Social Care Worker Role
The role of the Health and social care worker
1. Policy for record keeping and records.
This policy outlines the expectations of what details need to be recorded and how they should be recorded. The purpose of this is for clarity and consistency to ensure the provision of safe and effective care.
In a health setting, records and record keeping ensures the welfare of the client is protected because it ensures inter- professional communication is clear.
In social care this is also essential. The record keeping expected and outlined in the policy and handbook for foster carers means the system should and be clear and followed by all professionals.
Fostering Agencies record information about foster carers, which will include a copy …show more content…
As all policies are written from The All Wales Procedures and in line with The Children’s Act 2004, the policies are almost the same in any setting.
The details of the policy ensure all staff and professionals are clear about the expectations on them and also the procedures that must be followed carefully.
The policy also gives details of responsibilities and time scales that need to be adhered to; it clearly outlines reporting procedures and also should give flow charts to illustrate the system followed in all cases.
Foster carers are expected to care for children safely and securely, ensuring their protection and welfare at all times. All Fostering Agencies provide Safe Caring training and best practice is to produce a Safe Caring Policy, which sets out how foster carers intend to ensure the protection of all children in the household.
The Safe Caring Policy is usually reviewed at each foster carer’s annual review of approval and with each new placement of a child.
Allegations of abuse against foster carers or other members of the carer’s household including other foster children, may result in a formal investigation under the provisions of Section 47 of the 1989 Children Act and Working Together …show more content…
|An ability to manage the health needs of children and young people| |
| |and encourage the child to value their own health. | |
| |An ability to encourage full participation in educational | |
| |activities, and to work together with education professionals. | |
| |An ability to transport children and young people to and from | |
| |school and other educational activities. | |
| |An ability to set appropriate boundaries and manage a child or |
1. Policy for record keeping and records.
This policy outlines the expectations of what details need to be recorded and how they should be recorded. The purpose of this is for clarity and consistency to ensure the provision of safe and effective care.
In a health setting, records and record keeping ensures the welfare of the client is protected because it ensures inter- professional communication is clear.
In social care this is also essential. The record keeping expected and outlined in the policy and handbook for foster carers means the system should and be clear and followed by all professionals.
Fostering Agencies record information about foster carers, which will include a copy …show more content…
As all policies are written from The All Wales Procedures and in line with The Children’s Act 2004, the policies are almost the same in any setting.
The details of the policy ensure all staff and professionals are clear about the expectations on them and also the procedures that must be followed carefully.
The policy also gives details of responsibilities and time scales that need to be adhered to; it clearly outlines reporting procedures and also should give flow charts to illustrate the system followed in all cases.
Foster carers are expected to care for children safely and securely, ensuring their protection and welfare at all times. All Fostering Agencies provide Safe Caring training and best practice is to produce a Safe Caring Policy, which sets out how foster carers intend to ensure the protection of all children in the household.
The Safe Caring Policy is usually reviewed at each foster carer’s annual review of approval and with each new placement of a child.
Allegations of abuse against foster carers or other members of the carer’s household including other foster children, may result in a formal investigation under the provisions of Section 47 of the 1989 Children Act and Working Together …show more content…
|An ability to manage the health needs of children and young people| |
| |and encourage the child to value their own health. | |
| |An ability to encourage full participation in educational | |
| |activities, and to work together with education professionals. | |
| |An ability to transport children and young people to and from | |
| |school and other educational activities. | |
| |An ability to set appropriate boundaries and manage a child or |