Explain The Barriers To Service Provision In Health And Social Care

It is so important to implement training for good mainstream practise as carers, whether they are family or professional, may not be aware of the importance of the fact that a change in the health of a person can often cause a change in behaviour. It is vital that carers and all other health professionals are offered training opportunities as often as possible to increase their understanding as carers especially can often just assume that behavioural pattern changes are down to the autism.
b) There can be different barriers to access support or services available. These can be physical, or they can be social, or cultural. Physical barriers can be something simple like signs that are unsuitable. Autistic people may need preparation for hospital
visits, for example the chance to visit before hand to familiarise themselves.
Due to the formaility of clinical environments, it may be necessary for flexible assessment services to allow people with autism specifically in more complex cases, proper access to support. The flexible services would also need to take into account cultural, social and economic backgrounds.
c) these support services are vital because specialist autism teams provide a range of support services to people with autism.
For example, if someone was really struggling with travelling out of their local area to appointments it would be beneficial to them to have an outreach team so that they still get the support they need.
d) as with anyone, the right support at the appropriate time can help reduce the risk of mental deterioration from being socially isolated. Many adults with autism are unable to access the support they need, and this makes them vulnerable. On a personal level, nobody wants to feel isolated, and an autistic person may do so more than a ‘typical’ person. All local areas should have or aim to have an autism planning group which can effectively plan services or events for autistic people social and health care. Isolation would lead an autistic person to be more withdrawn, disinterested and maybe depressed. Social opportunities, like group meetings for a particular interest like the cinema for example, put in place early on would help stave off this.
e) Depending on the complexity and severity of a persons needs, courses like thos could be essential. Time during their lessons could be some of the only time they get to really experience
and put into practise the social skills they have learned, and courses can help provide a stepping stone so they can aim to live independently.
f) There should be drop in advice centres in all local areas so adults with autism k now they always have support in the moment of needing it. Daily life can overwhelming sometimes and drop in centres can be a place of safety for an autistic person. All autism planning groups should make an autism training programme a priority to include things like advice centres and signposting. In turn this can help improve the competency of professionals in the community and mainstream health and social care services, as well as housing and employment can appropriately respond to the needs of autistic adults.