BA (Hons) in SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE

BA (Hons) in SOCIAL CARE
PRACTICE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Illustration on the type of service, funding, client group, access to the service and services
offered.........................................................................................................................................1
Place your agency within a theoretical context/model of practice..............................................2
Demonstrate your understanding of how you can practice safely and effectively within the
legal, ethical and practice boundaries of the social care profession............................................2
Outline the relevance of the CORU Registration Board and the Code Of Professional Conduct
and Ethics in relation to your practice.........................................................................................3
How does your organisation respect and uphold the rights, dignity and autonomy of every
service user?................................................................................................................................4
Identify the communication methods, including verbal and non- verbal methods and styles
present within your organisation. How did you adapt your style of working and what or who
supported you in doing this?.......................................................................................................4
Describe the role of policies and systems in place in your organisation to protect the health,
safety, welfare, equality and dignity of service users, staff and volunteers .Please include three
examples to include information in relation to policies that govern the organisation and make
specific reference to one external policy and the link to an internal policy ..............................5
Discuss what is the current data protection legislation and freedom of information legislation
underpinning your practice in your agency.................................................................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Social care refers to an effective plan to provide care for welfare of vulnerable
individuals and groups of overall experiencing marginalisation, disadvantage and special
requirements. It includes the criteria of considering legal and ethical rules in terms of delivering
better services to people for their well-being (Knott and Scragg, 2016). In context of given
portfolio, it is based on the scenario of working as a social care practitioner in TU DUBLIN
Tallaght Campus to provide facilities for needy individuals. This assignment will focus on type
of services and theoretical context along with legal boundaries of practising. It will also include
the code of professional conduct and ethics as well as communications methods.
MAIN BODY
Illustration on the type of service, funding, client group, access to the service and services
offered
Social care workers provide a number of services in order to fulfilling the requirements of
individuals, communities and families. Social care worker work with a large range of individuals
such as children, families, patients and so on. Agencies like TU DUBLIN Tallaght Campus also
provide social care services such as offering services to communities, residential care, poor
children, hospitals and so on. Social work is a challenging profession as it requires range of
personal qualities such as understanding individuals, patience, resilience and tolerance.
Funding for such social care organisations are provided by different government
agencies. Local councils and adults social care in UK invest a large amount for providing funds
to the individuals. There are some volunteers also who tends to provide funds for the needy
people and families that need financial support. Respective organisation gets its funds from local
government (Baldwin, 2016).
Services offered by respective organization is supply by involving a range of social
workers. They help poor families and families with disabled children. They provide support to
vulnerable individuals mostly in the community. They offer free services to all citizens of the