Principles of Health and Social Care
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................3TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................31.1 Principles of support applicable to care individuals in health and social care practice.............31.2 Procedures for protecting clients, patients and colleagues from harm......................................31.3 Benefit of following a person centred approach with users of health and social care services.41.4 Ethical dilemmas and conflict that may arise when providing care, support and protection to users in HSC....................................................................................................................................5TASK 2 ................................................................................................................................................52.1 Implementation of policies, legislation, regulations and codes of practice that are relevant to own work in health and social care..................................................................................................52.2 Local policies and procedures can be developed in accordance with national policy .............62.3 Impact of policy, legislation, regulation and codes of practice on organisational policy and . .6practice.............................................................................................................................................6TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................73.1 Explanation of theories that support health and social care practice........................................73.2 Analysing how social processes impact on users of health and social care...............................73.3 Evaluating the effectiveness of inter -professional working......................................................8TASK 4.................................................................................................................................................84.1 Role, responsibilities of Human resource manger in NHS........................................................84.2 Evaluation of contribution to the development and implementation of policy..........................94.3 Recommendations to develop own contributions......................................................................9CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................10References...........................................................................................................................................112
INTRODUCTION As a part of health and social care NHS have been providing excellent services to the serviceusers. The organisation have brought various advancements in tre4atments which have led toincreased the improvement rate among the patients of NHS. The above report identifies supportprinciples that are helpful in achievement of objectives of NHS (Hujala, Laulainen and Lindberg,2014). The research also studies the implementation of various legislation policies, code ofconduct and practice standards on the policies of the organisation. Theories discussed in the reporthave led to identification of interpersonal working in the health and social care. These skills arerelevant in the performance and growth of the organisation. TASK 11.1 Principles of support applicable to care individuals in health and social care practice.The principles of support that are applicable to care individuals in the given scenario arediscussed in the following points:Dignity and Respect: In the given scenario, Angela who is the care worker of Sylvia andAhmed need to be cared in a dignified manner. The opinions of care takers can be valued byrespecting their rights. The care worker need to understand the beliefs of patients andaccordingly design an effective care plan (Bowling, 2014).Choice: The care takers in the given case have rights to make their own choices related tohealth and social care practices. In the given scenario Sylvia was not not happy as the careprofessional did not involve in her in the decision of sending Ahmed to care home.Therefore the care worker need to involve patients so that they can make informed choicesrelated to care plan (Glasby, 2014).Privacy: In health and social care the care workers have the access to patients personalinformation. Therefore it is the duty of the care worker to maintain the privacy of patientsand only access the private information of care takers for developing a care plan. Independence: The care professionals have a prime responsibility of evaluating their carepractices so that the patients can lead a healthy and independent life. The care worker in thegiven case can design an effective plan so that the old patients can independently performtheir routine tasks (Aveyard, 2014).3
1.2 Procedures for protecting clients, patients and colleagues from harm.In health and social care setting, it is very important to protect patients, clients and careworkers from potential harm. In order to maintain safety of these entities in the given case, thefollowing procedures can be outlined:Identifying risks and harms: In health and social care setting it is very crucial to identifypotential risks that can harm service users and staff. These harms can be classified asphysical, emotional and financial harm (Moore, Campus and Londonderry, 2014). In thegiven scenario, the care worker need to ensure the safety of both the patients as the secondpatient is very violent and causes harm to people around him. Proper medication andsupport can useful in pacifying the aggressive patient in the given scenario. Following safety standards: The care worker in the given case can follow proper safetystandards to safeguard patients and clients from potential harm. In addition to that the carestaff need to practice the risk free care plan to protect patients (Rowland, 2014).Providing emotional support: One of the patient in the given case is suffering from mentaldisorder and behaves violently. Therefore providing proper supervision and emotionalsupport is very crucial for the care worker to pacify him and protect others from his harshand aggressive behaviour.Confidentiality: Client data is very confidential. Therefore care workers need to safeguardthe care takers data through effective data handling practices (Moule, 2015).1.3 Benefit of following a person centred approach with users of health and social care servicesPerson centric approach is referred to a specific healthcare approach to support service userskeeping their preferences, interests and concerns in the centre of the care practices. There are manybenefits of following a person centric approach in HSC. These are as follows:Handling patients issues: It is the best approach to handle care takers issues and concerns.The care worker in the given case can implement this approach to handle individual issuesof Ahmed and Sylvia based on their individual preferences and concerns (Shi and Singh,2014).Beneficial for care workers: It is beneficial for care worker in the given case to designpersonalised plan for Sylvia as well as Ahmed to fulfil their care needs. Better care plan : Personalised approach is very useful in designing an effective andcustomized care plan for individual care takers. In the given case, person centric approach isvery effective to treat different patients with different care needs (Webber and et.al., 2015). Improved relationship among clients and care workers: Valuing service users can invoke a4
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