Lawrence Crabb claims that the goal of counseling should be psychological and spiritual maturity. Counselors should also seek to assist their clients in reaching their full potential for a life of service. He explains that this accomplished through the counseling relationship. This relationship will vary from client to client. Despite the variations amongst all individuals, Crabb believed that it is important to “abstract a game plan” (Crabb, 1986, p.149) which can be applied to a wide range of situations.
Mental health professionals practice active listening and encourage the client to express their feelings. Mental health counselors develop and implement treatment plans based on the client’s physical or mental condition. Client information is collected through interviews, observations or tests which guide counselors in the development of therapeutic information strategies that will help clients deal with their problems by targeting at-risk behaviors which promotes optimum mental and emotional well-being of the client (Erford, 2010). Over the past decade organizations have come to the realization that mental health professionals need to become competent in cross cultural interactions. Competent multicultural mental health professionals play a key role in success of mental health counseling interventions (Connerley & Pederson, 2005).
K/601/7629 4 Understand the importance of supervision in counseling. 4.1 Explain why both casework and managerial supervision are important for a trainee and a qualified counselor Supervision is important for both trainee and fully qualified counselor for many reasons which can be covered broadly as educative and formative.This means learning and developing the skills required to become an effective counselor and being able to recognise and understand the capabilities of trainee or supervisor by exploration and reflection on work with clients.The supervisor can be effective when supporting and challenging the student in their work with clients,to look at the students awareness of themselves and of their own responses and reactions with clients as well as other variables such as power sharing which can all affect the process. Another important factor is the supportive or restorative purpose of supervision. One simple way to described this is how both student and qualified counselor react and work when issues come up by way of transference.For instance wanting to rescue a client who discuses hugely distressing emotional issues that may resonate due to shared experiences. A further element is the managerial or normative aspect of supervision and this could explained to some extent as maintaining standards.An awareness of the need to keep up with CPD, personal blind spots and prejudices that affect the the way how both trainee and counselor look at themselves which in turn influence how they see others and the way how they work, so the requirement to contiunaly learn about oneself increases knowledge and understanding which is vitaly important for personal development and growth that will enevitbly enhance thier work with clients.
SUMMARY OF LEARNING OUTCOMES To achieve this unit a learner must: 1. Understand psychological approaches to study 2. Be able to apply psychological approaches to health and social care. HOW THIS UNIT WILL BE ASSESSED To reach Pass level, the evidence must show that the learner is able to: P1 describe the application of behaviourist perspectives in health and social care P2 explain the value of the social learning approach to health and social care P3 describe the application of psychodynamic perspectives in health and social care P4 describe the value of the humanistic approach to health and social care service provision P5 explain the value of the cognitive perspective in supporting individuals P6 describe the application of biological perspectives in health and social care To reach Merit level, the evidence must show that, in addition to the Pass criteria, the learner is able to: M1 analyse the contribution of different psychological perspectives to the understanding and management of challenging behaviour M2 analyse the contribution of different psychological
When professionals work together in an integrated way, they put the individual at the centre of all activities to help identify their holistic needs earlier to improve their life outcomes. It is important to see safeguarding as part of a continuum, where prevention and early intervention can help children, vulnerable adults and families get back on track and avoid problems turning into a crisis. Protection is a central part of safeguarding and promoting welfare. It is the process of protecting an individual identified as either suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm as a result of abuse or neglect. 2.2 1.
• Codes of Practice are: Codes of Practice for Social Care Workers and Employers; General Social Care Council; Standards of conduct; Standards of Conduct Performance & Ethics: Health Professionals Council • National Occupational Standards: Health and Social Care; Children's Care Learning and Development 1.2 Explain why reflecting on work activities is an important way to develop own knowledge and skills. Reflecting on activities from work and also other places is a great way to develop the things that you know, and also discover what you don’t know, allowing you to set your mind on ways to develop your knowledge and fill in any gaps in your knowledge. Learning to properly reflect on what has happened is in the past is one of the most valuable personal skills, and it’s a way that an individual can develop themselves without the need for textbooks and training, merely learning not to repeat mistakes you’ve made, and recognizing actions as mistakes in the first place goes a long way to making a person more efficient at their job role. It’s important to access the skills you have, and also the skills you lack to know where improvement is needed, and knowing exactly what you want to learn is useful in reducing the time necessary in producing a new skill. Along with having knowledge and skills,
In the mini-lecture by Dr. Sue he states, “MCT can be defined as both a helping role and process that uses modalities and defines goals, consistent with the life experiences and cultural values of clients.” He also states that MCT involves broadening the role that counselors plays and therefore need to play multiple roles that involve not only the traditional role but systems intervention as well. It is important to avoid a blind application of techniques to all situations and all populations. Another important role is building a therapeutic alliance using empathy, positive regard, respect, warmth and genuineness, self-disclosure, management of counter transference and agreement on goals between the counselor and client (Sue & Sue, 2013) What is the significance of a client's social and cultural context within MCT? Multicultural therapy balances the individualism approach with the collective approach and acknowledges families, significant others, communities and cultures (Sue & Sue, 2013). In MCT the client’s social and cultural background is of importance.
It is used as a life planning model to enable individuals with disabilities and improve their own independence * Appropriate care: Health care in which the expected clinical benefits of care to balance the expected negative effects to such a level that the treatment is necessary * Safeguarding: Protection from harm or damage * Promoting independence: Encouraging the person in your care to do as much as they can for themselves * Aids to communication: A communication aid that helps a person to communicate more effectively with those around them * Legislation and guidance: A law or a group of laws The questions that I asked to Kerry were: 1) How do you promote Equality and Diversity in your role? 2) How do you maintain a service user’s dignity? 3) Are you support plans person centred? How often do you update these? 4) How do you know if the care is appropriate for the individual?
Similarities between Counseling and Social Work Counseling – a new definition by ACA, is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. Social Work – defined by the Council on Social Work Education as promoting human and community well-being. Someone that promotes social work is someone employed to provide social services, especially to the disadvantage. • Both professions seek for the emotional well-being of a client. • Both set standards that require coursework on theories of human development and behavior application of these theories.
As a practitioner it is vital to be aware of the stages of development throughout the human life course in order to be competent in our work. It is equally important to be sensitive to all cultures and ethnicities as well as the environment from which our clients come, both long term and short term. It is essential to have knowledge of the cognitive development perspective, the learning-theory perspective, and the psychoanalytical perspective (moral development) and how they are shaped in the early childhood through the adolescent stages in life, in order for a practitioner to extend proper services. One’s moral development is reflective of their personal environment and life experiences in formative years of childhood and adolescence. “To date, the most common framework used to explore moral behavior has been a cognitive approach” (Reynolds, & Ceranic 2007.)