Risk Assessment Assignment

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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 5 - UNDERSTAND PERSON-CENTRED APPROACHES IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment, you will demonstrate your knowledge of person-centred care and consider how to put this into practice in complex and sensitive situations. You will explore what is meant by the term ‘consent’, define person-centred values, and consider how active participation can be used to best effect. You will consider how risk assessments can support informed choices and examine the factors that contribute to the well being of individuals using the service. TASKS There are four tasks to this assignment. TASK 1 2 3 4 EVIDENCE Short answer questions Awareness raising campaign Reflective…show more content…
Describe two different uses of risk assessment in adult social care settings. 1. A risk is to be put in place when an individual has to be transferred by a hoist into and out of bed. 2. A risk assessment to be put in place, as a individual likes to go for a daily walk alone in the garden, regardless of the weather conditions. 7. Give three reasons why risk assessments designed to support choice and active participation need to be reviewed and updated regularly. 1. An individuals health deteriorates due to their condition. 2. An individual decides they are taking up a new hobby. 3. An individual has just come back from hospital after having an operation. TASK 2 Your work is running a campaign to improve staff understanding of all aspects of person centred care. You have been asked to create the following materials: • A poster which describes a range of person centred approaches to care • A handout which explains why person centred values are important and how they influence social care work • A poster that explains the factors which can contribute to the wellbeing of individuals • A handout that explains the link between identity, self image and self esteem • A guide for social care workers…show more content…
A risk assessment may initially have been carried out to enable an individual to undertake activities which will develop their skills and confidence, as these grow the risk assessment will need to be reviewed. Failure to do this will undo all the progress that has been made as well as infringing the individuals rights. 4. Explain how useful care or support plans are in supporting person centred values in practice. A care plan is the main important tool in supporting person centred values, this can be achieved by involving the individual at every step to ensure it reflects their individuality. It contains their views, their needs and circumstances, priorities the needs they consider to be most important their strengths, interests, likes and dislikes, Ideas about how they want their life to be, and how to have their needs met (balancing desired and required outcomes), a support network with people who are important and contribute to their life, medical history, life history 5 Health and Social Care Assignment TASK 4 Read the following case studies. You may either carry out a role play or write an account covering the

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