Adult Service Functional Assessment Deals With Ruth James And Grandma

* Confidentiality – Parents/carers must give consent for information to be collected and stored about their child and they should be able to access this freely. If information needed to be shared with other professionals, signed consent needs to be gained from the parent/carer with the exception of cases where it is believed a child is in immediate and significant harm. All information recorded must be securely stored so it is not freely accessible

If information about a child or family information needs to be passed on then parent permission is needed, this is

Giving out any of this information is a breech of confidentiality. It should only be passed on to other members of staff if the information given causes you concern, where the child’s welfare may be at risk.

Step 2: Consent. You need to insure an adult responsible for the child has given you permission to observe the child.

In the story “No Snapshots in the Attic: A Granddaughter’s Search for a Cherokee Past” by Connie May Fowler is about a granddaughter who is determined to find out her heritage. She was unable to find any pictures or documentation of her family, from back then. She was searching for answers from unreliable sources. For example, her grandmother, that seemed ashamed of her culture. All she had to go on were stories that were told to her form her mother, and even that was not enough. She, then, stumbles upon her grandmother’s incomplete birth certificate, which was practically useless to her. Missing from the birth certificate were her great-grandparents’ names and her grandma’s social security number, which was a major part to her research. The

If a child makes a disclosure I will listen to them, I will let them have their say uninterrupted as not to put words into their mouths, I will take notes of actual words, times and dates where possible/necessary. I will use appropriate facial expressions (not frowning or cross) make eye contact and be at their level. I will not make promises, not to tell anyone else or keep secrets and I will explain that it’s not their fault, their not to blame and that they are not bad. I will value and respect them and try my best to keep them comforted.

• Confidentiality and when, for the safety of the child or young person confidentiality must be breached.

Respecting confidentiality and sharing information: seeking agreement to share information that is relevant and proportionate while safeguarding children and young people's right to confidentiality as defined in the DPA and in line with local policys

When assessing a child you must be careful to take into account confidentiality before carrying out an observation you must have parents and the settings permission and not to leave confidential material lying around they must be secured in a locked cabinet. Only talk to authorized personal about confidential material. This confidentially can only be broken when a child is at real risk.

* Make a written objective record that includes time and date, exact words as far as possible, the name of the person to whom the concern was reported, the name of any other person present at the time of observation or disclosure.

1. Confidentiality must be kept at all times. You must have the senior practitioner’s and/or the parents’ permission before making formal observations of children. Do not to leave confidential material lying around they must be secured in a locked cabinet. Line of reporting-only talk to authorized personal about confidential material. This confidentially can only be broken when a child is at real risk.

List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group.

A comprehensive family assessment provides a foundation to promote family health (Edelman & Mandle, 2011). 1987 Marjorie Gordon purposed 11 functional health patterns to use for guidance in order to facilitate nurses to have a frame work for the family assessment in. Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns help organizes basic family assessment information. This standardized format will guide nurses to complete the family assessment using system approaches, which will identify a patient’s

Alice needed an assessment of her needs and to have a care plan that is regularly reviewed by professionals. Assessment is the decision making process, based upon the collection of relevant information, using a format set of ethical criteria, that contributes to an overall estimation of a person and her circumstances (Barker, 2004). I was going to get most of the information from Alice. Barker (2009) suggests that wherever possible information should be obtained directly from the person, either in the form of some kind of self report or via observation. Good communication and a systematic approach to data collection are needed for a successful assessment.

Becky’s parents are unable to take Becky to the psychologist for the test and it has been arranged that the report will be emailed to them when completed. This may result in Becky’s parents misinterpreting the results, feedback and recommendations. Furthermore, because Becky’s grandmother brought her to the assessment and signed the consent form she may expect to receive information about Becky’s performance and results. However, because Becky’s parents