Unit SHC36 Promote person centred approaches in health and social care 2.2 How do you use care plans when applying person centred values A person and their needs should be at the centre of the support process. A carers role is to make sure that a person has every opportunity to state how they wish their needs to be met. This is especially important when the issues regarding the person are difficult or of a sensitive nature. Person centred working is about putting people in control of their lives, whether it be a new service user or a person who has been “stuck in the system” for many years. Most places will have a format (usually a care plan) for identifying needs such as: * What they are able to do independently * Personal Care * Nutritional Needs * Daily Life * Choice and Control * Risks * Medications * Work, leisure and learning * Physical and mental health It is important that everything is included in the care plan.
A risk assessment can always be carried out to see if it is possible for someone to do something that they thought would not be possible. 1.4 Explain how using an individual's care plan contributes to working in a person centred way Using an individual's care plan will ensure that the person's own needs and wishes are being met, rather than offering them a 'choice' of what is available. Using their care plan, you can build on what they want and see where there are gaps that need to be addressed. 2.1 Find out the history, preferences, wishes and needs of the individual 2.2 Apply person centred values in day to day work taking into account the history, preferences, wishes and needs of the individual An Individual is someone requiring care or support Sources of information to find out the wishes and needs of an individual include asking: the individual family friends other carers other professionals i.e. GP,social worker, nurse referring to documents i.e.
* Informing your employer where the practice of colleagues maybe unsafe. * Helping service users to make complaints. * Complying with employers health and safety policies. * Recognising and using responsibly the power that comes with your work with services users and carers. 1.2Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals Following a Code of Practice and thinking about your duty of care means that your practice will be safer because you will stop to think if you are working in the best interests of the person you are supporting and if you are keeping them from harm.
Introduction to duty of care in health social care or childrens and young peoples settings 1. DEFINE THE TERM ‘DUTY OF CARE’ A duty of care means all carers, health professionals and anybody else providing health care services must act in the best interest of the people they support. 1.2 DESCRIBE HOW DUTY OF CARE AFFECTS OWN PERFORMANCE People have a right to expect they will be kept safe and not neglected, or exposed to risks, we owe a duty of care to the people we support. You should think about if what you are doing is best for your client and that you are not putting them art harm or risk, and that you respect their wishes and retain their dignity. 2.1DESCRIBE DILEMMAS THAT MAY ARISE BETWEEN THE DUTY OF CARE AND AN INDIVIDUALS
To establish consent would be to be given permission or approval on such actions or decisions. This would vary depending on the individuals assessed capacity to give consent. Aiv Why social care workers must gain consent of the individual when they are providing care or support - It is important to uphold an individuals rights to be fully involved in their own care whilst adhering to legal requirements as it is also the individuals right to refuse such care or treatment and ensuring the individual are aware and comply with legal requirements. Av How a social care worker might gain the consent of the individual - Social care workers can gain consent by multiple ways including verbal or written confirmation. If the individual is not mentally or physically fit to give consent then a social care worker can gain consent from the individuals next of kin.
Notes on the Exemplar Please note that: • • • The original portfolio work has been reformatted and condensed to reduce the file size and document downloading time. The portfolio exercises are original candidate work and may contain grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. Some items may have been removed altogether, please refer to the notes by the Principal Moderator for specific references. Principal Moderator’s Notes on the Exemplar: Edexcel OSCA Training Exercise Portfolio 2011/12 Health and Social Care: Communication and Values Introduction In this portfolio I will demonstrate my knowledge of communication and the care value base, while analysing each of my interactions. The client groups/settings that I will choose from are: early years elderly specific needs the ill In comparing and contrasting my interactions with different client groups and their settings, I will be able to identify how we communicate with other's changes depending on the client group.
Unit 302- Engage in personal development in health social care and young people’s settings Understand what is required for competence in own work role 302.1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role My duties and responsibilities as a foster carer are to provide care to looked after children (LAC) and young people of various ages. To help and protect children who may have come from difficult backgrounds and experienced abuse, neglect and a chaotic or disruptive family life. We help the child to prepare for returning home to the birth family or for an adoptive/permanent family situation. We promote and be positive about contact with the child’s parents or any wider family members. We have to work with social workers and other outside agencies and share good practice to make the placement a positive situation for the child in our care.
These can be related to economic status, social class, health education, age and gender. However she may not seek medical advice or treatment because of the illness behaviours she has gained throughout her life. Illness behaviour focuses on people’s experiences, interpretation of and reactions to illness (Brooker & Waugh, 2007). Betty may not feel that any symptoms she may have of confusion or depression are worth seeking medical advice for but she would possibly seek help for pain relating to her recent fall. This would relate to Bettys ‘internal locus of control’ which is a term used to describe the beliefs held by people that they have the power to make health-related choices and to control their health behaviours (Hinote, 2007).
Explain Outcome Based Practice. In an attempt to ensure that all individuals requiring care are dealt with holistically and with their needs being met, the personalisation agenda has been introduced into a lot of recent government documentation. A system of care and support tailored to meet the needs of the individual has replaced the “one size fits all” approach previously in vogue. Outcome based practice, also referred to as outcomes management is one such approach to achieving desired patient care goals. It involves a combination of teamwork, quality improvement, which is continually evaluated, and process and outcome measurement.
Questions of confidentiality, privacy, risk taking and generally the exercise of personal choice are all ethical dilemmas encountered and processed on a daily basis in the context of social care. Ethics is also the process that health services follow in order to explore, justify and effect change - for instance if a new procedure, drug or surgical technique is being developed it must at some point be used with patients. The examination of potential positive and negative effects or outcomes, and the provision of appropriate, accessible information about these to the patient to enable informed consent, is an example of applied ethics. [edit]Social and educational activities Ideally, care workers need to make care environments not merely "tolerable", but enjoyable and fulfilling for the clients; this might involve carrying out social and educational activities with those in care. Students of H&SC will need to learn about how to run games, activities, reading groups, excursions and so on, so that the people receiving care get the most out of it as they possibly can.