Principles of Care: Discussion of Key Legislation, Code of Conduct, and Policies

Principles of Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Discussion of principles of care practice....................................................................................3
Theory to principles of care practice ..........................................................................................4
Discussion of impact of key legislation, code of conduct and policies that are underpinning
health as well as social care practice...........................................................................................5
Evaluate how rights and autonomy of vulnerable people are protected and balanced to protect
them from abuse and harm..........................................................................................................5
Importance of risk in relation to safeguarding vulnerable people...............................................5
Abuse, anti-discriminatory practices related to Equality act 2010.............................................6
Other points which are important to consider.............................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
Reflection.........................................................................................................................................8
1. Principles of care which influences the approach of health and care......................................8
2. Experience which influence personal development and insights............................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Principle of good care can be run from code of conduct of health care that is supported by
workers as well as adult social care workers. There are different types of principles of health and
social care to be adopted in health and social care organisation. These principles includes
confidentiality, privacy, autonomy, communication, respect and dignity (Devine, 2021). All
these principles are important for a health care organisation as it will improve trust of people of
health care organisation. It is also important for health care organisation to ensure adoption of
these principles as it allow them for maintain code of conduct. This essay includes discussion of
different principles related to care practices. It also consist description of theories and its
implication in context of care practices. It discuss impact of key legislation, policies, code of
conduct that underpin different practices of health and social care. It evaluate rights and
autonomy of vulnerable people which are protecting and also balanced in order to protect them
from harm and abuse. It consist understanding of important of risk assessment in context of
safeguarding of vulnerable people. Additionally, it consider abuse as well as impact and anti
discriminatory practices related to equality act 2010.
TASK
Discussion of principles of care practice
There are various principles which is to be adopted in health care organisation.
Explanation of these principles are mentioned below:
Communication: Communication is essential in heath and social care as it allow health
care provider to understand problems faced by patients. It also allow them to provide solution to
people that is important for them. It is duty of health and social care provider to provide
emotional support to people.
Respect and dignity: It is another principle of health and social care in which it is
expected from health and social care provider to maintain respect and dignity of patients
(Hussain, Rizvi and Sheikh, 2021). Patients share their problems with these care provider and it
is responsibility of them to not judge patients. It is also expected from them to respect and
maintain dignity of patients.
Privacy: It is one of important component in field of health and social care. It is
important for care provider to maintain privacy of people. In care organisation, there is data

stored of heath and social care provider, patients in which their personal information is also
contained. It is responsibility of heath care organisation to maintain privacy of that data.
Confidentiality: it is important for care organisation to maintain confidentiality of
patient information. Care provider has information related to name, contact details, disease of
patients and other things. It is important for them to keep these information to themselves.
Autonomy: Care services should be based on Autonomy as it should be independent and
not be dependent on any person (Khan, 2018). It allow care provider to work in effective manner
that is important for them and also allow them for purpose of making decision quickly.
Theory to principles of care practice
Maslow Hierarchy of needs theory:
Maslow has introduced a theory that is related to satisfaction of needs of people. It order to
motivate people, a person needs to satisfy needs felt by them. It consist mainly five needs
including physiological need, safety needs, love as well as belongingness needs, esteem and
actualisation needs. In physiological need, biological needs are included like food, air, warmth,
sleep and others. Safety needs includes those needs that provide stability in life of a person.
These includes medical care, health care (Hankivsky, De Merich and Christoffersen, 2019).
These are important skills which are required by a person for purpose of emotional security. Next
needs are related to love and belongingness needs which are important for a person in order to
provide a person emotional support. It is another needs that are important for purpose of esteem
of one self and also desire for reputation. Another needs is self actualisation that is realisation of
potential of a person, self fulfilment, peak experience and seeking personal growth of a person.
Roger's Humanistic theory:
Carl Rogers has introduced Humanistic theory who was humanistic psychologist. He has provide
support to environment with acceptance, genuineness, empathy that is require by a person to
grow. He is the person who is believing on reaching to self actualisation level that time of
attainment of goals, desires as well as wishes at time of attainment of different stage of life.
It is a theory which is emphasising on role of individual for purpose of providing shape to
internal as well as external world (Ayling, 2018). He is the person who is viewing that human are
person who is active as well as creative people who are living in present and also concerned for
relationship situation and perception in present, It is one of theory that is form with free will as
well as human potential for purpose of benefit of company.