Ethics and Leadership for Social Care Practice, Assignment, TUS, Ireland

Assignment Description:

Based on your reading of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission Executive Summary Report (2021). You will be expected to engage in sound academic discussion throughout your writing using accurate in-text citation from reliable sources to support your argument. This should be written in an Academic/ Formal Register(style).

Reading outside core reports and texts named in this brief is recommended and essential in gaining a full understanding of the context of this assignment. If using websites, it is advisable to source the journal, report or book that the information is based upon. (On occasion the website may be the original source of the information, please use a critical approach when using this type of source) These must be correctly referenced in a Bibliography.

All citation and references must be carried out using Harvard cite them right 12th Edition. See: https://lit.libguides.com/harvard-referencing-basics Assignments should be presented in a logical structure: Introduction Main Body – (including Ethical issues which may be listed) Headings may also be used in the main body to organize your points(these can be based on the breakdown in the marking criteria below).

Conclusion – Concluding statements should then be made. Note: There must be a considerable difference in the work that is presented here to previous work submitted. Students may not use whole paragraphs or passages of text from previous work. Any text from previous work needs to be paraphrased and referenced with citation (student name, Date) Reference: student name, date , title, module, (3rd year) programme.

All assignments should:

• Be presented in Times Roman or Sans Serif font (e.g. Calibri)
• Font size: 16 Title 14 Subheadings 12 Main Body
• Use at least 1.5 line spacing (2.0 is desirable – 1.0 point is reserved for long indented quotations)
• Be Justified in alignment.
• Be headed by a signed (digital or scanned) official coversheet included in your word document (See Moodle page).
• Please present your work as an MS word document when submitting to Moodle

Note:

the use of Ai should not be implemented in the writing of this document however in sourcing ideas and formats of essay structures it can be a useful tool. Direct use of work that was written or created by Ai will not be accepted in this assignment. Where Ai is used, please state in bibliography referencing the tool used. (Please refer to TUS Assessment policy for details.)

Marking Criteria:

Part 1 (1200 words) 1. Summarise 1 of the Ethical issues that have arisen from the report ? (List the ones that you can identify briefly explaining why they are ethical. Describe the issues and identify what they involved. (30 %) In your discussion you will make reference to the (40%)

a) The social/political context and its influence on the behaviour.

b) The legal context existing at the time.

c) The role of the professionals and the other stakeholders in the situation.

d) The role of the other agencies involved. a. Identify the lessons for Social Care services from these issues and the impact of registration for maintaining ethical standards. (30%)