This may sound really dumb but ive never done an nvq before and ive just recieved my NVQ from work and looked through it and it seems i have no questions? Is this how it is do i just explain how i do stuff IE if i start with help individuals to eat and drink do i just choose a resident and explain how i would feed and communicate with them? Thanks in advance

No, that's not normal... Seems your assessor has given you the file but no question/worksheets.

Give them a call!


DG

Thanks for reply i cant ring her atm she is away for a few days. She works with me so ill see her when she gets back thanks again for the reply

Hi Emz

Just to clarify something you said in your posting...........

There are two parts to each unit, the performance criteria and the knowledge and understanding questions. For the performance criteria you have to provide evidence that you actually do what the standards are requesting. You give the example of "help individuals to eat and drink". When you choose your resident, you must record a time when you have actually helped that resident NOT what you "usually" do.

In other words, all your reflective accounts must be records of actual occasions when you have done whatever the standards are asking for. It must be "I did this" "I did that" NOT "I would" or "usually"

Hope that makes sense.

Hi Emz,
Hope I'm not going to confuse you but when I start a candidate off I don't present them with loads of questions or worksheets, in fact, I never use worksheets. I sometimes get them to do written activities that provide evidence for the knowledge and understanding part of a unit.
If the candidate tells me they have poor reading or writing skills or if they are dyslexic then I don't expect them to do any written work, I will cover everything in holistic observations, verbal questioning when I write the answers they give me, discussions, (yes, you can use these at level 2 with OCR) and use of relevant training. To expect someone with dyslexia to answer loads of questions, complete worksheets and produce endless accounts is not really equality. And this is a vocational qualification not an acedemic one.
Did you get a good induction from assessor, that should have helped you understand how and what evidence you need. Don't go writing loads of stuff before you see your assessor, you might be writing a lot and covering very little!
Your level 2 should be pretty painless, it should be about what you do, every day at work.
Good luck
Steadysue

thanks isettaman and steadysue my assessor asked me which unit i would like to start with and i choose the help individuals to eat and drink. So i got this one out and read the pages and i get the impression im to write down how i would do this and also include rights, diet, adapted utensils etc, Found it pretty straight forward as the resident i decided to explain this one on im keyworker to so know all their needs etc. Then i decided to look at the others and didnt see any questions or anything really that explains what i need to do such as for personel cares i thought maybe there would be some questions such as What choices does the resident have when it comes to personal cares? or What would you do if a resident refused personal cares? Ive also explained to my assessor that i would like to type it up as i hate writing things down she said this was fine and also that she would observe me and give me some questions.