Course Title and AOS Code: HND Diploma/HNC Diploma in Health & Social Care (Care Practice) HD5HHS/HC5HHS
Learner Name:
Rachel Gillespie
Class Session Code: NFF1A/ NFD1A
Assessor:
Edith Lavelle / Fiona McAleenan
Unit No(s):
4
Unit title(s):
Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care
Assessment Title/No:
TASKS 1, 2, 3
Task
Submission Date
1
Week beginning 18/11/2013
2
Week beginning 24/2/2014
3
Week beginning 28/4/2014
Learning Outcomes
LO 1. Understand how personal values and principles influence individual contributions to work in health and social care settings
LO 2. Be able to produce, monitor, revise and evaluate …show more content…
I will compare my principles and values with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council codes of practice and the Care Value Base. The NISCC and the Care Value Base have many similar codes of practice which all health and social care practitioners should adhere by and work with. The values I feel that are relevant within my experience of healthcare and within my current placement are confidentiality, dignity and respect, effective communication, anti-discriminatory practice and culture and beliefs. In researching NISCC codes of practice and the Care Value Base, I have found that their values are also similar to my own values within my care practice.
The first value I am going to discuss is confidentiality. According to the Care Value Base maintaining confidentiality of information is an important part of caring. Any information clients give is private and confidential. Individuals need to be aware of what they say to other carers and clients and also who have access to client …show more content…
Anti-discriminatory practice is action to prevent discrimination against people on the grounds of race, class, gender and disability. Anti-discriminatory practice promotes equality by introducing anti-discriminatory policies in different situations of work. http://uk.ask.com/question/what-is-the-definition-of-anti-discriminatory-practice The Care Value Base describes one of their values by promoting anti-discriminatory practice and to protect the individual from abuse.
There are many pieces of legislation that are in place to protect individuals from discrimination including the Disability Act 1995, Human Rights Act, Equality Act 2010 and the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.
In my work placement I will work in an anti-discriminatory way, I will not discriminate or judge the service users on their gender, race, class or disability. I believe everyone is different and we all have rights set in place to prevent us from being discriminated