Engage in Personal Development in Health and Social Care

‘As social care worker, you must be accountable for the quality of your work and take responsibility for maintaining and improving your skills knowledge ‘.

My responsibility as a care worker is to be aware of the various policies and legislations that will facilitate good practice when supporting my clients to access services and facilities. I am also expected to monitor and evaluate the service provided to ensure it is meeting the needs of the client.

Whilst undertaking the initial assessment, I always make sure that the service user is present and make sure that I am talking to them as opposed to about them with a family member or friend that also may be present. If I am doing an assessment with the service user who has Dementia or Alzheimer’s then again, I ensure that I am asking them what they would like, how they would like the care to progress and what they want to achieve from having care works. If they are unable to answer then I will look to the family for guidance, but it is important to make the service involved in their own care planning and assessment process

1.1 – understand the role of the social care professional – analyse the role of a social care professional in social work/community

Mother Theresa once said “At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.” The field of Human Services is made up of jobs and careers that involve helping to meet the needs of the population. Within this field, there are a wide variety of jobs and titles. One such title is Community Support Specialist. Community Support Specialists with Singing River Services provide a crucial service to society because they guide homeless people through the many processes

C. “Social workers should not engage in dual or multiple relationships with clients or former clients in which there is a risk of exploitation or potential harm to

Assist with patient by taking them to their rooms, prayer services, and activities within the nursing home facility.

The duties performed are transferring and transporting patients, answering patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patient’s needs. Other duties are to turn or reposition bedridden patients, provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily activities. Also, review patient’s dietary restriction, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet, measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary/fecal output so that we can report changes to the medical staff. Occupations that satisfy this relationship allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Occupations that satisfy this physical conditions offer job security and good working conditions. Nursing assistants work in nursing, residential care facilities and in hospitals. They are active and may need to help life or move patients.

Explain your main responsibilities, how these fit into the organisation’s structure, and how these contribute to achieving your organisation’s mission

When I first started with Ability beyond I started off as a sub, that’s basically a person that fills in for regular house staff. I worked with the young adult population from ages 18 to 28. During me working in residential my role was to make sure all individuals did their activities of daily living such as house chores, cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Taking them on community outings, such as movies, dinner, shopping, skating, blowing, etc. Helping to support them doing a behavioral crisis, such as suicidal ideations.

Fitness and wellness are related to the prevalence of certain diseases (Fair, 2011). Most diseases that are strongly associated with risk factors or behaviors are preventable (Bezner, 2015). These diseases when not prevented may lead to decreased quality of life, disability and even death. It is better to prevent the occurrence of certain diseases by addressing modifiable risk factors, than to wait for the patient to suffer the consequences before we take action. Health promotion through prevention and wellness is therefore a vital component of health care system in any community. Bezner (2015) defined health promotion as the process of empowering a person to change his lifestyle and behavior, with the purpose of improving the overall health of people living in the community. According to Bezner (2015) physical therapists are ideal messengers and role models in health promotion and wellness. In line with this, physical therapists should participate in creating a health promotion initiative for the community to decrease health care costs, decrease mortality and to alleviate the risk of having chronic diseases (McGinnis, Williams-Russo, & Knickman, 2002). One example of a health promotion initiative that can be created by physical therapists is a wellness and prevention program for the elderly.

Group home staff provide training and support as identified in each Individual Support Plan. Assistance may include personal care, budgeting, shopping for personal needs, planning for and participation in leisure activities as well as other areas of need. Residents are encouraged and expected to participate, as much as possible, in maintaining the home including meal preparation, housekeeping, and laundry. Families are encouraged to participate in the annual planning process and to identify areas of need as they arise throughout the year.

In This essay am going to be discussing my personal experiences, motivations, and journey into health and social care. About ideologies, the impact, changes, and interventions. Ideologies are the framework of hypothesis, moral principles, behaviours, and ethics which encompasses the origin of human characteristics that stipulates possibilities and impossibilities for humankind to accomplish.my experiences I could describe as a man revisiting his childhood and old family picture photographs. My past was threatened to shape my future.

The following pages detail my review of the book "How Can I Help?”, Stories and Reflections on Service by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman (Alfred A. Knope, New York, 2016). I thought “How Can I Help?” is an excellent book! It should be required reading for anyone in the helping profession or those aspiring to enter into it in the future.

Health educate the client for the need of lifestyle modification, dietary recommendation and to promote physical activity.