Area in Social Care Im Interested in
“Social Care is a profession committed to the planning and delivery of quality care and other support services for individuals and groups with identified needs.
Social Care Worker plans and provides professional individual or group care to clients with personal and social needs”. (Share, 2009).
In this essay I have been asked to research an area in social care that I am interested in. I am also asked to explore the role of a social care worker in my chosen area. I have defined social care and a social care worker. I will research an organisation or service that provides help and support to my chosen area. I will talk about a few different hospitals around the country and how they help and support the clients. I will discuss mental health in Ireland and define it, and finally the different illnesses which encompass mental health, and a scenario where a social care worker works with that client.
There are many different areas in social care work such as, people with learning or physical disabilities, people who are homeless; people with alcohol/drug dependency, residential care, working with the elderly and working in psychiatric care. The one area in social care work that interests me most would be psychiatric care because of family history it has become a keen interest of mine to get involved in. Just to help and understand what it is the person is having the problem with and to help them through their illness, to help their family get through the problem and just to make a small difference to their lives.
While researching information for this essay my helping aids were a family relative who works in a psychiatric care environment, Mental Health Ireland website, our main textbook for this module (Applied Social Care: An Introduction for Students in Ireland) and the World Health Organisation website.
An establishment which is a main provider of psychiatric care in Ireland is the HSE (Health Service Executive). The HSE is responsible for the provision of
Social Care Worker plans and provides professional individual or group care to clients with personal and social needs”. (Share, 2009).
In this essay I have been asked to research an area in social care that I am interested in. I am also asked to explore the role of a social care worker in my chosen area. I have defined social care and a social care worker. I will research an organisation or service that provides help and support to my chosen area. I will talk about a few different hospitals around the country and how they help and support the clients. I will discuss mental health in Ireland and define it, and finally the different illnesses which encompass mental health, and a scenario where a social care worker works with that client.
There are many different areas in social care work such as, people with learning or physical disabilities, people who are homeless; people with alcohol/drug dependency, residential care, working with the elderly and working in psychiatric care. The one area in social care work that interests me most would be psychiatric care because of family history it has become a keen interest of mine to get involved in. Just to help and understand what it is the person is having the problem with and to help them through their illness, to help their family get through the problem and just to make a small difference to their lives.
While researching information for this essay my helping aids were a family relative who works in a psychiatric care environment, Mental Health Ireland website, our main textbook for this module (Applied Social Care: An Introduction for Students in Ireland) and the World Health Organisation website.
An establishment which is a main provider of psychiatric care in Ireland is the HSE (Health Service Executive). The HSE is responsible for the provision of
References: http://www.who.int/en/ Accessed October 30, 2012 (15.22) http://www.who.int/en/ Accessed October 30, 2012 (15.22) Mental Health Ireland. (2012), from Mental Health Ireland: http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/ Accessed October 30, 2012 (16.12) Sinead Freeman, (2011, October 07). what is social care work, from Social care ireland: http://socialcareireland.ie/index.php/faq/what-is-social-care-work/ Accessed October 30, 2012 (15.45)