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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.
You must not use any generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to plan, write or improve your evidence for this badge.
To get this badge you must:
- complete the activity in the Codes and standards chapter of the Principles of Care ebook
- 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. 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.
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Scottish Social Services Council
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Terms and conditions
1. I have read, understood and completed all activities listed in the badge criteria. The evidence I have provided answers each question from the criteria.
2. I confirm that the evidence I have submitted is free from personally identifiable information of others. Nobody can be identified, directly or indirectly, from any examples I provide.
3. I confirm that I have not used generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to plan or write any of the evidence I have provided. This is my own original work and I have not copied it from anywhere or anyone else. I understand that all AI assistance is banned under the rules for Open Badge applications.
4. I give consent for the SSSC and the people I share this badge with to use plagiarism and AI detection tools to validate the authenticity of the evidence I have submitted.
5. I understand that it may take up to 28 days to assess my application and that feedback cannot always be provided if it is unsuccessful.
Your evidence, name, and email address will be sent to the organisation who issue this badge