It is organised and assessment is a major part of the process of change, developed between the social worker and the client. In this essay I will show that assessment is a core element in social work practise by outlining the many types of assessment that a social worker is involved
Multi-disciplinary teams It is very important that everyone in a multi disciplinary team work in partnership. For the best results, all information must be available. This enables different disciplines to share their skills resulting in more effective support and outcomes for the child. Colleagues Working closely with colleagues and sharing information, such as observations, can add to a greater understanding of the child and their development. Working as a partnership helps to provide a good level
Leshner states, “As with many other brain diseases, addiction has embedded behavioral and social-context aspects that are important parts of the disorder itself” (Leshner). Recognizing addiction as a mental illness can help reduce the health and social costs that are directly related to treating addiction. Research has exposed that drug abuse is a severe health issue, as well as a social issue. Addicts become so obsessed with consuming the substance it causes their immune systems to shut down and causes the addict to be incapable of functioning properly in a social setting. Addiction has severe negative consequences affecting the addict’s mental and physical well being.
In the article “Stemming the Tide of Trauma Systemically: The Role of Family Therapy” by Charles R. Figley, and Kathleen Regan Figley we learn about how trauma effects people. In this article Trauma is defined as an experience sudden and could be potentially deadly. Depending on how bad the trauma is it could leave lasting and troubling memories for a person. For some trauma events people can become very dangerous towards others like close family or friends. Some use the principles of family therapy to help treat the primary and the secondary traumatic reactions to help the person who is going through this traumatic event.
Planning unit SHC21-communication with EYs settings SHC21-1.1 There are many different reasons why people communicate they communicate for social interaction and building relationships, gathering information about specific needs or interests, educating and teaching, Delegating manager/supervisor to staff, promoting for example advertising on internet or giving out leaflets, disputes/arguments expressing feelings. SCH21-1.2 Communication affects all aspects of own work because you need to communicate to find out specific needs and interests of children in your setting, it helps you create a bond and trust with the parent and child, communicating with your colleagues helps you and them to do your job to the best of your ability, and improves team work and understanding of role. Sending out emails on upcoming events or any contagious illness, that could of come up in the setting, helps parents know what we do and what happens while their children are in our care, it also improves the communication with parents and also keeping them happy as well as their children. SCH21-1.3 It is important to observe an individual’s reaction while communicating with them because; it
3. Understand the importance of partnerships with carers 1. Understand partnership working within the context of services for children and young people 1.1 Explain why working in partnership with others is important for children and young people | 1.2 Identify who relevant partners would be in own work setting | 1.3 Define the characteristics of effective partnership working | 1.4 Identify barriers to partnership working | 2. Understand the importance of effective communication and information sharing in services for children and young people 2.1 Describe why clear and effective communication between partners is required | 2.2 Identify policies and procedures in the work setting for information sharing | 2.3 Explain where there may be conflicts or dilemmas in relation to sharing information with partners and maintaining confidentiality | 2.4 Describe why it is important to record information clearly, accurately, legibly and concisely meeting legal requirements | 2.5 Identify how communications and records are recorded and securely stored meeting data protection requirements | 2.6 Explain why and how referrals are made to different agencies. | 3.
CU1530 Promote Communication In Health, Social Care Or Children’s and Young People’s Settings. 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate. Communication is a key element in every aspect of our lives and is a way of sharing information from one party to another. It is important that people communicate to help build relationships between parents, practitioners, health care professionals and any other person who may have contact with a particular child. By keeping open channels of communication we are able to maintain relationships between all parties.
Assessment Task – CYP Core 3.6 WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. Q 1.1 . Explain the importance of multi-agency and integrated working? A. Multi-agency working is about different services, agencies and teams of professionals and other practitioners working together to provide services that fully meet the needs of children, young people and their parents or carers. Integrated working focuses on enabling and encouraging professionals to work together effectively to deliver frontline services.
Being able to communicate effectively with professionals help to work together in the interests of the children’s wellbeing. Children can pick up on poor relationships and will become unsettled and anxious if they sense tension and discord. Communication is also the crucial foundation for all children’s learning and social development. Early years practitioners have a vital role in supporting the communication development of all children, especially those with a communication disability. Projects such as the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) and Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) have been instrumental in highlighting the long term impact that high quality early years provisions can have on young children.
Multi agency working brings together practitioners from different sectors to provide an integrated way of working to support children, young people and families and ensure that children who need additional support get the right professionals they need to support them. Multi agency working may include people form professional backgrounds such as social workers, health , education, early years, youth work, police and youth justice. Because children, young people and family’s needs can be very different, the composition of a multi-agency team will differ from case to case. It is important each practitioner brings with them their own specialist skills, so that the child, young person and family gets the best support possible. An integrated working are service hubs for the community bringing together a range of services, usually under one roof, whose practitioners then work in a multi-agency way to deliver integrated support to children.