The informal carer and service user group this assignment will be focusing on is young carers supporting their disabled parent. More specifically‚ the young carers are based on the ages from five to eighteen; and the service user group are based on a single parent that has a disability. Young carers have many needs that need to be met; one of them being education. It has been reported that young carers miss around ten weeks of school a year; in order to help care for their service user (Bennett
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References: Bradbury‚ A.(2000) Successful Presentation Skills.2nd ed. London: Kogan Page Ltd. Bulman‚ C.; Schutz‚ S. (2004) Reflective Practice in Nursing.3rd ed. London: Blackwell . Jootun D. And McGhee G (2011) Effective communication with people who have dementia. Nursing Standard‚ vol 25‚ 25.p .40-46.EBSCOhost: Business Source Premier. http://search.ebscohost.com [accessed:12
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Reflective Account on Being Able To Respond To Emergency Situations I am in the garden with one teacher and two other teaching assistants on 20/09/2012. The garden activity centre is out‚ and there are various activities set at different areas. I am walking around the garden observing the children whilst they are playing. Suddenly‚ child A falls off the activity centre and lands on her bottom. I walk over to her and ask her “are you ok?” She looks at me with tears in her eyes and nods. I bend
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that the department of health has stipulated the National Minimum Standard for the Care homes for Older People. I also felt apprehensive about being excluded by the carers‚ on the groups of respecting the patient’s private needs‚ if any. Nevertheless I was also concerned about the new environment of working in hand with the carers who understood what was expected from them. This was a challenge for me I then confirmed my
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Contemporary Issues Young Carers and the psychosocial impact on their well-being: and the wider social impact of the role of young carers. To explore the complexities of young carers a definition must be offered. However‚ endeavours to find a clear definition of the term ‘Young Carer’ is difficult‚ due to the complexity and diversity surrounding the function. An encompassing definition of a young carer is ‘_ children and young persons under 18 who provide‚ or intend_ _ to provide‚ care
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individual should be supported and enable to live in a safe environment which is free from predududice and abuse‚ as a carer we should make this happen as best as we can. 1.2 – In your work place you have a duty of care to raise any concerns you may have‚ these can range from poor working conditions‚ poor environment and poor practice by other staff. If you don’t raise any concerns you the carer could be considered neglignet or incompetent. It is your duty of care to safeguard the individuals from harm.
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Reflective Account “End of Life” Last year 23 September 2012. I had a resident called “Mrs X” she was a 72year-old widowed living at ---‚ a Nursing Care Home. She’s not a religious type of person as she was Atheist. She has lived in the home for the past two years‚ and during that time I was assigned as her key worker. Mrs X had One Son and 3 grand daughters they are all regular visitors to the home. She has recently been diagnosed with renal failure‚ and her life expectancy is only a couple of
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Reflective Account- Support individuals to access and use services and facilities For this reflective account I am using the example of when I take Mr B to College for his cookery lessons. Mr B goes to College every Thursday‚ more often than not I am the support worker that goes with him‚ as Mr B is unaware of dangers such as when something is hot it may burn you and as Mr B does not verbally communicate it is necessary for a support worker to be with him at college. Mr B has a risk assessment
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Skills My belief is every child should have the opportunity to achieve their potential so I am passionate about making sure this objective is potentially a reality. Consequential of spending years amongst children as a mum and aunt‚ one of my greatest attributes is the ability to adapt my practice to suit the various stages of human development. This was evident within my placements where I had no problem engaging with‚ and forming and maintaining appropriate relationships with families and children
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Introduction As part of my studies in the MA social Work and Law module I attended Hull Crown Court. During the visit I witnessed three sentencing sessions. In this paper I aim to project a reflective account of my own thoughts and feelings regarding the Crown Court environment and my initial perceptions of the power dynamics of the Court room officials. The profile and demographics of the defendants will be briefed‚ with the aim of finding links between them. We will then introduce the nature of
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