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. As a carer you have a duty of care to that person and you must do all that you can to keep them safe but you also have a duty to respect the individuals rights and choice, so you have a dilemma. It could be that the individual no longer wishes to use her walking frame, but her care plan states that she needs it to move from place to place and you are to ensure you encourage it’s use. In this scenario you could carry out a risk assessment to ensure that it is managed as safely as possible. 2 There are many ways to manage risks associated with conflicts and dilemmas:- * Allowing individuals to explore with guidance, * Making individuals aware of potential hazards and dangers, * Allowing individuals to acquire life skills through learning how to cope with risky situations, * Staff ignorance, * Parents are a risk to staff if reported to social services.
Unit 304 2.1 While working in care, the aim is to give the best possible standard of care to service users, but sometimes there can be a conflict beetween the individual’s or their family’s wishes and rights and the duty of care. In this case the most important thing is to decide whether the person is aware of the risks and consequences of the decision and has the capacity to make the decision. Before taking best interest decisions I have to make sure that the person definitely lacks the capacity. The person or their next of kin has an overall right and responsibility in decision making for issues relating their care, and I need their consent to deal with certain issues. When a dilemma arises, my responsibility is to support individuals or their families to make informed choices.
Therefore this is saying that they in fact conflict in situations and that they should not but that impartiality should come before our personal ties. However it is not saying we cannot have personal relationship but that only up to a certain point can we extend the love for those. Rachel’s view is not completely nonsense. Its significant point is that impartiality is vital to our understanding of morality and something deeply important we should not give up. Impartiality in morality for e.g.
This demonstrates Kathy’s obligation to do what is ‘right’ and adheres to a deontological approach to ethics. Deontology is a form of ethics that determines goodness or rightness from examining acts, rather than the consequences of the act (Kant, 1964). The intentions of the person doing the act is prioritized over the act’s results (Kant, 1964). For example, the act may be considered the ‘right’ thing to do even if it produces a bad consequence if it adheres to the rule that ‘one should do unto others as they would have done unto them’ (Olson, 1967). Deontology parallels the EAI’s obligation-driven analysis, exemplified by
Unit 207 Task A Ai) Person centered values means treating the clients as individuals making sure that they are being treated with dignity and respect, making sure that they have there privacy, and that they have their independence, we need to make sure to give clients a choice of different things and that they have a right to choose them, we also need to recognise that working with professionals is partnership not a relationship. Aii) It is important for care workers because we want to treat our clients as individuals and they way you want to be treated. The main reason why it is important is because it is a law requirement, they come from different acts such as, Human Rights Act 1998, Health and Social Care Act 2008 and the Codes of Practice. Care Quality Commission got the essentials standards from the Health and Social Care Act. If the person centered value are all being followed correctly then the clients should feel happy and content.
This could reassure them that nothing is being hidden from them. | The Right To Dignity | Dignity is an important aspect of being a care provider because you should help the service user maintain their dignity and self-respect. | Being Able To Communicate Using Preferred Method | Every individual has the right to communicate in the way they prefer whether verbally, sign language, written etc. The care provider should always know other ways of communication than verbal. | Protection From Harm Or Danger | Both the service user and the service provider have the right to be in a safe environment.
It is their right as an individual to be able to make informed choices about their own lives even if you disagree with their choice. You can also seek advice and information from your Manager or Senior staff. What having a duty of care means for a care giving organisation? Duty of care is a requirement that the social care worker acts towards others with the watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would. If the social care worker’s actions do not meet these standards of care, then the acts are considered negligent and any damages resulting may be
Because in my opinion, state has own sovereignty that could not be intervene by other countries. Also the cultural relativist, instead of them only against with the mindset of getting forced by western ideology, I think it is better to focus to improve the women’s right but also respect the culture
Ethics Awareness Inventory which is where I did my assessment which supports my principles that human beings are entitled to basic rights; consequently, actions have to respect the rights of others. Someone who does not respect other people is not respected person. This person has to treat others the way he would like to be treated. As individuals we suppose to have the right to make our own decision, and if those decisions affect others in a harm way we already know there are consequences for those who attend to break the laws they could have everything in their own way regardless of whom pays the consequence. Those unethical behaviors we could not accept, because that will have affected in us all.
Ethical Lens Inventory and Reflection My preferred lens is Rights and Responsibility. According to the game, I use my reasoning skills to determine my duties as well as the universal rules that each person should follow. My core value is independence and Rationality. My primary concern is protecting individual rights and believe that by doing this everyone in the community is treated fairly. I value rationality over sensibility.