Tips on how to prepare for an assessment

Learning Objectives

After considering this resource, you should understand different ways you might prepare for an assessment.

Spending time preparing beforehand can help ensure a much more effective assessment when you come to meet the service user. There are many ways you put this groundwork in, and in the following video, students share some of these approaches.

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Reflective Questions

  1. Consider how information gathered on the service user can have a positive influence or a negative influence on your preparation for the assessment.
  2. How might your preparation differ if you are preparing for an assessment on a statutory and non-statutory service user?
  3. How might the information you come across during your preparation contribute to risk assessment?
  4. Reflect how effective preparation can help you consider different theories for practice.
Preparation for practice