Counsellor Counselling Skills Accountable Unregulated One to One Everyday life Controlled Environment Informal Confidentiality Un-contracted Contract & structure Sympathy Empathy Everyday life Registered by BACP Structured Identify the key features of the recognised ethical framework for good practice for counselling? One of the key features of
It is my duty to take care of vulnerable adults and to ensure that their needs and well-being are looked after. I exercise reasonable care with respect to individuals’ best interests, this includes protecting service users from any harm or abuse that may occur and avoiding any acts that could result in injury but it also means respecting service users and giving them choices. I am proficient enough to ensure that every service user is taken care of in a reasonable, responsible and respectful manner. It is my role to ensure that my duty is carried out safely and effectively working alongside my organisation’s policies and procedures. Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice Know how to address dilemmas that may arise between an individuals rights and the duty of care Know how to recognise and handle comments and complaints Know how to recognise and handle incidents errors and Duty of Care is defined simply as a legal obligation to Always act in the best interest of individuals and others Not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm Act within your competence and not take on anything you do not believe you can safely do.
This environment could be achieved when being in a relationship with a person who was very understanding, accepting and genuine. Risk taking can be part of a person centred approach as we would choose to use positive and informed risk taking which would involve building a positive view of the individual, and seeking to learn what a persons skills are and what people like about them. In person centred thinking we also explore the consequences of not taking the risk so that these may be balanced against the consequences of taking the risk. Using an individuals care plan contributes to working in a person centred way as this would be constructed by the client with the support of the care worker so that the client has full control, instead of the support plan being made by the care worker so the client feels as if they have no control of their recovery. Work in a person centred way In order to find out the history, preferences, wishes and needs of an individual I would refer to any previous files held with regards to that person, as well as discussing directly with the client what the preferenes etc.
It enables individual's to recieve the care and support they need, in a person centered way and to be part of deciding the care that they will recieve. Person centered care is good pracitce and helps to ensure that the correct and agreed care and support is given to each individual. No individual is the a same and by having a person centered approach, it ensures that everyone is not treated the same, but in a way that respects their needs, wishes, preferences and values. Working to a person centered approach is essential in dementia care. It will help to maintain the individual's self-identity, self respect and dignity.
1. Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice: 1.1: Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role: • To keep individuals safe • To keep individuals free from harm • To give choice • Promote independence 1.2: Explain how duty of care contributes to safeguarding or protection of individuals: Having duty of care should guarantee the safeguarding of adults in my care • Risk assessments • Conforming to legislation • Understanding signs of neglect/abuse 2. Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individuals rights and the duty of care: 2.1: Describe potential conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and individuals rights: Sometimes individuals may wan to do something which could be a risk to their health and safety, as a carer I have to duty of care to keep that person safe but also a duty to respect the individual’s rights and choices. It could be that the individual no longer wishes to use their walking frame but their care plan states that she needs it to move fro, place to place and you are to ensure you encourage its use. In this predicament you could carry out a risk assessment to ensure that it is managed as safely as possible.
Firstly protecting the rights and promoting the interests of service users and care workers. This means that the social care worker has to allow the service user to have the rights that they are allowed. Also allow them to carry out their interests if it is allowed. Also, the social care workers managers should also understand that the social worker has rights and is allowed to do anything within their rights, unless being instructed to do otherwise by a senior care worker. It is especially important for the social worker to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of service users.
Identify the key features of one recognised ethical framework for good practice in counselling? One of the key features of one recognised ethical framework for good practice in counselling are the ethical principles of counselling and psychotherapy, these direct attention to important ethical responsibilities of the counsellor. These are made up of the following ethical principles: Being trustworthy Honouring the trust placed in the practitioner, this is also known as fidelity. Ensuring the clients expectations are ones that have reasonable prospects of being met. Autonomy Respecting the client’s right to be self governing.
Staff should work in a way that promotes person centred care by respecting the client’s needs and preferences, this gives better care and makes the client feel valued and in control of what they want from their lives. Aiii A definition of the term “consent” in adult social care. Consent is agreeing to an activity for example, clients giving consent for medication to be administered. Aiv An explanation of why social care workers must gain the consent of the individual when they are providing care or support. Staff should always consent when providing support, if not the client could be at risk of abuse.
For this reason, I believe it is essential to respect and allow clients the right to choose and make their own decisions. In my view, being empathic is a key component to building rapport with the client. It is of great importance to be able to really understand and feel what the client is experiencing from his/her subjective world. This kind of understanding ensures that the client is being understood and his/her experience is acknowledged, and the counsellor is staying within the client’s internal frame of reference. I believe being non-judgmental and accepting is perhaps the most important part of the counselling process, because in my opinion, these principles promote self-worth and self-esteem which are all an essential part of a client’s personal
(Rogers, 1961). From this we can infer that trust is key in developing a healthy and successful therapeutic relationship. Trust leads to genuineness and realness in the counselling session where both therapist and client can be themselves and express their feelings and experiences without fear of judgement. If trust is the foundation that the counselling relationship is built on, then the core conditions of PCT will be present,