Unit 7 Assignment Work in partnership in Health and Social Care of Children and Young People’s settings. Question 1 1.1 The features of effective partnership working begin with the knowing that it is everyone’s responsibility for partnership working in order for it to be successful. The benefits of working in partnership are enormous allowing families to share information about their children’s development or learning and supporting those children with particular needs to receive support. Colleagues, professionals and others must be active in working alongside, sharing expertise, knowledge and a common purpose to improve the lives of individuals in their care. Respecting each other’s skills and contributions enables everyone working together share their expertise, recognise and utilise the strengths of all involved.
Unit SHC36 Promote person centred approaches in health and social care 2.2 How do you use care plans when applying person centred values A person and their needs should be at the centre of the support process. A carers role is to make sure that a person has every opportunity to state how they wish their needs to be met. This is especially important when the issues regarding the person are difficult or of a sensitive nature. Person centred working is about putting people in control of their lives, whether it be a new service user or a person who has been “stuck in the system” for many years. Most places will have a format (usually a care plan) for identifying needs such as: * What they are able to do independently * Personal Care * Nutritional Needs * Daily Life * Choice and Control * Risks * Medications * Work, leisure and learning * Physical and mental health It is important that everything is included in the care plan.
Assignment 305 – Understand person-centred approaches in adult social care settings. Ai – A poster which describes a range of person centred approaches to care: Support relationships between carers and the person needing support. Take the needs and views of the person you are supporting into account Work together with family members Provide care and support which is of a high quality Promote the independence of the person receiving care and support Be reliable and offer flexibility of care and support to people using the service Communicate effectively with the person receiving support, their family and their carers It is important to remember that everyone who receives care and support has a unique set of circumstances, needs, wishes and beliefs. Good quality, person centred care will recognise this and support the person to maintain their independence and individuality. Aii – A handout which explains why person centred values are important and how they influence social care work: Below is a diagram of person centred values that are important to individuals within a social care setting, these are all important as ensure the individual receives the best care that meets their individual needs.
It ensures that the care provider promotes in a care setting an environment that encourages the practice of the care values with all of the service users as individuals. Active participation can be applied to every aspect of the health and social care sector service, from including the service user to participate in forming their care plan , to encourage the service user to pursue or maintain the hobbies they enjoy. To encourage the service user to socialize and stay in touch with family and friends. It can be used to promote independence in all aspects of the service users daily life for example, To self medicate or to take responsibility / control of their own finances.
Unit 1 P1 Developing effective communication in health and social care. 2014 Introduction This booklet will consist of effective communication in a health and social care environment, it will consist of everything we have recently learnt during our lessons. Health and social care settings include: Hospitals, nurseries, care homes etc. Service users include: Patients, the elderly, children, babies. Communication is important as we will be engaging in conversation with service users as a health and social care professional to create a comfortable environment to allow the service user to trust and open up to the professional, as well as communicating with colleagues and mangers.
Unit 1: Promote Communication in Health & Social Care 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate People communicate in order to convey their needs and express their feelings and concerns. This also allows for information, ideas and experiences to be shared, questions to be asked and is an important part of socialising and building relationships with others. 2. Explain how communication affects relationships in the work setting Communication in the work setting can be between colleagues, clients and their families. It can be used to express the person’s needs and helps to develop trust and establish good relationships between care givers, clients and their families.
Building Effective Relationships | Explanation with relevant examples | Adult at Centre of Planning | Putting the adult at the centre of planning will ensure that attention for care is mainly based around the individual’s specific needs. For example, an elderly patient in a Care Home needs to be carefully looked after. Her allocated Carer should ensure that she receives relevant care services and treatment, which are provided to meet her needs. | Listening | It’s vital for Health and Social care workers to listen to service users so that they their opinions, thoughts and feelings can be voiced. This causes individuals to feel empowered and wanted.
Effective communication helps care workers to give and receive information of the individuals care and welling being. It enables care workers to express understanding, support, trust and acceptance towards the clients. Effective communication also helps care workers to identify and support individual’s abilities and reduce dependency. Physical needs, care workers need to look for physical needs which involve pain, cold, hunger etc. Emotional needs, care workers need to help the client feel safe, poor communication may make the client feel threatened.
It is also important to ensure the safeguarding of the individual at all times. 1.2 The benefits of using person-centred thinking with individuals are the individual is always at the centre of the process. The individual will be supported in making informed choices for example being involved in the community by attending friendship groups. This will enable an individual to maintain friendships with people that are part of their circle of support. Good progress can help an individual decide what activities that they would like to participate in.
And record it for them to sign. explain how using an individual’s care plan contributes to working in a centred way (1.2) using an individuals care plan will ensure that the persons own needs and wishes are being met. By using their care plan. You can build on what they want and see when there are gaps that need to be addressed. describe how identity, self image and self esteem are linked (6.1) self image and self esteem are very strong examples.