nvq 3 health & social care children & young people
11.1.1, 19.2.2
In my job as a refuge care worker I have a duty of care to every young person that I work with. This means that I have to keep the safety of the young person as the top priority in everything that I do. I do this by making sure that I keep within the barriers of confidentiality, keeping aware of the risks that are all around by doing risk assessments, reporting any concerns that I have to the on call duty manager and ensuring I maintain professional boundaries with all young people by not allowing them to make unhealthy attachments to me, not telling the young person anything about my personal life and maintaining a professional distance from the young person myself.
11.1.2, 19.2.3
By doing all of the above they contribute to safeguarding and protection individuals. By keeping to confidentiality and professional boundaries I protect myself against false allegations. Because I am aware of risks and I report things that concern me I can help to protect young people from harm and abuse whether that be mental, physical, sexual or neglect and keep them in a safe environment and therefore not put them in any further danger than what they have already been in. Also by keeping to professional boundaries allows the young person to maintain their dignity and to build a relationship of trust with me. Young people have professional relationships with many people such as teachers, carers, social workers and the police. Each relationship is different but all must maintain professional boundaries with a young person ensuring that they don’t get too involved with the young person or share any information about them so that the young person doesn’t create an unhealthy attachment to the professional. Young people may react in a positive or negative way to such professionals. Negative reactions can involve things such as not knowing how to behave around figures of authority, being confused, and feeling like they are powerless in their decision making and their
In my job as a refuge care worker I have a duty of care to every young person that I work with. This means that I have to keep the safety of the young person as the top priority in everything that I do. I do this by making sure that I keep within the barriers of confidentiality, keeping aware of the risks that are all around by doing risk assessments, reporting any concerns that I have to the on call duty manager and ensuring I maintain professional boundaries with all young people by not allowing them to make unhealthy attachments to me, not telling the young person anything about my personal life and maintaining a professional distance from the young person myself.
11.1.2, 19.2.3
By doing all of the above they contribute to safeguarding and protection individuals. By keeping to confidentiality and professional boundaries I protect myself against false allegations. Because I am aware of risks and I report things that concern me I can help to protect young people from harm and abuse whether that be mental, physical, sexual or neglect and keep them in a safe environment and therefore not put them in any further danger than what they have already been in. Also by keeping to professional boundaries allows the young person to maintain their dignity and to build a relationship of trust with me. Young people have professional relationships with many people such as teachers, carers, social workers and the police. Each relationship is different but all must maintain professional boundaries with a young person ensuring that they don’t get too involved with the young person or share any information about them so that the young person doesn’t create an unhealthy attachment to the professional. Young people may react in a positive or negative way to such professionals. Negative reactions can involve things such as not knowing how to behave around figures of authority, being confused, and feeling like they are powerless in their decision making and their