Unit 17: Working in the Social Care Sector Investigate Potential Careers in Social Care M1: Assess how a care worker can contribute to providing a positive experiencing for uses of social care services Case study Jean is a care worker in a residential care home. Her job is to provide care for the physical, social and emotional needs of the residents she works with, as well as liaising with a variety of people who are linked with the residents. Mary is 86 and recently widowed, at which time she moved into the care home where Jean works. Mary has a large family who visits regularly and play an active part in her care plan. She suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and is a little hard of hearing. She had an active life whilst her husband …show more content…
Jean will have to think about items Mary may need – laptop, telephone, TV. Mary could use her laptop (Skype) and a telephone to communicate with her family and friends, who could possibly live out of the country. Jean could provide a positive experience by teaching Mary, in her own spare time, how to use the latest gadgets (which could help her communicate with her family and friends better) and just by being there and interacting with Mary and being there for her and keeping her safe will make it a positive experience. Care workers that are patient, caring and empathetic will help make a positive experience for everyone because by having these 3 things this could help you have a better understanding of their lives and may feel more sympathetic towards them and when people understand people better they are, most of the time, less likely to abuse them. If the patients are being abused in the care home, having someone that the patients can talk to and trust in the care home can help them confined in them and tell them that someone is abusing them and it can be stopped. Having a care worker that is meeting an individual needs can be very helpful to their patients because this will make them feel very important and it could boost their self esteem. It is very important to have good communication skills in a care home because this could help build relationships and trust however there may be some barriers but that shouldn’t stop a care worker
The service user should be in the centre of all supervision ensuring that they receive the best possible care .A key principle of supervision is for the supervisor to support the supervisee to understand the policies and standards of the home and what is expected of them to ensure they work to the highest of the standards .
On the day of an important meeting Mary decided to entertain the client with stories of her weekend while Jennings was running late. When Jennings arrived in his office he found a less than impressed client and his assistant chatting him up. After Jennings had told her to leave the office so they could commence their meeting, which was
My role as senior support worker is to work alongside management to provide an effective service to vulnerable adults with mental health living in the community; it is important to offer professional leadership and positive team work skills. At the beginning of my employment as a senior support worker in mental health there was minimal knowledge and experience in supporting vulnerable adults within this specific area, however CQC fundamental standards which everyone in health and social care can expect remain transferable.
There are many things which can affect access to complementary therapies. The ones I will be explaining are:
Tesco has a good progress and their strategy is made up of of five elements:
Mary loves her husband Patrick with all her heart. When he gets home every day she takes care of him and gives him anything that he wants to keep him happy. She greets him and kisses him. She accounted that this was her favorite time of day. “She loved the warmth that came out of him when they were alone together.” She would never even think of harming him in her right state of mind.
This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. The essay consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce, including strategies that can influence the performance of others. The first part of this essay will consider how principles of support are implemented by using Overton house residential care home to evaluate and explain how principles of support are applied. Key concepts such as person-centred approach and dilemmas and conflicts arising from the
Focus: Mary and her family will develop, practice and increase Mary’s interpersonal skills. Ms. Smalls (MHP), Mrs. Gailliard (MHS), and Mary debrief several incidents with Mary struggle with communication.
1.1 – understand the role of the social care professional – analyse the role of a social care professional in social work/community
What can carers and care workers do to help make transitions in care a positive experience?
For J. N.’s occupation of work, she was employed at Pennsylvania Water & Gas Company. She was employed there for many years, and expressed that when she began working there, it was only called the Pennsylvania Water Company, because they had not yet bought out the gas company. J.N. is a woman who is full of life. Some of her character traits include that she is friendly, funny, supportive, and always willing to help those around her. J.N. expressed that when growing up, she had older parents, which she believes, allowed her to have a special connection with older people throughout her lifetime. One occupational experience that J.N. has experienced is caring for her friend, for many years. Before and after her friend’s accident, J.N. was her primary caregiver. Some of her patterns of daily living include going for a walk everyday that it is nice out and going to the store. At night she follows a specific pattern, which includes the activities of getting coffee at 4 p.m., boiling a pot of hot water for her neighbor at 6 p.m., and watching the evening news at 7 p.m. Some things that J.N. likes are music, playing the piano, listening
Assess strategies and methods used to minimise the harm to children, young people and their families where abuse is confirmed (M3). Justify responses where child maltreatment or abuse id suspected or confirmed, referring to current legislation and policies (D2)