications badge before you apply for this one.
You will need to submit written statements in response to the questions asked in the criteria.
You can write your statements directly on the badge application form or paste a link to your own blog or portfolio. You also need to attach your note for the activity detailed in chapter two of the ebook. We will also accept short audio or video statements if you prefer these formats.
Remember, anyone who you show your badge to can view the evidence you provide. Please don’t include confidential or private information in your statements.
Badge issuer
Scottish Social Services Council
Promoting high standards, raising public confidence and developing a trained and trusted social service workforce in Scotland.
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I confirm that I have read, understood and completed all the activities listed in the badge criteria and that each question from the criteria is answered in the evidence I have provided. My evidence has been written or recorded by me and I have not copied it from anywhere or anyone else. I understand that it will take 28 days for you to assess my application and that feedback cannot be provided if my application is unsuccessful.
Your evidence, name, and email address will be sent to the organisation who issue this badge