as individuals‚ ensuring they always feel safe and at ease when I am around and doing my care‚ I make sure I read the care plan every day for each client to see if anything has changed since I have last been in there. I am responsible in making sure all my clients are looked after to a brilliant standard ensuring they are always happy with the care I provide for them‚ keeping them clean by doing personal care and assisting with needs if they need help such as‚ getting dressed‚ brushing teeth and combing
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ICON College of Technology and Management BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Assignment: Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care Submitted To: Dr Sumesh Dadwal Submitted by: Rukia Begum I.D NO: 12806 Session: September 2013 LO2: BE ABLE TO PRODUCE‚ MONITOR‚ REVISE AND EVALUATE PLANS FOR PERSONAL PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED OF A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTITIONER. 2.1 A KEY INFLUENCES ON LEARNING Course: The course which I
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Introduction to Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Car or Children and Young Peoples Settings UNIT 5 1.1 Being a support worker means I have a responsibility of duty of care‚ which I am to adhere to at all times. This responsibility is a legal obligation as part of my job role. If these standards of care are not met I can put the service user/s in jeopardy of harm. The duty of care should be my self acting in the best interest of the individual at all times which should not be detrimental to the
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essay will discuss the role of a social worker as well as demonstrate the importance of set professional values within the profession of social work. The term social work can refer to many things; there is no one objective definition of social work. Politically speaking it could be described as a political entity‚ therefore making it a questioned matter. However according to the international association of schools of social work and the international federation of social workers‚ social work has clearly
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The field of Social work is broad in terms of service delivery. Social workers can work in several institutions like Hospitals‚ Schools‚ Communities‚ Day care centers‚ with families‚ in government established re-habilitation centers etc. My focus in this write-up is to highlight the theoretical perspectives of social work practice in the hospital. A social worker who specializes in this aspect of social work can work in other health care settings. In the hospitals‚ social workers can work in several
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Aging is the accumulation of physiological and psychological changes over time. The Office of National Statistics showed that the aging population and increased prevalence of long-term conditions have a significant impact on health and social care and may require £5 billion additional expenditure by 2018 (ONS 2015). Common conditions of older age receive less investment and lower-quality care than general medical conditions prevalent in mid-life (Steel et al.‚ 2008)As budgets continue to tighten
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Values are defined by Merriam Webster as “relative worth‚ utility‚ or importance”. In essence‚ values are ideas or beliefs that are important to an individual. I believe that many individuals make personal decisions based upon the influential nature of values‚ and these decisions can become problematic in a helping relationship. The impact of personal values can cause helping professionals to inadvertently cause harm to their clients through unintentional influence. Helpers must realize the impact
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Capstone research project Dr. Natasha V Watson Feb 4 2014 The impact of social change on teenagers’ health Teenagers’ getting overweight has become an inexorable trend. Society could change as time goes by. A social change can happen in various areas of human life‚ such as cutting down the size of the family domestic‚ advancement of economic status‚ improvement of high technology and modification of dietary habit. Social change is the main factor that causes teenagers’ obesity. A number
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Alan‚ as he was very vulnerable‚ and preoccupations with his well-being and social justice‚ which are rooted in the social work profession value base. The key values I applied while working with Alan were the right to determination‚ confidentiality and privacy‚ I have the obligation to protect Alan from harm‚ and I have an obligation to obey the law and the right to self-protection (BASW‚ 2016g). Incorporating social work values are central to its practice‚ maintaining behavioural codes and standards
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Medicare was instituted because the elderly needed financial assistance with many health related issues associated with aging. Medicare helps to insure that the elderly receive the care they need regardless of social class and income. The health care program not only helps the elderly‚ but it also provides insurance for the poor to ensure their physical well-being. Medicare is for those 65 years of age who are eligible for social security and have paid in to Medicare. Medicare consists of two types of
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