3CO03 Core Behaviours for People Professionals CIPD Level 3 Assignment 2026

3CO03 Assignment Task

Answer the five questions below referring to the case study.

Case Study – Job Application

You have seen the following job advertisement and have decided to apply.

Nuvascare Ltd provides a range of home-based care to people who need us for many different reasons. We now have over 200 qualified and experienced care professionals working across the country, supporting our lovely loyal and valued customers. 

As a result of our continued expansion, we are seeking an HR/L&D Assistant to work within our People Practice Team. The role will involve you in all aspects of people practice initially, but with a view to you taking a more specialist role with either our HR or L&D teams after the first year.

This is a great opportunity and we are looking for a special person to fill it. Whilst you may not have worked in a people practice role yet, we would expect you to have a good understanding of what is involved in people practice and to be working towards a relevant (CIPD) qualification. 

Nuvascare is not just about providing care, we are about providing care in a way that benefits our customers, our staff, our wider communities, and our planet. Our values are ‘honesty, kindness and openness’ and the right person for us will be someone who also has sound ethical and professional values and who applies these to their work (and life).  We work in teams, and so we are looking for a good team player – someone who is open, adaptable and enjoys working with others. Above all, the right person will love learning and building their skills and be motivated to take up all the opportunities Nuvascare can offer.

If you feel the above describes you – then get in touch using the attached questionnaire to tell us a little bit more about you. 

Nuvascare Ltd – HR/L&D Assistant Application – Initial Questionnaire

The aim of this questionnaire is for us to get to know more about you. We would like you to respond to five questions, in each case with detailed examples from your previous work experience. (This can be any work experience and does not have to be people practice related. If your work experience so far is limited, you can also consider your experience of studying).

Q1. Ethical working is very important to Nuvascare. Tell us what you understand by the terms ‘ethical principles’ and ‘professional values’ and give us an example of how one of your values has informed your behaviour at work. Make sure you give us the full context of your example (what type of work, what value, how it informed your behaviour). (AC 1.1)

Q2. As a provider of care, we are rigorous about complying with relevant regulation and law. Tell us about two ways you have previously complied with relevant regulation and law in your work or studies within the context of ethics and professional practice. (AC 1.2)

Q3. Our people practice team are a happy and inclusive group of people, who respect each other and work well together. The team values are that everyone is willing to:

a) contribute their views and opinions
b) clarify problems or issues
c) work effectively as part of the team.

For this question we would like you to provide three examples (one for each of a, b, c), summarising how you demonstrated the behaviour. (AC 2.1)

Q4. Professional development is key to the effectiveness of our people practice team and we would like to know how you approach your professional development. Please tell us about your two favourite methods for keeping-up-to-date with issues and developments in the people profession and how you make use of the information you gain from these two methods. (AC 2.2)

Q5. Finally, show us that you actively undertake, record and reflect on your development, by providing your CPD record. This should include at least two examples (from within the last two years) of development activities you have undertaken with accompanying reflections on how they impacted you. (AC 2.3)

Your evidence must consist of:

• A written response to questions 1–4.
  (Approximately 2000 words, (+/- 10%), refer to CIPD word count policy.)

• Your CPD Record. This can be presented in the form of a formal/structured CPD Record or as pages from the CIPD ‘My CPD Reflections’ tool or another appropriate format as agreed with your centre. (Not included in word count.)