Importance of Health and Social Care

The provided document discusses the importance of health and social care services, focusing on delivering best practices and addressing consumer needs. It also touches upon the need for adaptability in a changing business environment. The assignment references various books and journals that provide insights into conducting surveys, improving patient care, and understanding cultural competence in nursing and healthcare.

Understanding Specific
Needs in Health and Social
Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Analyse concepts of health, disability, illness and behaviour in relation to users of health
and social care services...............................................................................................................4
1.2. Assess how perceptions of specific needs have changed over time.....................................5
1.3 Impact of legislation, social policy, society and culture available for individuals with
specific needs..............................................................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Analyse the care needs of individuals with specific needs...................................................6
2.2 Current system for supporting individuals with specific needs............................................6
2.3 Availability of services for individuals with specific needs.................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................2
3.1 Explain the approaches and interventions available to support individuals with specific
needs............................................................................................................................................2
3.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of intervention strategies for an individual with specific
need(s).........................................................................................................................................3
3.3 Discuss the potential impact of emerging developments on support for individuals with
specific needs..............................................................................................................................3
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................4
4.1 Explain different concepts of challenging behaviour............................................................4
4.2 Potential impact of challenging behaviour on Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation.......4
4.3. Analyses strategies for working with challenging behaviors associated with specific
needs............................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Health and social care defined as the services that are accessible from health and social
care providers in market of UK. It is useful for defining the major provision of infrastructure and
private and public sectors . It is very much important to understand the particular needs and
wants of HSC. This report is based on a case scenario in which 43 years old Tom, who got
injured with brain injury and not get proper treatment and support from the health and social care
services. In that scenario somerset partnership with NHS trust find out the Trust crisis and their
major concerns so that necessary steps should be evaluated in proper way that cause early death
of patient. This report is based on various concepts of health and social care such as health,
illness and behaviour and change in perception for specific needs and wants that change over
time. It also includes various legislation, policies that helps in satisfying needs and wants of
people in specific manner. In elaborates about current systems that support needs of an
individual and kinds of approaches with interventions to support needs of an individuals and
many more concepts.
TASK 1
1.1 Evaluate various concept that are health, disability, illness and behaviour in context of
consumers of health and social care services.
Health, disability and illness are very much important concepts in field of health and
social care services to deliver right kind of services to right people (Cronin, 2014.). There are
major concepts in Health and social care that have bigger domination to provide services to
consumers. All these three concepts vary on the basis of perception of an individual and
suffering from any kind of disease and take treatment (.DiClemente, Hansen and Ponton,
2013.). For these important concepts, organisation have to be proper knowledge of social care. In
case of NHS foundation care who are affiliated with that case to find out major cause of death of
patient, family of Tom got affected from their works and procedures. In that scenario Tom get
injured from the car crash. In health and social care, health represents mental and physical
condition of an individual that plays major role in life of an individual. Health is one of
important aspect that focus on complete mental, physical stability and eradication of infirmity. In
that case when Tom injured in car accident so it directly affect on his health. According to the
united nations, disability related to the an individual who suffer from physical, mental and social

kind from long period of time. It affected by many kinds of mental impairments to gain effective
participation on an equal basis. According to the case when Tom got injured in car accident he
got disabled from mental disability. While illness is an subjective which changes or vary from
individual to individual and rely on perception of an individual. It is very important to reap out
symptoms of disease and sickness. Illness refers to the monitor or evaluate their body that if if
suffer any kind of disease, by checking any issues that are serious issue in health care. According
to scenario Tom suffer from Insomnia in which he not be able to take proper rest.
1.2. Evaluate in which way perception of consumers changes.
In changing world due to technological advancement, world is ready to bring changes in
progress in health and social care. In health care sector, beliefs and values are vary from person
to person and helps in building and improving in particular sector. In case of Tom, he died in
2014 and the major cause of his death was not proper care and well being. His basic needs at that
time was proper take care, proper medical practices and appropriate medicines and drugs that
helps in remain healthy (Fillenbaum, 2013.).
To get right kind of medical services and proper care, an individual needs right kind of
communication by following a set of activities to know their needs and wants in definite way
which change over time. The foremost cause is changes in social values and ethical work
practices which set thinking level or perception criteria of an individual. So perception change
according to need of an individual and also with change in requirement of an organisation to
reach at definite goals and objectives. In case of Tom when he was injured from care brain injury
that proved harmful to reach at desirable goals and objectives. In that case to understand
perception level of patients organisation have to understand the stigma, discrimination on various
bases and equality on basis of health and social care so that optimum results should be
accomplished.
1.3 Influence of legislation, policies and society with culture for potential wants of individuals.
In Health and social care, laws and legislations are very important to gain sustainability
and suitability in human life (Fink, 2015 .). In an organisation rules and regulations are very
much important to lead in market for long living culture in various service or overcoming any
kind of inconsistency. There are various kinds of legislations in which Health care act, 1982
which come into existence in year 1995 in UK government for effectively implementation and
justification by remove contingencies related to health and social care. The major work of that

kind of legislation is to removal of any kind of contingencies that relate with health and care. The
another major motive behind is to well being of society by interacting and give message to
society (.Grol and et.al ., 2013..).
According to that case Tom suffered from mental disorder after accident and also not
physically healthy so in that scenario due to not proper take care he was died because they face
lack of proper facilities and well being activities that are very much important to remain always
active and not face any kind of issue. In that case NHS found necessary and important
information which reveals about their relevancy for both an individual and group of
organisations. On health of an person impacts various factors such as social, cultural that impacts
in both positive and negative manner. Legislation give direction to move forward from the
definite path to achieve desirable goals and objectives.
TASK 2
2.1 Evaluate care wants of individuals with potential needs.
In service sector specially in health and social care, the need of pro-active thinking and
actions are very much important to analyse specific needs of an individual ( Heart and Kalderon,
2013.). According to that case, an individual named as Tom was died due to not proper care and
treatment that was blamed by his family. With the change in circumstances and demands of
people if any one visit any health care sector at any point of time they need some kind of special
treatment and care that are very much important to remain always competitive in market.
In scenario of Tom, he suffered from the mental and physical disorder which affect on his
working and social life. It is very much important to remain always healthy and live happy. To
overcome from any kind of mental and physical disorder, an individual have to be part of social
and cultural get together so that they can share their views and opinions to remain always
positive and read books which give positiveness that are important factor to overcome from any
kind of misshapen.
As per the case, Somerset partnership focus on not performing in well manner at time of
deliver services to their patients. That cause of his death and their family members got aggressive
. This is an important factor to take care about health and their social needs so that they can
recover from any kind of serious injury. That kind of understanding helps in taking decision what
is right or wrong while treating with other person. Care should be given on many contexts in

which physical, social and emotional containment that are very much necessary for a patient for
rapid recovery in case of mental disorder. When an patient suffer from mental and physical
disorder at that time emotional and spiritual support is very much potential for them.
2.2 Recent system for supporting with controlling individuals with specific needs.
In order to give assistance to an individual by specific needs that are requirement of
training and development programs to deal with day to day activities and work together. That
helps in bring livelihood and gaining liberty, in many organisations in UK they perform various
functions that are very much important to serve an individual as per culture and value of society
(Jeffreys, 2015..). For gaining that objectives many NGOs are opened which work for special
purpose such as on enhancing skills and capabilities they give training and development. In that
organisation includes development of education, education for disabled in sphere of social and
culture, information centre who are disabled and community centres for adults and children's all
these organisations work for enhancing life of an individual to focusing on major spheres where
improvements are very much obligatory.
In that kind of organisation they held kinds of programs with motive of enhance level of
knowledge of people. In scenario of Somerset partnership NHS foundation which is an trust that
focus on improving working styles and patterns in an industry. There are some key ways from
them the knowledge should be enhanced that are as follows:
Counselling:
Counselling is one of most important to communicate and deliver right kind of
knowledge and information to the person who is in chaos (.LeRouge and et.al 2013. ). In case of
Tom when he suffered from mental disability at that time need of counselling plays major role
to find out the main cause of disability and the ill effect out of it. With the help of counselling an
individual can recover rapidly from any kind of illness.Support with family members:
Support with family members is very much important for patient to recover from any
kind of disease in proper way. If a patient suffer from any kind of mental or physical kind of
disease so in that case responsibility of family member rises because with consult of them a
patient can not feel positive and not recover frequently. Hence proper support of family members
is very much important to behave in proper way.
Personal development program:

personal development program are very much important for an individual to gain
knowledge, potential skills and many more. People in today's world not require sympathy but
they require motivation to live with energy and liberty by getting equal rights.
2.3 Accessibility of services for an individual with specific needs.
In UK there are lot of health and care sectors that helps in raise the standard of living of
people by focusing on needs and wants of consumers specially children's. This report majorly
focus on Somerset partnership NHS foundation that deals in providing services to people who
are suffer from mental or physical disorder (. Locke and Bailey, 2013.). That organisation
provides kinds of services to eradicate and overcome from various kinds of hurdles from society.
There are some special kind of services to reach at desirable goals and objectives that are as
follows:
Urgent and emergency take care:
In some of hospitals provision of urgent and emergency services are very much important
and also provide by NHS to deal with difficult situations. Emergency services are very
significant for mental disorder patient and other kinds (Golightley and Goemans, 2017). In that
case they provide various facilities such as wheelchair, facility of oxygen and many
more.Services by providing proper tools and techniques:
In an hospitality service sector tools and techniques plays major role to give proper
treatment to patients. In case of NHS foundation they to treat their patients in fair manner
provide specific tools such as oxygen facilities, operation facilities to by advance tools and
techniques so that their patients get right kind of cure from institution.
TASK 3
3.1 Evaluate approaches and interventions exist to support individuals with particular wants.
Health and social care are very much important which interlinked with services that are
very much significant for patients. There are two kinds of care worker and social care, in which
care worker one who support masses to live their life in effective manner (Green and
Thorogood, 2018.). That kind of workers helps to satisfy and fulfil needs and wants on daily
bases. There are various kinds of approaches that helps in take important decision and
understand the concept behind it that are as follows;
In that approach that helps in deal with concern of insomnia from which Tom suffered.

Cognitive behavioural therapy:
This is an important therapy or approach which helps to patients who suffer from
insomnia. It is an program that give treatment by evaluating their thought and traits that hinders
at time of sleep. That therapy not pay attention on sleeping pills that impacts adversely on the
health of patients.
There are some major interventions threat helps to reach at desirable goals
Physical intervention:
That kind of strategy mainly focus on incorporation with best and suitable actions and
kinds of theories that enables to patient ( Maslach and Jackson, 2013.). It helps to patient in
finding out their major capabilities and give them best way to live their life.
Psychological intervention:
It is very much difficult and challenging to convince patients to adopt treatments for their
well being. In case of Tom when he suffer from mental disorder so in that case doctors have to
pay attention on each and every attribute that helps in finding out cause of insomnia and how to
resolve it.Role of professional addiction intervention:
The major role and importance of professional intervention is to convince to come into
drug and alcohol treatment centre so that a patient can recover frequently from disease in proper
way. The main purpose is to help and to accept accountability level for the addiction to change in
a dynamic manner.
Approaches and intervention:
For an individual some kind of approaches and interventions are require in which self
help and direct action which direct to give best services to their patients in better way. To satisfy
specific needs organisation focus on evidence based practice by evaluating taste and preference
of an individual.
3.2 Identify effectiveness of intervention strategies for an individual with specific wants.
There are various kinds of strategies and tactics that plays major role in organisational
growth and enhancement in order to it helps in improve enhance the living style of people (Little
and Mount, 2018.). That kind of work should be done on basis of actively participation in social
events, find out kinds of opportunities and empowering people to reach at desirable goal and
objective. From the case study it has been analysed that medical practitioner are supposed to
avail kinds of strategies that are useful in giving best treatments to people suffering from

insomnia. It is very much important to give training and development to employees so that they
can give best treatment to employees. there are some kind of advantages for improving
conditions that are as follows:
 In that aspect psychological intervention should give positive impact and enables to
medical practitioners in giving best treatment.
 In next phrase counselling sessions should be conducted to give important knowledge and
information at regular basis to enhance medical practices (World Health Organization,
2017).
 The another major effective tool which helps in develop a positive environment for the
patients to easily share and engage with major issues that helps to reach at desirable
goals. In that aspect they share personal and professional to reach at root cause of the
concern that at last helps in amend condition of working.
3.3 Evaluation of potential influence of emerging developments to assist for individuals with
particular needs.
To lead in market institution have to focus on major spheres which are very much important in
which technological advancement and changes in legislation and practices with national and
international perspectives that are very much important. In case of social and health care much
attention should be maintain on technological advancement by giving contribution in enhancing
life of people by focusing on major spheres. In health and social care changes in technology are
very much obligatory in that case institutions affix various services such as CCTV that tracks
each and every activity of the patient and helps in giving major attributes to make successful in
goals and objectives.
TASK 4
4.1 Evaluate various concepts of challenging behaviour.
It should be evaluated that a challenging behaviour that an individual to carry out actions
that are not socially applicable in different situations ( Padgett, 2016. ). In that present scenario,
in case of Tom who suffer from the problem of insomnia that arise many problems related to
sleeping and not taking any kind of rest in proper manner and resulting negative impact on health
of Tom. It can be elaborate that an individual have challenging behaviour that plays vital role in

individual goals around an specific person that can be physically challenged and harms to the
safety.
At time of treating with an individual such as Tom who suffer from physical challenges
due to the accident in that case they utilised by identifying challenging behaviour among masses.
At primal level it can be used as scientific and superstitious behaviour that are faith of people for
long period of time. That theory believe on the people are regularly believe on the people such as
Tom who get affected by mental disorder and many reason behind it such as superstitious, power
that is unusual.
On other hand at second tier, the biological belief an important theory that are link with
the challenging behaviour (heikh, Ranson and Gilson, 2014.). That theory and practices are
linked with the biological and logical concepts. In present scenario it people who are physically
challenged and face any kind of problem. To remove that medical and care related to behaviour
challenged people to gather better effects about defects and illness that they suffer from. It has
been analysed that behaviour should be based on medical disability and third most important that
is social construction which similar to social need of disability. Hence in present scenario it is
easy to accept that believe on biological aspect in which Tom met with an accident that in front
of him that are insomnia. There are some kind of challenging behaviour in front of an individual
in which mental disorder, illness and physical disability are major challenges that face by an
patient.
4.2 Particular effect of challenging behaviour on Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation.
There are some major impacts on patients in case of Somerset partnership NHS
foundation that are biggest challenge in their behaviour or trait due to mental and physical
disorder ( .Tew and et.al ., 2012.). For an example in scenario of Tom who is not properly
conscious from mind because of not proper treatment and aggressive from nature that adversely
affects environment of that institution. There are some challenges that are handled by managers
of Somerset partnership NHS foundation at time of deal with major changes in behaviour that are
as follows:
Individual risk management and assessment:
There are great risk that associated with an individual health due to uncertainty in health.
There are various challenges that organisation have to manage and plan works and activities to
get away with risk factor to build an brand image (Slade, 2017 .). In case of Somerset

partnership NHS foundation they take proper measures to eliminate risk at maximum level.
There are some kind of attorney under which managers take care about organisation and their
decision process. When an individual suffer from kinds of illness, mental disorder and many
more causes of suffering then it helps in measuring risk factor behind it and ways by which it can
be eliminate.Safety and security concern:
In that scenario when behaviour changes in that case organisation have to deal with it in
positive manner by giving proper consult to patients because in case of NHS foundation they
deal with every kind of patient. In NHS foundation they cure to handicapped, mental disable and
and patient from other kind of fatal disease they suffer from so that in case they have to secure
their health in positive manner so that they can recover frequently from any kind of disease.
Violent behaviour:
There are issues or concerns in organisation when patients deals in aggressive manner.
There are various challenges that are give decision what is right or wrong in different situation.
That situations affect to environment in NHS foundation in adverse manner and enhance the
possibilities of physical violence within organisation. From the above discussion it has been
summarised that due to challenging behaviour of patients that understood.
4.3. Evaluate strategies for working with challenging behaviors connected with particular wants.
The people with significant needs are major cause of challenging behavior in health and
social care services in UK (Tew, sand et.al ., 2012..). For that various kinds of strategies are very
important that are challenging behavior of patients and users in health and social care that
impacts negatively on organizational needs. To deal with changing needs and wants to behave in
great manner. In case of NHS foundation they consult with patients and give them positive
environment so that they can share the potential knowledge and their majorconcern when they
suffer from any kind of challenges that face by an organization to specificallydeal with any kind
of problem. In that situation organization have to deal in positive manner by consult by making
strategies and tactics that are very much essential to ac-comply with major concerns in service
sector in which they provide best services to consumers so that they can get delighted experience
to their consumers and comply with changes. To build clear strategies institution have to follow
an definite path in which firstly they have to communicate in proper way then set clear goals and

objectives and then time that require to achieve goals and at last medication which are very
important for an organization to build strategies.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been summarized that health and social care are very much
important to give best services and helps in enhance employment opportunities. It focus on
giving best services to consumers by focusing on each and every need of them and comply with
major changes that are necessary for organizational development and enhancement. Challenging
behavior is an important aspect that helps in deal with adverse environment to lead in business
environment. In that case various strategies and tactics which are very important to deal in
understand the behavior and comply with them in positive way.

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