Effective communication affects all aspects of work as it is a way of developing personal relationships with service users and their families so you are able to meet their needs. It is important to develop positive relationships with work colleagues and other professionals, sharing information and having the information you need to be able to report on your work. This can only be achieved through effective communication. It is important to use different types of communication such as verbal, non verbal (body language, expression, signs, symbols or other visual aids) to clearly understand an individual’s needs and wishes. 1.3 Explain why it is important to observe an individual’s reactions when communicating with them.
Even the residents and their relatives could be involved. Aviii. You might be supported with your learning and development because you will have a clear plan to work will and will help you to find out what training you may need. Your colleagues may also be able to help you with any learning needs you may have if you tell them about your PDP. Aix.
1.2 Explain how active pariticipation promotes independance in the tasks of daily living. Active involvement in learning to develop life skills can help people to become independent. Learning in a safe environment and knowing that there is support at hand in case it is needed will give a person confidence and reassurance. 1.3 Describe how daily living tasks may be affected by an individuals culture or background Gender perception and culture can infl uence daily living tasks. For example, some might fi nd it more acceptable for women to deliver personal care and tend to household tasks because this is how they were brought up.
Day centres offer help and respite and that will help the individual and family members. Social services can be contacted for guidance and support and also the individuals community social services. Friends and family of the individual may offer help and support
The activity is designed to help with self exploration and understanding. The process should identify thought, emotion & behaviour. Giving the client a great sense of personal awareness & to make determined change.’ (ref A) Counselling or helping can be used in many roles:- Parent - Child Doctor - Patient Teacher - Student Manager - Employee Police - Public Counselling or helping, can be used in many situations. If you look at the list above these are many areas in which counselling can help. Also talking to friends in our day to day life, we can use the skills.
Continually improving and adapting approaches benefits both service users and practitioners, ensuring that each individual needs are catered for. This will also enable you to establish what training or mentoring you need. How can standards be used to help a social care worker reflect on their practice? You need to know the standards to understand what is expected of you as a health and social care worker. Once you know these you will be able to reflect and ensure you are
This will include carers, families, advocates, doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, other health professionals, social workers, voluntary organisations and other people. Others people may be able to provide useful information to support you in your work and you may be able to provide useful information to support them in being part of the individual’s lives. This is good partnership working. If there are communication difficulties with service users. A carer or family member can share information with you about how you can best communicate with an individual A.4 Identify three ways of working that help improve partnership working 1.
Therapy will help Amy to develop new perspectives and life skills so that she can free herself from habitual patterns of anxiety, depression, and self-criticism. It will also help her to reclaim her sense of personal power and learn to take responsibility and move forward in her life rather than feeling stuck, helpless and hopeless. Therapy will help her to feel better about herself, feel more at peace; it will reduce stress last but not least help her to work through problems with a skilled and compassionate professional. ( Benefits of Individual Therapy 2012) Every individual is, in part, a product of the environment they grew up in. Family plays an important role in our emotional, physical and spiritual development since each individual in the family system impacts and is impacted by the others.
Outcome 2 1- To establish the communication and laungage needs, wishes and preferences of an individual you can look in their care plan. It will show you if they have difficulty communicating and the best and effective ways to overcome these. You could also seek help from other staff members who have worked with the individual in the past as this could be very effective. Talking to the family members is also a good way to find out this information. 2 - There are factors to consider when promoting effective communication such as disabilities such as hearing loss, impaired vision, mobility problems or speech impairment.
By attending the cultural training and education, the health care practitioners (non-aboriginals) will be aware of how important it is to keep up with new approaches and communicate with Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders. “A raft of names has been used to describe care to Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders women and families including: cultural safety; cultural responsiveness; cultural capacity; cultural competence; cultural capability; cultural security; cultural respect; and cross-cultural efficacy” (Department of Health and Aging (2012), pg.7). These trainings can also help to build trust between health care practitioners and Indigenous people. This can then lead to improved health care, living standards such as comfort and safety within Indigenous community. In a conclusion, if healths care practitioners can show more understanding of Indigenous culture.