HNC Social Care Values and Principles
HNC SOCIAL CARE VALUES ESSAY
This essay will examine how social care values and principles influence practice. My own value base was influenced by my parents and extended family initially. As I was growing up teachers and peers also influenced my values. Amongst some of the values I live my life by are having self-respect and being respectful of others; being trustworthy, honest and truthful; being non-judgemental. I was always encouraged to work hard and do well at school which would help me to achieve my goals. I have a supportive family, who have always encouraged me to express my own thoughts & opinions. These values mean that I always try to treat the service users I work with in a non-judgemental way, with respect & using confidentiality. I always try to be caring & empathetic to their situation.
Three core values that influence practice are confidentiality, respect and non-judgemental attitude. Miller describes confidentiality as ‘the idea of protecting information from misuse’ (2005:46) she then suggests information should only be passed on if necessary and the individual must be made aware that information can and will be passed on when necessary. Miller (2005) also states that confidentiality within social care refers to the organisation and not to the employee as an individual. She also discusses the strict guidelines of confidential information; confidential information gathered for one purpose should not be used for another, the consent of the individual should be given at all times other than in exceptional circumstances this must be made clear to the service user, access of information should be limited to the service user and departments of the organisation in which it concerns and information should not be discussed with other members. Having previous knowledge of a service user by either having dealt with them directly before or from information contained in previous casefiles and records can on occasion cause me to build an
This essay will examine how social care values and principles influence practice. My own value base was influenced by my parents and extended family initially. As I was growing up teachers and peers also influenced my values. Amongst some of the values I live my life by are having self-respect and being respectful of others; being trustworthy, honest and truthful; being non-judgemental. I was always encouraged to work hard and do well at school which would help me to achieve my goals. I have a supportive family, who have always encouraged me to express my own thoughts & opinions. These values mean that I always try to treat the service users I work with in a non-judgemental way, with respect & using confidentiality. I always try to be caring & empathetic to their situation.
Three core values that influence practice are confidentiality, respect and non-judgemental attitude. Miller describes confidentiality as ‘the idea of protecting information from misuse’ (2005:46) she then suggests information should only be passed on if necessary and the individual must be made aware that information can and will be passed on when necessary. Miller (2005) also states that confidentiality within social care refers to the organisation and not to the employee as an individual. She also discusses the strict guidelines of confidential information; confidential information gathered for one purpose should not be used for another, the consent of the individual should be given at all times other than in exceptional circumstances this must be made clear to the service user, access of information should be limited to the service user and departments of the organisation in which it concerns and information should not be discussed with other members. Having previous knowledge of a service user by either having dealt with them directly before or from information contained in previous casefiles and records can on occasion cause me to build an