Residential Issues In Health And Social Care

The field of Child and Youth Care consists of many different sectors one is able to work in. As a Child and Youth Care Practitioner, one will discover that there are many professional issues that are attached to these sectors. The following paper will go into detail regarding the issues in a Residential and Care Treatment facility. As a Child and Youth Care Practitioner, it is important to have knowledge on why these children and youth are placed in this setting. According to (Butler, Little and Grimard, 2009) Residential treatment is a provision of service often reserved as an intervention of last resort for youth who have been unsuccessfully treated with modalities of care. Within a residential setting Child and Youth Care Practitioners
(Gharabaghi, 2010). With that being said ones perception of values and ethics may contribute to their decisions regarding what is an appropriate boundary. Whitfield (1993) states that individuals must know themselves in order to establish healthy boundaries. Setting boundaries in a residential setting poses unique challenges. Three potential boundary-crossing areas are touching, gift giving, and self-disclosure. (Bunner, Yonge, 2006). The profession of child and youth care practice has taken a stand in favour of mitigating the impact of our personal values by delineating what is acceptable and what is not, what is right and what is wrong. (Gharabaghi, 2010 p 42). This refers back to the potential boundary-crossing areas. The concept of touching may refer to a hug, which can be seen as very controversial, and an ethical issue. Some Child and Youth Care Practitioners and/or agencies view this kind of contact with a client as unacceptable, due to the "no touch policy" in the home. Instead one might prefer the idea of a high five. Then there are others who value the idea of a hug with a client, they may view this as acceptable for teaching what a positive and healthy
A child or youth in care may practice a certain religion, it is the duty of the practitioner to help these individuals get to a place of worship whether it be a church, mosque temple etc. Some of these children or youth may not be accustomed to the foods that may be provided, or they might require specific dietary restrictions. Without the right leadership these differences might be used to exclude people. This becomes an issue if the front-line worker is not open to these specific needs. A rule in the home may be that in order to watch television the child or youth must finish all their dinner, unaware that perhaps this specific type of food may make them feel ill (Lam, Cipparrone,