Unit 206 Understand the role of the social worker. Understand working relationships in social care settings. 1.1 Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship. A working relationship is different from a personal relationship in a few ways, such as boundaries, you could ask someone in your personal life any number of questions, but a working relationship must be held as a professional one and thus boundaries must be put up, like not showing romantic interests or feelings around the home for example, which is considered unprofessional. You don’t share personal information as you would with friends; you have to meet the policies and procedures of the place of work, such as calling family members by their name instead of mum or dad, having no emotional attachment visible, and treat everyone with equality, regardless of your opinion.
Unit 206 Outcome 1 1.Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship. Working relationship is different from personal one in many ways. Working relationship has rules, policies and procedures set by an employer to follow; where we are responsible and accountable for our actions. Working relationships are more formal, conversations are more work related and no emotional or private issues are brought ( eg. sexual, religion, politics etc ).
1.2 In the health and social care setting there are many different working relationships. Relationships such as social services, fellow colleagues, managers, other professionals such as doctors/district nurse, service users and their family and friends. For each you develop a different type of working relationship and some will be more formal than others e.g. You would not address a visiting doctor in the same manner as you would a service user and you would not address your manager in the same way as you would a colleague although you must ensure that
Understand the role of the social care worker Ai . Explain three differences between a working relationship and a personal relationship. * In a working relationship I am unable to express my opinions in an argumentative way. I must stay professional at all times which mean’s no confrontational behaviour and also take other people’s opinions into consideration. However, in a personal relationship I am able to express my opinions and values however I wish to, as I am able to be confrontational.
Unit Title: | Understand the role of the social care worker | Unit sector reference: | PWCS 25 | Level: | 2 | Credit value: | 1 | Guided learning hours: | 9 | Unit expiry date: | 31/07/2015 | Unit accreditation number: | A/602/3113 | 1.1 Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship Ans. A working relationship where you are placed with other people work as part of a team where each individual is working following professional codes of conduct, towards the achievement of shared aims and objectives. Time limits and boundaries apply and you do not necessarily have to like the people you work with but need to keep personal opinions and feelings to yourself. Mutual respect and understanding is a key factor in developing a good working relationship. A personal relationship is a relationship formed through choice, with someone who you like, who you may share interests and feelings with.
Unit 8 the role of the health and Social Care Worker 1.1 Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship. The difference between a working relationship and personal relationship is that a working relationship is where you are placed with other people and work as part of team where each individual is working following professional codes of conduct, towards the achievement of shared aims and objectives. By working to a set of rules and procedures for which you're paid, you are accountable and responsible for any mistakes and errors you make. Time limits and boundaries apply and you do not necessarily have to like the people you work with but need to keep personal opinions and feelings to yourself. Mutual respect and understanding is a key factor in developing a good working relationship.
CU2546 - The role of a Health and social care worker Performance Criteria 1.1 Difference between working and personal relationship The difference between a working relationship and a personal relationship is that:- A working relationship has boundaries, professional codes of conduct, employer policies and procedures, you should be friendly but have a different approach you should treat the customer with equality and you would know your role and responsibilities and you should not share personal information and should not have an emotional attachment and is primarily based around your job role. A personal relationship has an emotional attachment due to having family and personal friends and is not work related. 1.2 Describe different working relationships in Health and Social Care Settings The different working relationships in health and social care setting come in 3 ways e.g. policy making, administration, and the hands on staff (care assistants) The working relationship in health and social care starts with the policy making , the Team need to know everything from the law to the public sector they will then pass on the details to the administration team who will then compile the correct forms for completion by the hands on staff giving them information on the customer and ways of feeding back correct information for reporting back. There is then the hands on staff who will implement all these procedures in their daily jobs.
Three differences between the two are as follows: 1. You would be able to discuss confidential information with co-workers and clients but not with family/friends as this would be a breach of confidentiality. 2. Discussing life issues, when in a professional working relationship with clients you would not be able to discuss potential life issues such as money problems, problems at home etc… this is something that you are not allowed to do due to this client being a vulnerable adult who listens to these problems and can get worried about that member of staff and then try to help. 3.
As human service professionals we do not reveal ourselves to our clients. It is also different in that the responsibility for the health of the relationship is not shared equally; it lies more with the professional then the client. The professional is also responsible for building and maintaining boundaries in the relationship. (Hartly, S. (2002)). Furthermore, the professional relationship is built for a specific reason.
If you have a disagreement with a colleague, this would have to be resolved in a calm and professional manner, not letting feelings cloud your judgement. Whereas in a personal relationship feelings are the main component in the relationship not logic. Also in a professional relationship you must be conscious that people who you are working with may not have the same sense of humour or attitude as you may have, which means that you must be mindful of this when communicating with them. For me this is a key component of my professional and personal life as my partner who I live with works in the same setting as me, so I spent my day separating my personal life from my professional, we do cross paths but we have a rule that we do not talk to each other at work unless it is about professional duties/issues and another rule is that we can only talk about work on the journey to and from work, this just allows us to separate the professional and personal relationship. 1.2 Describe different working relationships in health and social care settings.