Health and Social Care: Principles, Practices, and Ethical Considerations

Contents
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................3
LO1........................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 ANALYZING THE BENEFIT OF FOLLOWING A PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH WITH
USERS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES...................................................................4
1.4 EXPLAINING ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND CONFLICT THAT MAY ARISE WHEN PROVIDING
CARE, SUPPORT AND PROTECTION TO USERS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES.....5
LO2........................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 EXPLAINING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES, LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS AND
CODES OF PRACTICE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO OWN WORK IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE. 6
LO3........................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 EXPLAINING THE THEORIES THAT UNDERPIN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE.....8
3.3 EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTER-PROFESSIONAL WORKING........................9
LO4......................................................................................................................................... 10
4.1 EXPLAINING OWN ROLE, RESPONSIBILITIES, ACCOUNTABILITIES AND DUTIES IN THE
CONTEXT OF WORKING WITH THOSE WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE WORKPLACE..............................................................................................................10
4.2 EVALUATING OWN CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY.................................................12
4.3 RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEVELOP OWN CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEETING GOOD
PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................... 15
REFERENCES........................................................................................................................... 16
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INTRODUCTION
The health and social sector include all the services that are related to entire health and
social provision. The HSC sector completely works for its clients in diverse environment such
as hospitals, nursing homes, homes of clients, community daycare etc. There are many laws
in the UK regarding the health and social care sectors which define all the rules and
regulation which everyone has to follow without any disagreement.
This assignment will light upon the values and principles that are present among the people
working in HSC. The main aim is to develop an understanding of the health and social care
sector and their mechanism and mode of working.
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LO1
1.3 ANALYZING THE BENEFIT OF FOLLOWING A PERSON-CENTRED
APPROACH WITH USERS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES.
Person-centred approach concentrates on the individual personal needs, desires and wants
so that it helps them to recover or make their life easy. The priorities of the individual are
above all in health and social care services and therefore the process is continued till the
time the requirements or the needs of each person are completed (Mearns, et al. 2013). The
process of person-centred involves listening, thinking, sharing and seeking feedbacks to
understand the desire and needs.
The person-centred approach creates a healthy and positive environment for the patients
living there. People there become more confident and positive in their own ways. Once the
patient living there started feeling comfortable and accepts the environment, it becomes
much easy for the staff of the HSC sector to work and provide the services (Entwistle and
Watt, 2013). Whenever a person especially old aged people gets the feeling being wanted in
a certain environment, they automatically feel much more healthy and motivated. All the
medication and treatment process becomes easy with the help of person-centred approach
in health and social care sectors. This approach maintains the safety and security of the
patients and their comfort is the main priority for any HSC sector.
This approach when used in any health and social care sector give many positive results for
the patient as well as for the sector itself. It helps in reducing the pressure and burden of
the staff and makes them work with more enthusiasm (Ross, et al. 2015). Working in the
presence of this approach can improve the performance and provide satisfaction of work.
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