This unit must be assessed in line with Skills for Health Assessment Principles.
Families and family members may include:
• Parents
• Legal guardians/those with legal responsibility
• Siblings
• Grandparents
• Step-parents
• Other relatives
Individual refers to someone requiring care or support; it will usually mean the person or people supported by the learner. This may be an adult or a child or young person.
Agreed ways of working will include policies and procedures where these exist; they may be less formally documented with micro-employers.
Others may include:
• Team members
• Other colleagues
• Those who use or commission their own health or social care services
• Families, carers and advocates