4222-305 Understand Positive Risk Taking for Individuals with Disabilities (Ld 305)
4222-305 Understand positive risk taking for individuals with disabilities (LD 305)
1. Understand that individuals with disabilities have the same right as everyone else to take risks
1.2 Explain why, traditionally, people with disabilities have been discouraged or prevented from taking risks.
In Social Care there is an accountability for the welfare of the individual, whether they are being cared for or enabled to be independent. The enabler has responsibility for the individual, and the Company that provides the service to the client has responsibility towards both the enabler and the individual. They are answerable to families, CQC, the local council, social care workers and the police.
An individual, who has the mental capacity to know and understand what they are doing and the consequences, is bound by British Law. Risks are not just about accidents that may happen; they are also about behaviour and social awareness.
When a person is not acting in a socially acceptable manner, members of the public may complain or at least interfere. They may get hurt, or their belongings damaged.
There is a tension between the concept of “duty of care” and “empowerment and inclusion”. It is not legal under British Law to put vulnerable people into a place of risk. However, it is not legal to imprison them either. There has been, and still is confusion and tension between the concepts of safeguarding, responsibility, duty of care, inclusion, empowerment, and enablement.
In past generations, there was less inclusion for people with learning disabilities, and if a person is not included in everyday life, then they are not included in the risks taken in everyday life. Thinking about my own life - I cook: I cut my finger with a knife by accident. I iron: I catch myself and endure a shallow burn. I cross the road: I take safety precautions, but a random car may speed up, or a motorbike turn without signalling. These are risks I take several times daily. Why is a
1. Understand that individuals with disabilities have the same right as everyone else to take risks
1.2 Explain why, traditionally, people with disabilities have been discouraged or prevented from taking risks.
In Social Care there is an accountability for the welfare of the individual, whether they are being cared for or enabled to be independent. The enabler has responsibility for the individual, and the Company that provides the service to the client has responsibility towards both the enabler and the individual. They are answerable to families, CQC, the local council, social care workers and the police.
An individual, who has the mental capacity to know and understand what they are doing and the consequences, is bound by British Law. Risks are not just about accidents that may happen; they are also about behaviour and social awareness.
When a person is not acting in a socially acceptable manner, members of the public may complain or at least interfere. They may get hurt, or their belongings damaged.
There is a tension between the concept of “duty of care” and “empowerment and inclusion”. It is not legal under British Law to put vulnerable people into a place of risk. However, it is not legal to imprison them either. There has been, and still is confusion and tension between the concepts of safeguarding, responsibility, duty of care, inclusion, empowerment, and enablement.
In past generations, there was less inclusion for people with learning disabilities, and if a person is not included in everyday life, then they are not included in the risks taken in everyday life. Thinking about my own life - I cook: I cut my finger with a knife by accident. I iron: I catch myself and endure a shallow burn. I cross the road: I take safety precautions, but a random car may speed up, or a motorbike turn without signalling. These are risks I take several times daily. Why is a