Assignment 304 Task B
Assignment 304
Task B - Reflective account
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1. On a Thursday during the cooking group we go shopping, there is generally 7-8 individuals all allocated a couple of items to find while in the shop, we have a lady who is partially sighted and suffers with epilepsy, who attend the thursday group, each week we get her a trolley at the super market to act as an aid so she is steady and able to walk around with the rest of the group, one week the individual decided that she wanted to walk around holding my hand instead of the trolley. The individual has the right to walk around the supermarket providing they are safe and not in harm or a risk to themselves or others, I as a support worker in the group have a duty of care to the whole group, the decision needs to be made by myself based on the whole group and also that of the individual.
2. An individual who attends the day service during the holidays and on tuesday evenings hit another individual on 2 separate occasions, there was nothing leading up to the attacks, the person lashed out for no apparent reason, they were asked to leave the day service as this is a safeguarding issue, a report was done and sent of to adult social care, the parents of both individuals were informed and they were also informed of the actions taken as a result of this incident. This is a very awkward position to be in as a day service as the individual is very sorry and her need is to still attend, continue with her routine and have support around her behaviours, the duty of care is to assess the risk this person is towards others within the group and make a decision wether they are suitable to attend the day service, a very difficult decision to make, no one wants to give up on a person and no one wants to put the group at risk.
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2. Best practise in my opinion would be to ensure the person doesn’t return to the group until the safeguarding team have reached a conclusion and actually said what they believe is the right thing
Task B - Reflective account
Bi
1. On a Thursday during the cooking group we go shopping, there is generally 7-8 individuals all allocated a couple of items to find while in the shop, we have a lady who is partially sighted and suffers with epilepsy, who attend the thursday group, each week we get her a trolley at the super market to act as an aid so she is steady and able to walk around with the rest of the group, one week the individual decided that she wanted to walk around holding my hand instead of the trolley. The individual has the right to walk around the supermarket providing they are safe and not in harm or a risk to themselves or others, I as a support worker in the group have a duty of care to the whole group, the decision needs to be made by myself based on the whole group and also that of the individual.
2. An individual who attends the day service during the holidays and on tuesday evenings hit another individual on 2 separate occasions, there was nothing leading up to the attacks, the person lashed out for no apparent reason, they were asked to leave the day service as this is a safeguarding issue, a report was done and sent of to adult social care, the parents of both individuals were informed and they were also informed of the actions taken as a result of this incident. This is a very awkward position to be in as a day service as the individual is very sorry and her need is to still attend, continue with her routine and have support around her behaviours, the duty of care is to assess the risk this person is towards others within the group and make a decision wether they are suitable to attend the day service, a very difficult decision to make, no one wants to give up on a person and no one wants to put the group at risk.
Bii
2. Best practise in my opinion would be to ensure the person doesn’t return to the group until the safeguarding team have reached a conclusion and actually said what they believe is the right thing