Take time to enable the individuals you support to be independent. Independence makes people feel in control of their lives and gives them a sense of self-worth. Privacy: You will need to understand each individual’s need for privacy and support this in the way you work. The availability of private space will be different in residential care home and home care environments. Irrespective of which environment, you should always ask permission before entering an individual’s room.
The right to respect for private and family life - this means the right to live as a family. The right to dignity and being part of the community - this means you should get the care and support you need to have a good life. You should be able to join in with things in your community along with everyone else. Human rights are to help groups like councils, the police and hospitals protect you by making sure they respect your human rights. For government it means they should protect all of us from groups or individuals who would take away our rights.
Importantly, for their health they want to have a bed, wash, eat and home. The council must help them and get help for them. They also have the right to be respected by others despite their circumstances. You should never assume a person is homeless because of their own fault, there are lots of reasons why someone could be homeless. They also have a right to privacy and don’t have to explain to everyone why they are homeless.
therefore the care provider should respect those beliefs even if they do not share them. | The Right To Privacy | Privacy means one is free from intrusion or disturbance. Every service user has this right and it can be solved by a curtain or a private room. | Access To Information | The data protection act 1998 gives individuals the right to access information about themselves. This could reassure them that nothing is being hidden from them.
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.
I have to act in the person’s best interest but instead of encouraging them to avoid risks I have to support them and enable them to taking part in activities. I have to act in the individuals best interest, keep them safe, carry out risk assessments, promote informed choices but also respect their decision and right to live their life as they choose. If the risk seems great to me I would document it and discuss the matter with my manager. Another area where duty of care dilemmas may arise are confidentiality issues. When a confidential information is shared with me and it concerns safeguarding and there is a possibility of harm or someone’s wellbeing is threathened I might have to make a decision and disclose this information.
In today’s society a person’s rights to privacy is highly valued and believed by most that one’s life has the right to be concealed. But does this apply when the person is asking for media and paparazzi involvement in their life? Agreeing to organise Pap shootings and partaking in a lifestyle show called “Being Lara Bingle”? Is this not asking for the world’s involvement in her life? • Nauman
These are surprisingly simple questions to answer, self ownership is not a hard concept to grasp. Self Ownership is the concept that you and I as sovereign beings have full ownership and responsibility over our bodies and our minds. In Self ownership lyes the truest and most fundamental ideals of freedom-- do as you wish as long as your actions do not impede on the freedoms of others . This is a concept that many people believe we already practice in our society, but this is not the case. There are many laws that inhibit us as the owners of our bodies from having the freedom to do as we please.
However, freedom also has its limitations it may not interfere with other privileges or rights. In order to maintain Jefferson’s philosophy on liberty, a compromise must be made between freedom of expression and censorship. Although people are promised by the Constitution a right to freedom of expression, there are certain boundaries which are never to be crossed. It is the responsibility of the government to preserve the law while supporting the people; for the U.S. democracy is run by consent of the people. A prime example of this controversial issue is the system of television ratings.
This is because you are not allowed to violate the person or privacy without their consent. This relates to the principles of person centred values. Some people may want their privacy in personal situations and want to be alone, therefore consenting to wanting to be on their own; others may need help in making choices, and consent for your presence, advice and thoughts on a matter. How to gain consent and What to do if you can’t. Av & Avi A social worker might gain consent from an individual by verbally or written confirmation, by asking questions by giving choices.