Services. Level 1 MU 1.2

1. Values and Principles
LEVEL 1
MU 1.2

2. Pass the spelling
 All stand up!
 You will each be given a word you need to spell on the
whiteboard – if correct you can sit down – if not, you
need to stay standing up until you are able to correct it.
 You cannot help each other.

3. Learning outcomes for session
 Describe what it means by Values and Principles
 Identify your own values and principles.
 Describe why this is important in health, social care and early
years settings
 Identify guidance and standards that help support the work
in health, social care and early years settings.
Skills you will develop:
 Research
 Note taking
 Communication skills
 Demonstrate British Values

4. What does the word ‘value’ mean?
Make your notes in your notebook.
Learner feedback:

5. Meaning of value
 The regard that something is held to deserve; the
importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

6. What does the word ‘principles’
mean?
Make your notes in your notebook.
Learner feedback:

7. Meaning of principles
 A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the
foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a
chain of reasoning.

8. What are your own personal
values and principles in life.
 Spend a couple of minutes thinking about the things that
are important to you and why.
 Complete the handout provided (person)
 Share with the rest of the group.

9. What Values and Principles could we have in
childcare, health and social care settings?
 In small groups discuss and write these down ready to
share with the rest of the group.

10. Learner Feedback
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11. Examples of values and principles
in care
 Showing empathy
 Giving people choices
 Person/child centered support
 Confidentiality
 Including everyone
 Finding out their wishes, likes and dislikes
 Meeting their needs
 Safeguarding
 Respecting cultures and beliefs
 Good communication

12. Understand why this is important in health, social
care and early years settings
 Working in groups of 3 - discuss and write down reasons
for why we should have values and principles with health,
social care and early years settings.
 You will be expected to feedback your answer as a whole
group.

13. Learner feedback
• Keeps people safe from harm
• Staff know what they should be doing and how to care for
people
• Helps staff to follow British Values by treating people with
respect
• It shows that the setting is trustworthy
• People will feel like they are cared for properly
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14. What is ‘guidance and standards’?
 Working in pairs research and find out what is the
meaning of guidance and standards.
 Makes notes – do not copy!
 You will need to feedback your answers as a whole group

15. Guidance and standards are…
• rules that should be understood to make sure that the
values and principles are followed correctly by everyone
working in the setting.

16. Research task
 You will be split into small groups and will be given one
guidance and standards to research from the list below.
 You will share with your peers.
 Equality Act 2010
 Health and Social Care Act 2012
 The EYFS
 Care Quality Commissions
 Ofsted

17. Poster/Leaflet Activity
 Chose how you will present your work.
 Your poster or leaflet will be given to a new practitioner
working in care. You need to tell them the following
information:
 The different values and principles that support work in
health and social care and childcare.
 The guidance and standards that give us the understanding
of values and principles in care.

18. Summarise what you have learnt
in the session
 Write a short paragraph to say what you have learnt in
todays session.

19. Recap session – what did we achieve?
 Described what it means by Values and Principles
 Identified your own values and principles.
 Described why this is important in health, social care and
early years settings
 Identified guidance and standards that help support the
work in health, social care and early years settings.
Skills you will develop:
 Research
 Note taking
 Communication skills
 Demonstrate British Values