Unit 1b Assignment 1 Answers

Our first duty as support workers is to make sure that the service user is receiving the best care based on our knowledge and professional judgment.

My supervision is always held in a confidential setting, between myself and my Manager. My Manager records details of what has been discussed, targets identified, and achievement target dates to be met by me and my Manager. This is my personal development plan, and helps me to record training received, training identified, and knowledge gained. My supervision is my opportunity to discuss issues I am concerned about. Sometimes prior to my supervision, I write down notes on issues I want to raise, so that I do not forget whilst in my supervision.

The key principle of supervision is for the worker to be able to carry out their job role as effectively as possible. Enhancing their understanding of their own practise.

Additional components such as caring support the nurse-client relationship; a nurse who is able to truly care for Irene will develop a strong bond with her. Caring for a client is taking the time to treat them like they matter and looking past their illness and recognizing the unique individual that they are (Johnstone, 2010). Genuineness is being authentic towards a client. Irene will respond more freely and honestly to a nurse who is genuine. A nurse is genuine by maintaining meaning behind what they say or ask and by actually caring rather than running through the motions (Van Manen, 2002).

Supervisors’ provide effective formative and summative feedback, promote growth and self-assessment in the trainee, and they also have to be able to conduct their own self-assessment. These skills encourage the trainee in the process of supervising. Clinical supervision is defined as: “An intervention that is provided by a senior member of a profession to a junior member or members of that profession. This relationship is evaluative, extends over time and has simultaneous purposes of enhancing the professional functioning of the junior member(s), monitoring the quality of professional services offered to the clients she, he or they see(s) and serving as a gatekeeper for those who are to enter the particular profession” (Bernard & Goodyear,

Stress, we all have it in our lives and for some of us it affects us in ways we do not even realise it. This causes me great discomfort as this leads me to not even have the ability to begin my tasks as I am concerned about how I will be able to complete it on time. Once I am able to resolve this predicament I will be confident enough about accomplishing all my tasks and concluding these tasks to my best effort.

Whilst holding one of these monthly supervisions with my supervisee I conducted a file audit of their case file as part of my monthly monitoring, this helps me to evaluate. I noticed that work which I had previously asked to be completed had not been produced and some of the work which had fell below expected standards for his role as a Residential Child Care Worker.

Full Backups: A full backup is a complete backup of everything. Sometimes referred to as a normal backup. This normally takes the longest time to perform (and is typically the largest option).

III. Mass Transportation- Encourage usage of mass transportation to improve air quality and traffic congestion.

Just like everything else, women had to fight in order to be part of the jury. In 1870, Wyoming was the first to allow women to be juries. It was in 1957, when all women in the United States were able to be part of the jury. However only with federal court cases not state court, but this still did not stop clerks from refusing to call on women to be part of the jury. Women were still unable to be part of the jury during this time because of their gender. There was research conducted in the 1990’s that found women less aggressive than men and women tended to be more influenced by evidence than men.

As a healthcare professional a therapeutic relationship is fundamental in providing quality patient care. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) National Competency Standards for a Registered Nurse (2006) emphasises Collaborative and Therapeutic relationships as one of the four main domains which make up the standards. The assignment will explore one specific quality on establishing, maintaining and appropriately concluding a therapeutic relationship in relation to a Horizon Hospital and Health Service client, in this case Mary Young. The specific attribute chosen is ‘establishes rapport with individuals/groups that enhances they ability to express feelings, fosters an appropriate context for expression of feeling.’ This attribute is crucial in having the guiding principals for a safe professional practice.

Being on a team and working with others plants the seed to become a leader

This year I am working with students in a Junior High school, offering support services. The ages range from 11 to 15 years. When working with this population, you are faced with many challenges. Some students are open to the experience while others are apprehensive. My experience thus far has had several revealing moments where excellent supervision had an impact on my internship. Shulman (2008), states that supervision of students and practitioners is central to social work. He also states that central to the process is the idea of one professional with more knowledge, skill, and experience guiding practice and development of another with less. I am greatly appreciative of having a supervisor that listens, guides and challenges me to explore.

In the article, Compassionate Communication in The Workplace: Exploring Processes of Noticing, Connecting, and Responding, Miller (2007) discusses three different processes that make someone an affective compassionate communicator. The study was conducted by analyses of interviews with twenty-three people who work in a service job. The finding indicated that while the three processes, noticing, connecting, and responding, are the basis for a compassionate communicator, there are many complexities with each (Miller, 2007, p. 1). The first process, noticing, focuses on noticing someone’s need for compassion and specific details that could help you communicate the most effectively with the person you are attempting to have interactions with (Miller, 2007, p. 5). This noticing physiological factors, nonverbal reactions, and cognitive interpretations like those discussed in the textbook. The second process, connecting, discusses how you relate to the person’s emotions through personal experiences and perceptions made about their situation (Miller, 2007, p. 10). This process is about sharing a similar situation

Clinical supervision provides learning experiences devoted to developing leadership and competence within mental health professionals (Murphy & Kaffenberger, 2010). Two essential areas of knowledge for learning include integration of