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
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with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science‚ I joined the Detroit Medical Center as a laboratory technologist because I wanted to learn about clinical instruments and their technology. As a Medical Technologist‚ I process blood‚ urine and other body fluids on advanced chemistry and toxicology analyzer to aid physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. These instruments aid the technologist by automating very complex and time consuming process. The instruments can be programmed to automatically
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as possible‚ by providing care and support to individuals and families. Please see below some examples: 1. To perform basic personal care tasks as outlined in the Clients care plan 2. To help prepare and cook meals if outlined in the care plan 3. To create and maintain good communication with Service User’s including those who may have communication difficulties. 4. To undertake housekeeping‚ household cleaning and laundry duties as requested if outlined in the care plan. 5. Administration of
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Social work has been a profession early in the twentieth century after the soar of social work education and well-organized charities (Richard‚ 2008). It was contributed by the charities workers‚ Abraham Flexner (an expert of professional education) and Ernest Greenwood who evaluated social work as a profession (DuBois & Miley‚ 1992). The following discussion will explain more about the reason why non-social work professionals are not suitable or incapable of playing the roles and function of social
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There are many theories that tend to explain different aspects in human development. According to Encarta Encyclopedia‚ 2006‚ these are system of assumptions based on limited information or knowledge‚ devised to analyze‚ predict‚ or otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena. In line with the definition‚ theories remain as conjectures explaining certain occurrences‚ but never will it attain the grounds earned by laws and principles as universal truths. In Developmental
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PATCH 1 Health and Social care in Britain during the medieval periods was only available through local parish churches‚ where it was believed to be a Christian duty to undertake the ‘Seven Corporal Works of Mercy’ (Jones 2006).The provision and entitlement of care varied between the many different areas causing many of the poor to migrate to the more generous areas (ibid). This increased the levels of begging and crime creating concerns about social disorder after the reformation of
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the health and safety needs of individuals whom you have worked with in your placements over the last 9 months. Reflections - Domiciliary Care Work. The purpose of reflection stated by (John‚ 1995) “ is to promote desirable practice through the practitioner’s understanding and learning about his/her lived experiences”. The key laws and policies that have an impact on my work as a social care worker are The Health and Safety at Work Order (NI) 1978‚ The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
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How are care values promoted in health and social care settings? Care values are a set of rules and guidelines that every health and social care practitioner has to follow in order to provide services to their clients. The seven principles are: - Promoting equality and diversity - Maintaining confidentiality of information –promoting individual’s rights and beliefs. In a day care setting the practitioners maintain confidential information as they follow the data protection act‚ the day care centre
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of employees and employers within own area of work 1.The aspects of employment covered by law Contracts of employments and your rights at work‚working hours and holiday entitlement‚sickness and sickness pay‚maternity/paternity rights‚equal pay and the national minimum wage 2.The main features of current employment legislation The employment rights act 1996‚The national minimum wage act 1998‚The sex discrimination act 1975‚ Health and safety at work act 1974‚The manual handling operation regulation
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rights are violated. It can discuss all thematic human rights issues throughout the year. HRC defines human rights as "rights inherent to all human beings‚ whatever our nationality‚ place of residence‚ sex‚ national or ethnic origin‚ color‚ religion‚ language‚ or any other status." Introduction Health is key to the happiness and well-being of humans. It can be affected by various factors in
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