Portfolio and departmental competencies
How to produce yor evidence
Remember to follow the guidance on the evidence criteria page - but every piece of portfolio evidence should have the following key elements:
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Date it was produced and include your name
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Put into context (i.e. what is the piece of evidence and what is it demonstrating)
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Mentor checked (including comments from mentors or follow up questions)
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Annotated with personalised comments / labelling
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Contain both objective evidence (i.e. based on facts) and knowledge elements
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No more than 3 or 4 sides max
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Cover as many of the SoP as possible.
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Signed by yourself and the work based mentor
The example piece of evidence below has been obtained from another portfolio in another HCS department but has all the criteria required to produce a good piece of evidence:
Evidence has been framed with a title, name and index number.
Evidence has a brief introduction putting it into context - this will make it easier of assessors to interpret.
Evidence includes objective evidence - this one includes a screen shot of a training plan used within the department.
Evidence has been annotated to personalise it - this also demonstrates ownership of your work.
Evidence includes a knowledge element explaining some elements of the evidence in more detail - this demonstrates understanding.
Evidence includes both typed and handwritten text - a good mix of both is useful but not essential
Evidence should be sign by yourself and countersigned by your wok based mentor - remember your mentor may ask follow up questions.
This is only an example of how to layout a piece of evidence - all evidence must be varied in nature and cover all SoP's contained for each portfolio section. Your mentor may ask for more or less work but will look at all three pieces of evidence for each section as a whole to determine if you have met the criteria.