Principles of Support in Health and Social Care

1.1 Underpins the principles of support among the working practices within the
In the health and social care key practice is to provide quality services as
well as effective support to the different need service users (Allegranzi and
et.al., 2011). For successfully working in the Care UK, care practitioners
must requires to follow adequate principles of support in such a manner that
they would assure and maintain the welfare of patients. Along with this
principles of support also benefit the practitioners to engage in respecting the
personality and rights of their service users while providing quality care
services. Along with this there are different principles of support that must
be ensure by care practitioners within the cited HSC setting that mainly
include-
 Respect Individuality: The key principles of support that are
implemented within the working practices of Care UK include
respecting individuality of the patients so that care practitioners can
easily fulfill the actual need of the patients (Ndetei and Gatonga,
2011). It is essential for practitioners to consider the individuality of
patient as all have different beliefs and values so that they may
easily satisfy the service users. If individuality principle is removed
from the patients then in such situation users of service may get
defeated and depressed to accept the care and treatment. Therefore,
respecting individuality within the cited care home is essential for
the welfare of their patients. Equal opportunities: Another principle of support that needs to be
executed within Care UK is related with providing equal
opportunities of all the care workers within the setting so that they
can render quality care to patients (Preston-Shoot and Kline, 2012).
This principle of support ensure providing care related with
avoiding different grounds that is gender, sex, age or religious
background etc. Each and every patient within the cited firm is
eligible to acquire equal service and treatment as they are not
segregated the basis of above factors. For example, in the care home
setting two service users facing different health issues and disease
that is one patient is suffering from infectious disease while other is
suffering from non-infectious diseases. In this situation care
practitioners need to provide equally treatment to both the patients
to ensure their proper recovery.
 Maintaining Privacy and dignity: Another principle of support that

needs to be focused by care worker includes maintaining privacy and dignity
of the patients within Care UK. Accordant to this principle of support within
the setting practitioners and care workers are required to maintain the privacy
and dignity of their service users so that their personal information or
information related with diseases should not disclosed to any third party
(Rasheed, 2013). Along with this in the situation when a patient is suffering
from infectious diseases their information must be kept as confidential so
that other patients within the setting should not avoid them on the ground of
infectious diseases.
Providing proper care and attention: Another principle of support that is
provided within the Care UK is related with providing quality care and
attention to patients as well as their family members so that they must have
proper knowledge regarding their illness.