Introduction to Personal development in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Setting : 1. : A Care Assistant provides help and support to people with limited mobility or other care needs. This covers a wide variety of patients from people with physical disabilities to children with learning disabilities to elder people. This support might be completely health related or could also include social work like helping people writing letters or organizing their budgets. It may require to help clients with daily personal care like washing, feeding themselves, lifting and moving patients, using the toilet or helping families dealing with new responsibilities. Care Assistants might work in a Residential and Nursing homes and communities.
Effective communication in the health and social care sitting is very important as it allows the health care workers, perform their rules effectively allowing them to work alongside their colleagues whilst developing supportive friends with the users of the service who come from different types of background ect.... People with communication disability are at risk of not being able to communicate effectively with their health care professionals and this could have an impact on their health.¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ Contexts of communication in health and use and social care In health and social care professionals have to develop effective communication skills in order to work with the diverse range of people who work in the social care. The two contents, or types of circumstances, in which communication and interaction occur are one to one group contexts One to one communication occurs when one person speak with or writes to another individual. This happens when someone who is living in a care home might want to meet and talk to a care professional because they might have health worries or personal concerns. For example one to one communication also occurs when care professionals meet with and talk to each other or with the partners, relatives or friends of people receiving care. Communication in one to one situation is most effective when both parties are relaxed
CT263 Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities 1.1 The types of legislation that exists with individuals with learning disabilities are - The Equality Act 2010, Mental Health Act 2007, Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and Human Rights Act 1998. 1.2 Legislation and policies have an effect on day to day experiences by giving the individuals to make choices about their care, be as independent as possible and participate in the everyday life of their communities. 2.1 Learning disability means that a person may find it harder than others to learn new tasks, communicate and manage on their own without support from others. 2.2 Examples that causes learning disabilities can be before birth such as Some infections caught by the mother may be passed on to the unborn child which may also lead to learning disability.it can be during birth like if the baby’s oxygen supply is interrupted for a significant length of time or after birth Some childhood infections can affect the brain, causing learning disability. The most common of these are meningitis.
Those with PTSD need all the support possible from their spouses, family, and friends. Per the text, there are many various treatments that can be beneficial to individuals with PTSD including individual and group psychotherapy, anger and stress management, assertiveness training, couples communication classes, family education classes, and family therapy. It is important that
2 marks • A social care worker must have a working relationship with the service user • A social care worker must have a working relationship with other colleges. Aiii Explain why it is important that social care workers work in partnership with individuals using the service and their family. 4 marks This is important as different individuals may have different knowledge of the service user for example what they like and what they don’t, religious beliefs, routines they may have had, personal preferences etc. all this information that may come from family members, doctors, nurses, carers etc. can be used to keep the service users best interests and to make a suitable care plan especially for the service user so that they are happy and kept safe.
These 3 keywords are very important in health and social care settings for example in care homes there are care workers, staff, patients etc who have to communicate with each other to get information across to each other and have a good understanding between each other in order to perform a variety of tasks. There are different types of communication from verbal communication to non-verbal communication. Verbal communication occurs when one person speaks and the other person listens, this can happen in a one-to-one spoken communication between individuals, spoken communication within groups of people and in other ways. Care workers need a range of verbal communication in order to find out about an individual’s problems, dealing with complaints, provide support to others etc. Effective verbal communication is a two-way process speaking and listening must occur.
For each group a different type of working relationship exists. Effective communication with individuals using the service and their carers is of great importance. Social care workers work as a team in different settings to care for people with different needs. Effective communication is essential in building a good relationship between the
Explain why carers may experience guilt and stress at the end of life of an individual with dementia 3.2. Describe ways of supporting carers to understand how the end of life process may differ for individuals with dementia 3.3. Describe how others caring for individuals with dementia may experience loss and grief 3.4. Describe ways of supporting carers when difficult decisions need to be made for individuals with dementia at end of life 3.5. Give examples of how to support carers and others to support an individual with dementia in the final stages of their life Unit 656 Understand the impact of the ageing process on older people.
In a social work environment communication can be an essential tool in order to meet the needs of a vulnerable adult. It is a basic requirement in the social care role to communicate with the individuals you care for their families and also with other members of staff involved with their care on a daily basis. Communicating with the other staff members you work with shows team working and continuity of care. It also ensures health and safety issues are recognised and reported. One form of this communication is a verbal handover at the beginning and end of each shift, there is also the filling in of relevant communication books and care plans for each of the individuals you care for, this keeps others in the knowledge of the current situation in the work place with service users.
Unit 301 - Principles of Communication in Adult social care settings 1.1 - Communication is used everyday in everyone's life, whether it be verbal or not. People communicate for many reasons in an adult care setting, they may do so to express needs, to express feelings and/or concerns, share ideas and information, to reassure to build relationships with the customers/staff/families and for socializing. Communication is also very important for personal development; this can be by asking questions and sharing experiences. 1.2 - Communication is an essential tool for a support worker/carer to use when working in a care setting. Communication is used between colleagues, the service users, line managers, GPs, families and agreed others who have an active role in the service users life.