Angela Friel C688704X 3.2 TMA02 Part A ‘The care and support that we provide for people should enable them to make the most of their lives’ (DH. 2006, p.13). How successful are health and/or social care services in achieving this aim? Introduction This essay will consider whether health and/or social care services enable people to make the most of their lives. It is important that services can be user led and person centred.
This essay will focus on inter-professional working in health and social care delivery. The history of inter-professional working will be explored. The nature and types of evidence underpinning inter-professional working focusing on the practice area of protection of vulnerable adults will be discussed. The range of factors that promote and create barriers to inter-professional working will be discussed. The implications of this essay will be discussed in relation to my future practice as a qualified Social Worker as a member of an inter-professional team.
Explain the role of supportive relationships in reducing the risk of abuse and neglect (P6) Discuss the role of supportive relationships in reducing the risk of abuse and neglect, using examples (M3). There are many roles within the health and social care sector that professionals must cover in order to reduce the risk of abuse and neglect. In order to provide this, carers must obey the individual’s rights – firstly professionals must ensure clients are aware of their rights. “Individual rights refer to the liberties of each individual to pursue life and goals without interference from other individuals or the government.” http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper29.html A part of each and every individual’s rights is their human rights, which was enforced by ‘The Human Rights Act 1998’. “The Act sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms that individuals in the UK have access to.
• 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,
Unit CT235 Introduction to Duty of Care in Health and Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Setting- Question and Answer Session Name of Candidate: ................. |Learning outcomes |Assessment criteria 1.1 | | |Question: What does the term “Duty of care” mean | |Understand the implications of duty|Answer: A Duty of care means that all health and social care professionals and organisations | |of care |providing health and care services, must act in the best interest of the people they support. They | | |also have to do everything in their power to keep people safe from harm and exploitation. | |Learning outcomes |Assessment criteria 1.1 | | |Question: Discuss the duty of care with your senior/ manager and identify the main points of the | | |discussion | |Understand the implications of duty|Answer: you must insure that what you’ll do will not cause harm to someone you giving care. If you | |of care |can’t do something then you have to say so. Always give a choice.
Health promotion doesn’t necessarily mean treating the disease or searching the globe for a new cure, it can mean to try and be as healthy and as comfortable as one person can for their own self. One strategy to help improve the Thomas’ quality of life is to provide emotional support to all of the family members. Emotional support for Mrs. Thomas will help improve her mood, which in turn will help with her everyday life and functionality. She will have a lot of questions and concerns for not only herself, but her family while she is still living and after. Emotional support for Mr. Thomas may help with his depression, and make him feel better about caring for his wife during her illness.
Principles of health and social care practice In this essay I will be describing the principles and outlining the procedures that are needed to safeguard colleagues and service users from harm I will also state the relevance of legislation, regulations, code of practice and policies and procedures, while defining the importance of them. The theories are also relevant to health and social care; I will state what theory is and how we benefit from inter-professional working also the impact it has on individuals and services what our roles and responsibilities are in an outside work settings. The principles of care provides the foundation upon which the principles of practices are applied, values are subjective and varies from people and culture. Service users should feel valued and recognised as an individual, promoting their rights in a way that enables the service user’s choices, involving them in making decisions to meet their needs taking in perspective their rights to be treated with dignity, and have their privacy and confidentiality respected Data Protection Act (1998) states organisations are legally required to do this, information must be shared only on a need to know basis example if a service user is a danger to themselves or others even if there is a risk to the health and welfare of the care worker etc, then information must be disclosed otherwise personal records must be kept confidential, service users have the right to access information that is stored about them Access to information Act (1985) and freedom of information act (2000) suggest that. Independence must be promoted so that with support they will feel empowered to take control of their own lives, Care workers must engage constantly with diverse ethnic groups to broaden their learning to implement better skills in practice.
CU2623 Implement Person Centred Approaches in Health and Social Care Aims This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to implement person centred approaches. Credit Level 5 2 Assessment criteria The learner can: 1.1 Define person-centred values 1.2 Explain why it is important to work in a way that embeds person centred values 1.3 Explain why risk-taking can be part of a person centred approach 1.4 Explain how using an individual’s care plan contributes to working in a person centred way 2. Be able to work in a person-centred way 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 3. Be able to establish consent when providing care or support 3.1 Explain the importance of establishing consent when providing care or support 3.2 Establish consent for an activity or action 3.3 Explain what steps to take if consent cannot be readily established 4.
Family Health Assessment Vann Joyner Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V May 9, 2015 Family Health Assessment One of the factors in planning care and health promotion for a patient is overall family support system . When a patient is ill it not only affects them but their family members as well. One tool used by a nurse to help collect family data is the family health assessment. Family health assessment aims at using a holistic approach to ensure the health of individuals, communities and families to ensure that care remains client centered. It focuses on ensuring that families acknowledge their health needs and address them by planning proper intervention strategies.
And record it for them to sign. explain how using an individual’s care plan contributes to working in a centred way (1.2) using an individuals care plan will ensure that the persons own needs and wishes are being met. By using their care plan. You can build on what they want and see when there are gaps that need to be addressed. describe how identity, self image and self esteem are linked (6.1) self image and self esteem are very strong examples.