1.2 Explain how own role and practice can impact on communication with an individual who has specific communication needs. As a community support worker it is my role to ensure that I support and encourage individuals in everyday activities and promote their independence. My organisation also works in a user centred way whereby communication is key; so I must ensure the individual’s communication needs are met. If I do not follow the codes of practice set out by my employer and the GSCC then I will not be promoting and encouraging
These would be infringed because the individual would not be able to effectively communication their opinions or views in relation to these rights. 1.2. Explain how own role and practice can impact on communication with an individual who has specific communication needs As a community support worker it is my role to ensure that I support and encourage individuals in everyday activities and promote their independence. My organisation also works in a user centred way whereby communication is key; so I must ensure the individual’s communication needs are
Understand the importance of working in ways that are agreed with the employer 2.1 There are certain agreed ways in which we must work. As health and social care worker, you must remain professional at all times. Working within the scope of the role is very important. There are various rules, regulations and laws that outline the way the job must be carried out. You need to work within the limits of your role and competency.
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.
(Dorn) Lowell already proved that she would side with the deserving because she has founded all of these programs and organizations to help the poverty and defenseless. Lowell has played a big impact on a humanitarian crisis, showing us that poverty is a deliberate problem. Her passion has led others to create new programs and foundations for the poor, and has compelled others to do so as
“The practice of human services is wholly influenced by social welfare policy, and to be truly effective in helping the poor and indigent, it is essential that all human service providers gain a level of social and cultural objectivity so that they can more fully understand both how social welfare policy and legislation has evolved over the years and how the complex relationship between such social welfare policy and legislation and the current prevailing attitudes toward the poor influence one another” (Martin, 2011, p. 21). Having a disability; I have been “in the welfare system" all of my life. Do I like the fact that I have to rely on welfare? No. In fact, I hate having to use Medicaid/Medicare for my medical uses but because I'm physically unable to work I have to.
• Professional relationships you develop with people you support are another matter; you are required to provide the same quality support for all, not just for those who share your views and beliefs. • Knowing what you need to do and achieving it successfully is not the same thing. • Working in the health sector, you are bound to come across people with views you don’t agree with, and who never seem to understand your point of view. • Awareness of differences, your reaction to them and how they affect the way you work is a crucial part of personal and professional development. • If you allow your own preferences to dominate your work with people, you fail to perform to the standards set by the UK regulating bodies, they require workers to respect and promote people’s individual views and wishes.
The Hyacinth Berry case study will be used throughout to identify and discuss the interconnections of values, ethics and legislation. The General Social Care (GSCC) and BASW offer the social work profession its value base. The message from reading their requirements is that values are a fundamental part of a competent social worker. There is also a clear need for both students and qualified workers to ‘identify and question their own values and prejudices and their implications for practice.’ The need for social workers to have respect for persons and their right to self determination still remains the key to practice. Complexities of the social work task relate partly to the worker having to negotiate the tension between these values and the dilemmas that decision making brings.
Our values are very deep rooted and a very important part of ourselves, they make us who we are. According to Banks, values can be regarded as particular types of belief that people hold about what is regarded as worthy or valuable (Banks, 2006:p6), we sincerely believe and trust in them. Our values influence what we think we should do in certain situations throughout our life, and also what we think others should to do. They influence not only our opinions and judgments, but our actions in everyday life. Parrot suggests that in deciding those things in life that we value, we rely on a sense of morality to inform us as to what is
Values are considered a primary function of social work practice; they are intangible in that they cannot be tasted, smelt, seen, heard or felt, and yet, we can be positively or negatively touched by them. This essay will begin with descriptions of personal and professional values, in particular, those significant to social work. This will be followed by explanations of two philosophical concepts that have highly influenced social work values, along with key factors that have activated significant developments within the value-systems of social work. The conclusion will focus upon how social work values are expressed in the Care Council for Wales’ Code of Practice for Social Care Workers. The term value has multiple meanings dependent upon the context applied.