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.
1 Understand the principles and practice of person-centred thing,planning and reviews. 1.1 Explain what person -centred thinking is, and how it relates to person-centred reviews and person centred planning. Person centred thinking is a set of values, skills and tools used in getting to know someone by Person Centred Planning and in personalising of services used by people who need supports provided by social or health care. It is separating what is important to, from what is important for the individual and finding a balance between them. It reflects what is important to the person (now and for the future) and specifies the support they require to make a valued contribution to their community.
Managing risk is a way of working that supports individuals to exercise choices and rights, recognising the balance between managing and enabling independence, choice and control. * Prevention - is about doing everything you can in your role together with the partners you work with to reduce the likelihood of abuse and to put things in place that will prevent it from happening, for example, by you learning about abuse and neglect, you can report things that will prevent them from happening again in the
Principles for implementing duty of care (SHC 34) Unit 4222-304 Outcome 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1 Duty of care is the obligation to exercise a certain amount of care towards another person to make sure they are not hurt, treated unfairly or disadvantaged this includes. Keeping individuals safe, keep individuals free from harm, given choice, preferences. 2 Working to agreed standards which include protection from danger, harm and abuse. Clear reporting systems are in place when there are suspicions or disclosures of danger, harm and abuse. Outcome 2 Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care 1 Sometimes individuals may want to do something which could be a risk to their Health and safety.
The values which one person feels are important in their life may not be so to another. To provide the best support to a person, their values must be taken into account and by doing so you will be empowering that person, increase their self determination and improve their independence. A person’s values will include their Individuality – as a carer you see each person as an individual and promote their interests, aspirations and needs in all you do. Your organisation should fit around these individualities not the person fit in with the organisation. Rights - the rights of people are protected by law, and in particular by the Human Rights Act 1998. protects people from harm and guarantees them basic entitlements such as the right to respect and equality Choice – Choice means having access to a wide range of options and information.
To reduce the likelihood of abuse you need to talk about person centred values- dignity, respect and choice. You should discuss with the
Unit 201. Outcome 1. People often communicate so they can develop and maintain positive working relationships with family and friends of a person who may be using their services. For people who are using a service they communication so they can express their wants and needs so they can be met. We all also need to do develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues and professionals who have contact with the service that you are a part of.
Finally if a restraint is overly restrictive it may cause issues with the individuals rights, dignity and safety to be breached. The least restrictive intervention will maintain the individuals respect, dignity and rights. 1.6 When using restrictive physical interventions there must be safeguards in place to ensure the safety of the individual and for the staff performing the restraint. A safeguard in place to ensure the safety of the individual is a risk assessment based around the physical interventions, this is also a holistic assessment that will determine if the physical restraint is likely to cause more harm than defuse the situation and ways in which the physical interventions can be made safer to the individual being restrained, the staff carrying out the restraint and other individuals that may be in close proximity when the restraint is being employed. Another safeguard that should be in place is ensuring the staff have been on any relevant training, this is to
If you suspect unsafe practice you should follow company policy and once you have ensured the individuals safety you can then report to your line manager. You should preserve any evidence and if recording then record as is told to you, there may be the need to use a body map which should be labelled correctly. If you have the need to report such an issue and there is no response you would need to take it to the next level. Your company should have a clear safeguarding procedure. If you still feel there is an issue being ignored then you can seek advice from an outside source.
If the individual still refuses it would need to be recorded in their medication administration record also it would need to be recorded in their communication notes to be discussed at handover so other staff members are aware if a problem arises. You have a duty of care to keep the individual safe and must do everything you can to ensure their safety, however if an individual insists on doing something that is unsafe or risky that is their choice and you must respect their right to make that