Promote Communication in Health and Social Care

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1.1 People communicate for different reasons. To portray their feelings, emotions, pain and opinions. 1.2 Communication is a relationship-building skill. If people don't communicate well they limit their ability to form a real relationship. Positive communication skills like listening, open-ended questions and a calm tone of voice help bring people together because they create a calm atmosphere and lead to creating relationships. Workplace relationships become stronger when people feel like they are truly being listened to and taken seriously, and when people can clearly communicate what they need and allow the other person to do the same. 2.2 When using verbal communication, tone of voice is key. Your tone needs to be situation relevant. For example, if I was praising an individual for outstanding work, I would have a jovial but very sincere tone to my voice and make lots of eye contact, my face would also convey how pleased I was. I will (if the individual welcomes touch) put my hand on their arm or shoulder. The use of language is also important. With some service users, language needs to be a little simpler, without sounding patronising. Body language and eye contact are key with all communication. Most of our communication is body language. This includes facial expressions, eye contact, posture and gestures. Body positioning is important also when using sign language or makaton. 3.1 For this I am going to use my brother in law as an example. He is Greek, and typically; without meaning to generalize, Greek people are very expressive with their hands when they speak. He also speaks quite loudly, and it can often seem like he is shouting. In contrast to this, my mother in law is very quietly spoken, and at first she was taken aback at his loudness and the expressive way in which he uses his
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