Lesson 1 – Professionals,

Roles and Responsibiliti

es Assignment M2,D2

Values and

Planning Unit 9

Unit 9

P1,M1,D1 = DONE

P2,P3= DONE

M2/D1

Learning Objective

sLO1- Identify the

term professionalsLO2- Underline the

term roles and responsibilities

LO3- Be able to state the roles and

responsibilities of two professionals

Is this a professional?Look at the photos you have and

debate if you think it is a professional

or not?

5 minute debate (Write down why you think they are or are

not?)

Professional

?Write

down what you think a profession

al is?

A professional can be defined as:

“individuals qualified in a profession to

provide a service.” (Stretch & Whitehouse,

2010)

Professional…An example:

“Physiotherapist– A trained individual who provides rehabilitation

for injuries.”

(Edexcel, 2010).

Learning Objective

sLO1- Identify

the term professionals

LO2- Underline the

term roles and

responsibilities

You have 1 minute to write down as

many professionals that work in a

health and care setting?

1 minute

Social workerHealth visitor

GPProbation

officerFamily support

workerCouncillor

DoctorNurse

Write down what you

think roles are?

Roles can be defined as: “your position in an

organisation”

“Teacher’s main role is the education of their students”

“A doctor’s is the looking after the health of their patients”

Write down what you

think responsibilities

are?

Responsibility “the functions of your

position”

“Doctor – holding surgery, diagnosing illnesses, treating

illnesses, home visits, on-call etc…”

RoleResponsibilitiesV “A person can

play several roles in life and each role has different set of responsibilities”- Doctor-Look after

patients health- Social worker – Protect vulnerable people

- Observing and recording patients’

behaviour.

- provide emotional and psychological

support

- Give medication to service users

To pick one professional

job and make a job

advertisement for a full time

position.

1. Explain role2. Explain

responsibilities

Learning Objective

sLO1- Identify the

term professionalsLO2- Underline the

term roles and responsibilities

LO3- Be able to state the roles and

responsibilities of two professionals