Assignment on Principles of Health and Social Care Practice

PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Role of principle of support in promoting the well being of person.....................................1
1.2 Procedure and policies for safeguarding vulnerable adults...................................................2
1.3 Benefits of person centred approach.....................................................................................2
1.4 Ethical dilemmas and conflicts occurs in serving vulnerable people...................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Intellectual mental disability means different range of disabilities which may include
different range of difficulty and disability a person faces. There could be many types of
difficulties a person faces it may include significant learning disability, physical impairment etc.
This all disability have major impact on the quality of a life a person lives (Aveyard, 2014).
Health and social care plays important part in the life of this being. Health workers and
practitioners develop proper learning about values and principle so that they can serve these
people better. The current report discuss the role of principle and support along with different
legislature implemented by government in order to support vulnerable adults. Person centred
approach and ethical dilemmas are also mentioned.
1.1 Role of principle of support in promoting the well being of person.
There are many organisations that work for the well being of people in need. The
principle of support was introduced in order to make sure that patients are provided with quality
services by their care takers in the care home. It focuses on ethical issues where to provide
patients with efficient services any prejudice is the moral responsibility of professional. In the
case study (Brett and et. al., 2014). Victoria has sensory difficulties which makes her vulnerable
and require continuous support. The only way she could communicate was through her eyers or
eyebrows and if she wants to get attention she needs to get very angry. To provide her some
independence the parents of Victoria decided to put her in aphasia provision but that was not
enough later on the suggestion of other they decided to use the method of own home where
Victoria was provided with her own flat. She acts as an employer to her care taker, she was
totally independent and happy with the decision made by her guardian. There re several
principles that a care taker are required to follow in order to provide better care:
Respect: Respect is utmost principle that a professional is required to give their patients. Care
taker need to treat their service user with great respect without any regard to the person culture,
class and religion. In case of Victoria, its important to understand the basic need of person as she
is unable to communicate and treat them with dignity and respect they deserve (Mechanic,
McAlpine and Rochefort, 2013).
Choice: Understanding the need and requirement of patient will help them in providing the
treatment according the choice of patients. As Victoria mother said sometime she is very happy
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