Humans naturally form social groups and identities. These groups may have common conscious or unconscious values or morals. With this individuals are exposed and may become vulnerable to influencing factors encouraging them to conform or adopt the group values and beliefs. In the helping profession, in order for the counsellor to support the client effectively the counsellor must show and feel acceptance regardless of the issue; even if it contradicts or disagrees with their morals and values. On occasion there are self-awareness unexplored problem areas that the counsellor encounters with a client.
The client could be someone too old or too young, too ill or mentally unwell to care for himself or herself. The care could include looking after someone’s personal hygiene making them clean. Or it could be meals, safety, transportation and various other medical or physical needs. Describe how the duty of care affects own work role Always acting in the best interests of the client and there care needs. Keeping my knowledge and skills up to date.
Unit 11 1.1: Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own role. Duty of care means your responsibilities within your job role, in childcare your main duties of care are safeguarding the children, reporting concerns to manager, exercising authority, maintaining confidentiality, monitoring own behaviour and conduct within the work place e.g. talking appropriately to and around the children, managing risks within the setting e.g. obstacles on the floor that could cause an accident, water on the floor, sharp objects, broken objects, avoiding favouritism, maintaining a high standard of conduct outside the professional role. 1.2: Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals.
This also involves the support worker communicating clearly and openly with other members of staff, the manager and other professionals so as to make sure that the best possible care is provided and that this is done so reliably. Not doing so can mean that communication doesn’t work and this in turn means that working relationships break down and as well as misunderstandings and communication barriers are created. Outcome 2 Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals 2. Decribe the factors to consider when promoting effective communication : One of the first factors to consider when promoting effective communication is the individual’s needs and preferences such as the individual’s preferred spoken
To do this I should keep my training up to date, follow all policies and procedures set by employer in order to keep things safe. If I see something that is wrong my duty of care would be to report what I see happen i.e. whistle blowing. Also if I am told to do something I don’t feel comfortable doing or something not in my job description make sure I decline doing it as it’s my duty of care to only carry out duties I feel competent doing. Be aware of dilemmas that may arise about Duty of Care and the support available for addressing them 2.1 Describe dilemmas that may arise between the Duty of Care and an individual’s right You may have a case as a care worker where an individual may want to do something which could be a risk to their own health and safety.
HSC 34 1.1 My understanding of duty of care is ensuring the wellbeing and making sure the residents are safe in my care. To make sure we provide a daily personal needs for the clients/ service users according to their daily needs by following their care plans 1.2 By protecting clients health , wellbeing and clients and stuff rights and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. By provided with the required training need to, to do the job right. 2.1 Is dilemmas when the client refused to have a wash/bath every time and it end up in conflicts between me/carer and a client where i have to explain the important of higyne and what might happen if they don’t have their bath. To make sure they agree to what they have to do i have to make sure they understand the important of what they have to do and why they have to and asure them that I will be able to assist in anyway they need to be assist with.
When you go to the hospital for treatment, doctors focus on saving your life -- not somebody else's. You'll be seen by a doctor whose specialty most closely matches your particular emergency. The doctor in charge of your care has nothing to do with transplantation. Myth. Maybe I won't really be dead when they sign my death certificate.
Describe dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual’s rights Me as a care assistant I have to do everything to keep my residents safe, I have duty of care to that people. Sometimes my residents they want to do something which can be dangerous for them. On the other hand, I have to respect their choices and rights. I have to explain nicely what the risk is and find the way to compromise. All of my action taken should be documented including any risk assessment carried out.
A manager has several roles he or she has to play in order to meet the needs of some individuals. You have to be mindful in a lot of ways in order to keep down the stress. Here are some tips on managing your role as a manager: • Exercise the power of no. Sometimes it is all right to say no to employers, family, and friends when trying to schedule your week, month, or year. It is better to be successful at what you can do than to take on too much and fail.
If I felt my mental health was threatened by a client I would discuss the issue with my supervisor and try to gain insight and understanding of myself, by doing this I would hope I’d remain fit and competent enough to be able to effectively counsel my client. Although I can never have a responsibility for the safety of my clients I would always want to remain responsible to them and to be committed to improving their wellbeing. The BACP ethical framework can also be used as a guide towards both client and counsellor safety, it presents the values, principals and personal moral qualities that should always be considered when working with clients, the framework is intended to guide how counselling is practiced and seeks to be inclusive of all client abilities, needs culture. It stresses that all the three approaches to good practice should be used together and not as separate, however I feel one of the most important aspects of the ethical framework and one that could always stand alone as a good indicator of safe, acceptable and professional behaviour is the personal moral quality of Integrity: commitment to being moral in dealings with others, personal straightforwardness, honesty and coherence Taking case notes and the Data Protection Act During a course of counselling