Principles of Communication in Adult Social Care Settings

2.3 Think about a service user you support… describe the range of communication methods and styles you use to meet their individual needs?

A. People communicate in order to express themselves; their needs, wants, ideas, likes and dislikes etc. People also communicate for social reasons; talking to friends/family, or to express emotions such as anger, pain, frustration, happiness excitement etc. Communication is used to pass informtion on to other parties, so knowladge of a subject/person can be improved and built upon. Communication can also be used to describe something/somewhere to a person without them expreiencing it first hand. Communication is the cornerstone of how people live, it is adapted and manipulated for all to understand.

Communication is an expressions of ones thoughts...To convey what one person is trying to say to

3.1 – Explain how individuals from a different backgrounds may use communication methods in a different way

Another reason people communicate is so that they can build positive relationships with people and ensure that any support that may be needed, is given in the right way. Positive relationships can turn into wonderful things and can create a great bond with the other person involved which also creates trust eventually.

Different social, professional and cultural contexts may affect relationships and the way people communicate due to of a lack of understanding or knowledge of one another’s background and culture. This could be through their race, religion, ethnicity or where they come from. Each one of these can have similar or very different ways to communicate. For example

The different reasons people communicate are so that they can discuss and get a point across, to explain a situation or thought, to impart knowledge, discuss issues concerns and build relationships professional and personal.

4.7 People from different backgrounds may use communication methods in different ways, for example people from different religious beliefs may find some gestures different so you should always make sure you are not doing something that may offend them, and you may also have a language barrier here. Also you may have someone who is deaf or hard of hearing they communicate in different ways, by sign language or pictures to help you understand their needs.

Within the adult social care setting communication is used to convey information, this could be with the client about what they want to wear or eat, relatives and friends of the client who might want to know if any food products need replenishing or if there has been an accident and colleagues or other members of the multi-disciplinary team who might need information on past health information or daily routine.

1.1 People communicate by many ways including non-verbal highlighting facial expression, eye contact, body language, physical gestures such as touch, dress and behavior, along with verbal including tone and pitch of voice. The age and knowledge of a person one is communicating with, also dictates somewhat the amount of vocabulary i.e words and terms used too . People communicate to share ideas, information, educate, build relationships, express feelings and emotions, to be social, ask questions and expand their knowledge and share different experiences.

People from different backgrounds may use and/or interpret communication methods in different ways because every family has their own way of communicating together. For example: some children might hear or speak more than one language at home or they could hear others swearing. This can affect children’s communication and how they communicate as adults.

Paying attention to what is said and the body language will allow you to find what is important to this relationship. It may be a casual, professional or personal one. All are important. Be it a conversation with your parents, clerk at the grocery store or a resident in a nursing home

1.1 People communicate for many different reasons, it is mainly for understanding what is going on around them and to know what needs to be done. To be able to express their feeling's and say what they need and want. For reassurance when they are not sure of something. And to ask question's when needed, To socialize and get to know other people and the thing's they like, dis-like and their background history.

Communication is a two way process which allows us to express our thoughts and feelings to others, while allowing us in turn to understand what others are trying to convey to us. Communication involves speech and language (verbal) as well as facial expression, gesture and body language (non-verbal). Communication is an essential life skill for children and young people and it underpins their social, emotional and educational development. (Bercow 2008)

People express their ideas, feelings, emotion and thoughts to the others by using communication. It is no doubt that communication plays a vital role in human life. In our daily life, we can see people who lack communication skill. Because of those people we are occurring the advantages and disadvantages of ineffective communication. The advantages of ineffective communication are you can hide your poor planning, you can easily deny what u have said, you can say two different