Understanding Specific Needs in Health and Social Care

This report explores the concepts of health, illness, behavior, and disability in relation to users of social care and health services. It discusses the intervention strategies and approaches that support individuals with specific needs and strategies for coping with challenging behaviors. The report also examines the current system for supporting individuals with specific needs and evaluates the services available in relation to accessibility, physical location, and cost. Additionally, it explores the approaches and interventions available to support individuals with specific needs, such as partnership working, guardianship, and empowerment. Finally, it discusses the potential impact of changes in social policy and legislation on supporting individuals with specific needs.

Understanding
Specific Needs in
Health and Social
Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCITON.......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
Activity 1.................................................................................................................................................3
Activity 2.................................................................................................................................................4
Activity 3.................................................................................................................................................6
Activity 4.................................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCITON
Health is a most vital factor for a human being. A well health is most necessary for every
person. The life of a person is totally depended on their well health. But the increasing
difficulties in the daily routine of a person can directly affect their health. It is most essential for
the people to identify the basic of health dynamics. As per the changes in the natural spectrum,
the many effective changes have also been implemented in the needs of social care and health
care services. As an experienced team leader at a care home has met patients with specific and
complex needs that require proper and specialized care that can be handled and controlled at
family level or with best care. This report will include the concepts of health, illness, behavior
and disability in relation to users of social care and health services. This report will also highlight
how social care and health care and systems help individuals with specific needs. This report will
also include the intervention strategies and approaches that support individual with specific
needs and also the strategies for coping with challenging behaviors combined with specific
needs.
MAIN BODY
Activity 1
Health and social care have the important aspect for the people as in the recent time the
perspective has been changed regarding the health and social cares services as there in need for
the instance level of acre and support for purpose of restoration. As care taker, there should be
proper understanding there regarding the perception and responsibilities as it has required the per
attributes for the diverse demand as conjunction in health and social care (Glasby, 2017). The
scope pf disability, illness and behavior have the containing of degree of physical harm, infirmity
and malformations which have the tendency to be caused by there level of birth, injury, accident
and illness. In order to be more level of specific, this can have the inclusion of the teratogenicity,
gene defect such as colour blindness, birth defect such as autism, specific disorders.
On the other hand, it also has the conclusion of the learning level of disability and
language level of in proficiency which itself leads to self-level of limitation and complication as
the attitude and behaviour of people are turning out to be part of creating the issues.
As per the case, 22-year-old woman who has been blind since birth have the level of
disability by birth which tends to users of the health and social services by having the proper
level of dependency on the nature and intensity of their illness. As per the blind women case,
there is tends to have the important to underlying level of relationship between the health,
disability and illness must with understood by developing certain level of strategies in ensure
better quality of life. However, the changes have been made over the years in order to suit the

specific level of aspects to have guarantee every individual perspective of the medical
conditions, race, social class and religion which is best to be available in perfect manner (Moss,
2017). On the other hand, the old age men who have recently discovered their sufferance from
dementias tends to have fostering the thing of daily basis. This helping him to be admitted him to
the social and health care will be considered as more level of helpful in fulfilling all needs by
taking care of his demands and needs at loo time.
The perception has been changing over the time as people and more level of suffering of
the disability which can be led to cases by firth or dementia which is common among the old age
people. Nowadays there is increase level of awryness and educations in the society for taking the
acre against the issues. N the case of the former lady regarding the visual impairment but the
education through different means in helpful in analysing the differed life situation and make
them efficient to attempt as successful survival (Kuluski and et.al.,2017). On the other hand there
arranging of the special level of care service and identification of associated level of risk are
termed to be clinical decision making with specific regarding the intervention in the context of o
the public policies, institutional guidelines and ethical concern.
Activity 2
Health and Social care services and system with supports for individual with specifics
needs
Care worker should have to provide proper services and to define physical, social and
emotional care needs. The learning disabilities are common and many people with affect these
disabilities for mental health problem. Care corker should manage their mental illness with the
help of medication, exercises provided and counseling. Many mental health issues are faced and
handle by care worker and to provide better services to the mental and disable person (Kantor.,
20180. A healthcare worker is delivers care and services to the mental and disable person. Many
need for care to provide these services. Healthcare worker support and take responsibility for
caring of patients.
Physical, Social and Emotional care needs – care worker should provide proper physical,
social and emotional care services to the patients. It is very helpful for all mental person and
physical care service provide mediation and exercises, these services are very helpful. Physical
needs are meet the individual will be centered on simply staying alive. It includes lifestyle
behavior choices to ensure health and avoid diseases and to live in a balanced state of mind, body
and spirit.
Social needs are very essential for all patients and provide love, equality for all people
and affection (Rost and et.al., 2017). Healthcare workers should provide this services and these
are very helpful for care needs. Many activities are organized by healthcare worker to improve
knowledge and skills.

Emotional needs are aware of their feelings, thoughts and behaviors and improve good
healthy relationships. This can lead to strong feelings of stress and sadness. Emotional abilities
are associated with pro-social behaviors.
These are important needs for individuals and physical, social and emotional care are
very essential for mental health issue and learning disabilities. Healthcare worker should arrange
many key services related to mental health issue. It is very essential for all learning disabilities
and mental health issue. So this analysis the healthcare needs of individual with the specifics
needs.
Current system for supporting individuals with the specifics needs for the combination of
statutory systems, voluntary systems, self-help and formal and informal care it is used to
supports the specifics needs.
The world, there are different community-based models of service for autistic people,
organizations and health care groups (Husk and et.al., 2020). These are some mutual features that
are shared by this model programs. It is arrange welfare activity and organized structured
programs with fulfilling the needs of a specific person. It includes celebral palsy, occupational
therapists and physicians etc. this models to support the autistic people. To update new
technology and advancement for improving healthcare syste in the organizations. To arrange all
programs and seminars to provide better healthcare services ti the individual.
1 the combination of statutory systems, voluntary systems , self-help and formal and informal
care can be used and supports with specifics needs of 32 year old young man who has celebral
palsy and is in an wheelchair. This system is very helpful for this disease and celebral palsy is
due to abnormal brain development, often before birth. They have also recognized that provincial
plans and to develop programs (Clouder and et.al., 2016). Health promotion framework id
developed for health services and education approaches was developed with aim of improving
best health practices to people with the special needs. This framework it will promote health care
systems.
2. The statutory system, voluntary systems, and formal and informal care can be used to supports
the specifics need.
The services available for individual with specific needs and evaluate them in relation to
access in relation to availability/ physical location/ cost
1. People with early stage dementia - in the locality there is the early stage dementia and
advice service under which provide proper service and better housing conditions are available to
the people. They are entitled to arrange many government programs and take proper decisions
regarding availability/ physical location/ cost. Under this early stage dementia many community
care services provided and provide benefits of local social services department to the early stage
dementia.

Advantages - many advantage are available such as the awareness program helps the people in
raising their understanding the benefits they are entitled to under government programs and the
locality serves the needs of early stage dementia helps to provide better shelter programs
(Dickinson and O'Flynn., 2016).
Disadvantages - the program is run does not have enough space to support the number of
patients and this facility are very costly.
Such programs are essential for early stage dementia and this are many services provided to the
people in relation to physical location/availability/ cost.
2. People who have recently come to this country and do not speak English – in locality
there is many services provided to the people to available better speak English and with proper
advice, benefits and better services provided to the people. To evaluate better relation to
availability and cost. Many community services provided to the people for achieving better skills
and knowledge towards people. Thus the locality provides strong and good support to individuals
and people suffering from this speak English and provide better knowledge to help people.
Advantages – the training programs helps the people in raising their understanding of programs
and benefits for to speak English. The needs of the people are achieving for improving better
skills and these services are help to people to evaluate in relation to availability/ physical
location/ cost.
Disadvantage – this facility are not available in every location and not available space for
provide teaching speak English in your location.
Activity 3
The approaches and interventions available to support individuals with specific needs
In the present scenario, disability increased in the people largely. Because of this people
becoming aware and educated but they have various assumptions regarding the people with
disability (Sanderson, Allen and Osipovic., 2017). They consider that disable people are less
capable and think that they only need sympathy from other people. They also believe that disable
people should be excluded from the society. To verify these assumptions wrong and making
people aware regarding the actual situation of disable people, various approaches and
interventions have been created by the social care and health care sector, government, social care
groups and medical organizations.
Following types of interventions strategies and approaches could be used to support
individual with learning disability.
Partnership working

Partnership working plays an incredible role in supporting an individual with learning
disability. This approach will provide a better support to the learning disable people.
Partnership working develops a better environment for the learning disable person. It also helps
them to develop their learning ability by the surrounding people (Amador and et.al., 2016).
Guardianship
This approach is used to support individuals with learning disability and the majority of
learning disability people are left without much attention from family and the society. It is the
opportunities to improve their cognitive abilities and this strategic are accommodative for the
special needs of the individuals.
Empowerment
This approach include ensuring that all opportunities available that could to benefit to the
learning disability person and to improve the quality of life of the learning disability. This
approach is very helpful in your lifestyles (Noble and et.al., 2019). Learning disable person may
not be sociable within the society and use their talent in the society which they can gain personal
satisfaction from such as working in maintenance projects.
The effectiveness of the intervention strategies for a child learning disability
The effectiveness of the intervention strategies for a child learning disability and include
strategies such as guardianships, partnership working and empowerment/ lifestyle choices.
These strategies are very essential for a child with learning disability and to improve efficiency
in the child learning disability. Empowerment, this approaches include ensuring that all
opportunities available that could to benefit to the child learning disability and to improve the
quality of life of this learning disability. These approaches are essential for lifestyle choices for
the child learning disability. The effectiveness of this strategies include Guardianships are used
to support with child learning disability and the majority of this child learning disability and to
improves their skills and knowledge. These strategies are very helpful for child learning
disability and to improve efficiency for working strategies.
The effectiveness of the strategies include partnerships working and this strategies are
very essential for partnership working. This working plays an incredible role in the supporting
an individual with child learning disability (McKillop and et.al., 2017). This approach will
provide a batter support to the child learning disable person. Partnership partnerships working
develops a better environment for the child learning disable person.
Advantage – These approaches are very helpful with the use of partnership working,
empowerment and guardianship. These strategies have a positive impact on the treatment of the
patents and the result of the patients take part actively in the treatment. These are essential part
for every child with the affects of learning disability and it is a batter impacts on with child

learning disability. it is increase efficiency towards better management and the result of the
patients can disclose their issue freely.
Disadvantages - this strategy include many disadvantages and the no. of counselors available at
the care center is very less. The inadequate cares are involved in this child learning disability
such as partnership working, empowerment and guardianship.
The potential impact of changes in social policy and legislation to support the individual
with specific needs
There are many sociological and technological developments that are directly linked with
the specific needs of individual. It also includes the medicinal development. The technological
innovation deeply transformed the functional and operational impact of disability (Chamberlain
and et.al., 2017). Advanced technology considered as the great way to ensure the best
opportunity of a perfect and healthy life for disable person.
Technology also helps the disable people by providing advance education. The potential
impact of these great developments encouraged people towards health and social care
organization. The government policies on treatment of disable people with specific needs. With
the effective developments, the social and health care organizations become active and conscious
towards the people with disability. The consciousness of health and social care workers can
decrease the bad conditions and problems of people with specific needs. These developments
also inspired for the well being of society. It has also a huge impact on the whole services of
social and health care.
Activity 4
Strategies for coping with challenging behaviors associated with specific needs
The view of a local authority social worker affects challenging behavior associated with
specific needs and includes many groups such as people with learning disability, people with
physical disability and people with mental ill health.
1 people with learning disability – learning disability is very common and many people with
learning disability in social and health care and education. This are the main challenging affects
in every health and social needs. To advice the management and support of people with a
learning disability (Magalhães and et.al., 2016). The guideline has been developed by a
multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, people who care with a learning disability and
behaviors challenges. People with the learning disability and behavior that challenges by
identifying the merits of particular treatment approaches. Challenging behavior can include
hitting or kicking other people, through self-harming.
This challenging behavior can be a exhausting and stressful every time. Every day
activity such as going to the park or to school can become more complicated. Challenging

behavior is not a learning disability, but people with a disability are more likely to show
challenging behavior. Social workers have a important role in working with persons with
learning disability and to challenge current situation. It is also like that pain or discomfort is
included this behavior. People with a disability are more likely to show challenging behavior in
order to express themselves (Kornak., 2018). They are few things to help manage challenging
behavior such as help the person to feel happy and spend time together with other person and
stay alert and create a strong and good support network of family and professionals if necessary.
2. People with physical disability - physical condition and challenging behavior in people with
intellectual disability. The local authority social worker cab help this affects several physical
disability have a lower risk of problem behavior. Physical factor is a important cause and a
systematic approach to research the role of physical condition in challenging behavior. The
establish a basic for the development of clinical guidelines. Physical disability is include spine
bifida, brain injuries, multiple sclerosis etc. the managing a physical disability with the different
learning activities with carrying note taking, materials etc. it is main challenging factor faced by
social worker (Balsells and et.al., 2017).
Social workers assist people with physical or mental disabilities and provide assistances
with the activities of daily life such as eating and bathing. Social workers have a important role
in working with persons with disabilities to challenge current social conditions. Social care the
implementation of setting wide positive behaviors support may prevent and reduce challenging
behavior.
3 people with mental ill health – many people have a mental health concerns from time to time
and it is concern become mental illness. Social care worker have a important role in the mental
ill health. Mental illness includes depression, eating disorders and anxiety disorders and
addictive behaviors. Challenging behaviors of mental ill-health are common amongst people
with intellectual disabilities. Many approaches is deal with the challenging behavior in mental
ill-health such as explain your care actions, speak slowly and clearly in a claim voice.
The effect of the challenging behavior on the health and social care organization
The legal frameworks, policies and standards and professional standards can directly or
indirectly affects the health and social care organization (Ambrose-Miller and Ashcroft., 2016).
There are many impact of the challenging behavior on the HSC organizations are as follows-
The workers of the health care organization may feel issues to cope with challenging behavior of
the users and patients of the social and health care.
The workers of the HSC may become demotivate by the patient’s challenging behaviors.
The HSC organization may become confuse to do their works.
Analysis of the strategies is used for working with challenging behavior

1 sanctions – this strategies are very essential for healthcare system. A sanction should be used
as a learning tool to ensure that appropriate behavior. It is used aftewr child has been given the
opportunity to make change their behavior. Behavior management that relies on sanctions is like
using a when schools use control and manipulation in the form of zero. Such strategies represent
competing theoretical idea to teaching and learning.
Advantage - sanctions strategies is used in management and the use of sanctions to mange
behavior. It is to take many advantages for people and children.
Disadvantage – sanction are unjust, unreasonable and impractical in today’s it is main
disadvantage of the sanctions.
Limitations - sanctions covering many issue such as legal, overview of the framework for any
challenging behavior of sanction.
2 Medication – this strategies is the analysis the working of challenging behavior. Medication is
widely used to treat aggression and impulsivity behavior. Today, the most commonly used anti-
anxiety medication is very essential for every people (Whitmore, Crooks and Snyder., 2017).
Many types of psychotropic medication have been used to manage behavior and provide
guideline with learning disability.
Advantage – medication plays a key role in the treatment of co-occurring disorder. They can
reduce prevent relapses of a psychiatric disorder. It can also help patients. Medication used in
the management of disruptive behavior.
Disadvantage - the impact of psychotropic medication on challenging behavior is less well
established and challenging behavior can also affect normal development. It is include high
frequency of problem behavior and lack of available non-medication based interventions such as
positive behavioral support.
Limitations - a patient of family interview should always be used as a source of information,
where possible to determine actual medication use, this is a main limitations of all patients.
3 Setting clear boundaries and targets - this strategies are very helpful and it is very essential
for every target to achieve. This boundaries is the main role for every challenging factors
towards all organizations (James and et.al., 2016). All limitations are to clear and to achieve
target. Under this strategies are very useful for every main target and it is a essential part for
every working challenging behavior.
Advantage - this strategies are essential for every working challenging behavior and it is to
achieve all target related to faced by the all organizations.

Disadvantage – setting clear boundaries and targets are involved in many costly resources and
working challenging to achieve is very difficulty so this are main disadvantage with challenging
behavior.
Limatitions – this strategies are many limits of the every clear target and clear boundaries are
setted and to handle all resources for every part of the organizations.
4 Time out – it may involve instructing the individual to leave their activity and return only
when they feel able to control challenging behavior. The goal of the time out is ton attain a long
term change in behavior. Time- out is a powerful way to teach children about unacceptable
behavior (Dziegielewski and Holliman., 2019). Time-out is a form of behavioral modifications
that involve temporarily separating a person from an environment changes. Time-out is one
behavior control method based on removing positive reinforcement for a brief time. Time-out is
a useful and fast working technique.
Advantage – this is a very effectiveness of time-out also varies with each individual child,
emotional wellness and temperament etc. it is a important role in the organizations . The use of
time-out needs to be carefully considering families dealing with special challenges
Disadvantage – the main disadvantage to using time-out as a disciplinary tool is when us used as
isolation punishment and time-out is that you might not have to access to a time-out ares when
you leave the house especially if you’re out in public.
Limitations – time-out don’t help kids with their upsetting emotions and timeout work through
fear as a symbolic abandonment. Time-out don’t help to learn emotional regulation.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is concluded that the individual’s life is wholly depended on
their well health. It is most important for the person to recognize the basic of health dynamics.
As per the modification in the natural spectrum, the several changes have also been developed in
the requirements of social care and health care services. It is also concluded that the demands
and specialized care of the patients are different so that it is essential for a care worker to clearly
understand and analysis the problems to meet the patients demand.

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