Unit 206 – Understanding the role of the social care worker Understand working relationships in social care settings 1.2 In a working relationship, the main reason for any type of contact with any person is to provide some sort of service or to use the service that is being offered. It is a professional relationship. In health and social care the service users depend on you and need to feel secure in the fact that the can rely on you to get certain tasks completed and be happy with the results. This probably would not be the same in a personal relationship; you would not have the same obligation to do these things. You chose personal relationships but you don’t choose your colleagues.
CT299 -Understand the role of the social care worker 1. Understand working relationships in social care settings 1.1 Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship. Working and personal relationships are different because of boundaries, in your working relationship things need to be kept professional at all times and you would be expected to adhere to professional codes of conduct and employers policies and procedures. Personal relationships are much more relaxed and the boundaries are far different e.g. you may hug your family and friends this would not always be appropriate in a work relationship.
Giselle Pienaar Unit 206 1.1Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship? A personal relationship is a relationship you choose to have. Working relationships are given to you, a working relationship can be difficult as coworkers may not get along, in a working relationship is it essential that all coworkers always remain professional and keeps all personal opinions away from the work place. 1.2 Describe different working relationships in health and social care settings? There are many different working relationships within the Health and Social care setting some examples of these are: Manager – coordinators Coordinators – care staff Coordinators – social worker’s, occupational therapists, physio therapists, general hospital staff Coordinators – service users and service user’s next of kin 2.1 Describe why it is important to adhere to the agreed scope of the job role?
Unit 206 The role of the health and social care worker. Outcome 1 – understand working relationships in health and social care. 1.1 Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship. Working relationships are based on formal policies and procedures and agreed ways of working, these are bound by contracts of employment and have codes of practice to be followed – working relationships re professional based. Personal relationships are based on emotions and are informal.
Relationships differ in health and social care setting such as collegues, managers, doctors, paramedics, district nurses and service users with their family and friends. Whilst a professional manner should be maintained to all, you would address your manager in a different way to your collegues and a doctor in a different manner to a service user. An appropriate language and demeanor should be employed to appropriate relationship. Be able to work in ways that are agreed with the employer Describe why it is important to adhere to agreed scope of the job Adhereing to the scope of the job is important as following the boundaries set will allow you to know your role and the responsibilites expected by your employer. The tasks that you carry out should only be ones that you are trained for or you could injure yourself or others doing duties
Unit 4222-206 The role of health and social care worker (HSC 025) Understand working relationships in health and social care 1.1 A working relationship is different to a personal relationship because a working relationship is professional and has specific objectives and purposes and there are boundaries to follow. Other differences between a working relationship and a personal relationship are time limits, professional code of conduct to follow and employer’s policies and procedures to follow. You are only involved with someone in a working relationship because it helps achieve the outcome of the support plan and because it is your job, this is different to when you chose to be someone’s friend or when you are born into a family. 1.2 Different working relationships in health and social care settings are relationships with the people you support and relationships with your employers and colleagues. You have to build professional relationships with people you support to enable you to deliver the care required to each individual so you can get to know them and find out their likes and dislikes and routines they may have.
Evidence for Learning Outcome 1 Understand working relationships in health and social care Assessment Criteria: AC1.1 – Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship Extract from Written Questioning: Written Question: ‘Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship’: Response: ‘…Working relationships are based on formal policies and procedures and agreed ways of working; these are bound by contracts of employment and have codes of practice to be followed – working relationships are professional based. My responsibility as a care assistant is to deliver very high standard services to individuals. This includes support for everyday living. For example, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene and general domestic task. When I am carrying out all these, I do remember person centred values and this helps me to be able to do what is right for the client or what the client wants.
The Role of the social care worker Task A – Short Answer Questions 1. Explain three differences between a working relationship and a personal relationship. (6 marks) working relationships should have a professional distance. Emotionally and with details of the private lives. If the friendship became too close it could make it difficult to accept direction and give the necessary respect in the work place.
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It is a lot easier to end a personal relationship than it is to end a working relationship as there are much more policies and procedures set by the company to define working relationships. 1.2 Describe different working relationships in health and social care settings There are many working relationships within the health and social care environment; these can include your relationship with your colleagues, managers, service users, service user families or health professionals, i.e. GP’s, nurses and physiotherapists. Although you can be friends with your colleagues and could consider yourself to have a personal relationship with them, when you are in the workplace your relationship must be professional towards each other. Your relationship with your manager has got to involve mutual respect; they must respect you and have a level of trust towards you to carry out your duties and responsibilities as well