CU2650 SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIFIC COMMUNICATION NEEDS 1. Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them 1.1. Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s communication needs Every individual has the right to communication as the Human Rights Act (1998) lists the freedom of expression as well as other rights relating to communication. As a support worker I have a moral obligation as well as adhering to the standards, codes of practice, guidelines, morals and law that govern my practice to ensure that communication needs are met. If an individual’s communication needs are not met then all aspects of their daily life can be affected such as not being able to communicate you are well and get help.
This is a barrier because it means that the service user can’t fully access all the information that is required in order for them to use the service entirely e.g. a blind service user would be unable to read the consent form, needed to have a life saving operation. To overcome this barrier, positive care environments must provide alternative forms of communication e.g.braile or verbally. If a service user has a hearing impairment, it would mean that the individual would struggle to communicate verbally with the service workers and be unable to hear them. This would make it difficult for the service worker to communicate information to the service user.
1.1 Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s communication needs. Every individual has the right to communication as the Human Rights Act (1998) lists the freedom of expression as well as other rights relating to communication. As a support worker I have a moral obligation as well as adhering to the standards, codes of practice, guidelines, morals and law that govern my practice to ensure that communication needs are met. If an individual’s communication needs are not met then all aspects of their daily life can be affected such as not being able to communicate you are well and get help. This could be more severe in the case of abuse whereby the individual can’t communicate effectively to alert others if they are being abused and can be vulnerable to abuse.
Introduction to Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young Peoples Settings. 1.1 A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foresee-ably harm others. 1.2 The term duty of care is the responsibility of caring for another person who may well be vulnerable which includes those who are young, old, ill or unfit mentally to care for themselves and requires another person to assist. This includes looking after the person’s hygiene, cleanliness, safety, meals, Transportation, medication or physical needs. Duty of Care requires all staff to ensure that all the people we work with are safe and that we abide by relevant legislation and follow care plans.
Explanation why person - centred values are important and how they influence social care work. A care worker need to be able to understans the importance of promoting the following values at all times and these values underpin the whole of health adn social care. Individuality Everybody involved in the care of individuals need to get to know about the needs of people from different ethnic and religious groups and also about people's beliefs and preferences. This value is important because by paying attention to these things, we can show respect and preserve individuals dignity. It influences social care work, because when we are caring for someone we have to be able to recognise that everybody is different and we must not impose our preferences to them.
1 Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them 1.1 Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s communication needs Every individual has the right to communication as the Human Rights Act (1998) lists the freedom of expression as well as other rights relating to communication. As a support worker I have a moral obligation as well as adhering to the standards, codes of practice, guidelines, morals and law that govern my practice to ensure that communication needs are met. If an individual’s communication needs are not met then all aspects of their daily life can be affected such as not being able to communicate you are well and get help. This could be more severe in the case of abuse whereby the individual can’t communicate effectively to alert others if they are being abused and can be vulnerable to abuse. The result could also put others in dangers for example if a person’s communication needs were not met and they discovered a fire they would not be able to report it quickly which would put others in danger.
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE DIPLOMA HSC3029 - Support individuals with specific communication needs Service users who have communication problems need support to enable them to express themselves effectively. Service users have the right to communicate through their chosen method and their choice should be acknowledged and respected by their carers being aware of the individual’s preferred method of communication and those carers also being able to support the individual to use this method. Communication is a basic human right. The Human Rights Act (1998) states that all individuals have the right to ‘freedom of expression’. If unable to communicate service users would be denied this right.
They did not identify and manage risks relating to health and safety of the patient. They did not take reasonable steps to identify the possibility of abuse and to prevent it before it occurred. They failed in their responsibilities to provide appropriate training and supervision to staff. They did not operate an effective recruitment procedure. They id not respond appropriately to allegations of abuse.
SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIFIC COMMUNICATION NEEDS TASK C It is crucial for a support worker to be aware and take the matter carefully, because the capability to make decisions among individuals is different. it may looks quite simple to think that people with mental impairment, physical illness or people how have got language barriers, may have affect their capabilities to express agreement. A professional carer will understand how to work sensitively with service user individually and design goals to achieve successful outcomes. The mental capacity act clearly defines that every adult has the right to make their own decisions. It must be assumed that they have the capacity to do so, unless it has been proven otherwise.
Know how to support the use of communication technology and aids 6. Be able to review an individual’s communication needs and the support provided to address them Outcome 1 Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them The learner can: 1. explain the importance of meeting an individual’s communication needs- Every individual has the right to communication as the Human Rights Act (1998) lists the freedom of expression as well as other rights relating to communication. As a support worker I have a moral obligation as well as adhering to the standards, codes of practice, guidelines, morals and law that govern my practice to ensure that communication needs are met. If an individual’s communication needs are not met then all aspects of their daily life can be affected such as not being able to communicate you are well and get help. This could be more severe in the case of abuse whereby the individual can’t communicate effectively to alert others if they are being abused and can be vulnerable to abuse.