Principles in Health and Social Care: Policies and Ethical Report

This report delves into the principles of health and social care, emphasizing their application in ensuring quality care for individuals. It outlines procedures for protecting clients, patients, and colleagues from harm, analyzing the benefits of a person-centered approach and ethical dilemmas that may arise. The report further explains the implementation of relevant policies, legislation, regulations, and codes of practice, evaluating their impact on healthcare practices. Additionally, it explores the theories underpinning the work of care workers, analyzes the impact of social processes on service users, and evaluates the effectiveness of inter-professional collaboration. The report also examines the role, responsibilities, and accountabilities of care workers, evaluating their contribution to organizational policy development and recommending improvements for meeting good practice requirements. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a wealth of study resources for students.

PRINCIPLES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1..............................................................................................................................................4
1.1-EXPLAIN HOW PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORT ARE APPLIED TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE
CARED FOR IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE..................................................................4
1.2- OUTLINE THE PROCEDURE FOR PROTECTING CLIENTS, PATIENTS, AND COLLEAGUES
FROM HARM................................................................................................................................5
1.3- ANALYSE THE BENEFIT OF FOLLOWING A PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH WITH USERS OF
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES..........................................................................................6
1.4 EXPLAIN ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND CONFLICT THAT MAY ARISE WHEN PROVIDING CARE,
SUPPORT AND PROTECTION TO USERS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES.....................7
TASK 2..............................................................................................................................................8
2.1- EXPLAIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES, LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS AND CODES
OF PRACTICE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO OWN WORK IN FLEETWOOD HALL HOME....................8
2.2 EXPLAIN HOW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CAN BE DEVELOPED IN FLEETWOOD HALL
HOME IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS...........................................9
2.3 EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF POLICY, LEGISLATION, REGULATION, AND CODES OF
PRACTICE ON POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF FLEETWOOD HALL HOME....................................10
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................11
3.1 EXPLAIN THE THEORIES THAT UNDERPIN YOUR WORK AS CARE WORKER IN FLEETWOOD
HALL HOME................................................................................................................................11
3.2 ANALYSE HOW SOCIAL PROCESSES IMPACT ON YOUR SERVICE USERS IN FLEETWOOD
HALL HOME................................................................................................................................12
3.3 EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTER-PROFESSIONAL WORKING FOR YOUR SERVICE
USERS IN FLEETWOOD HALL HOME..........................................................................................13
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................14
4.1 EXPLAIN YOUR OWN ROLE, RESPONSIBILITIES, ACCOUNTABILITIES AND DUTIES IN THE
CONTEXT OF YOUR WORK WITHIN AND OUTSIDE YOUR OWN CARE/NURSING HOME..........14
4.2 EVALUATE YOUR OWN CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF ORGANISATIONAL POLICY IN YOUR OWN CARE/NURSING HOME......................................15
4.3 MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEVELOP OWN CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEETING GOOD
PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS IN YOUR WON CARE/NURSING HOME IN THE FUTURE................16
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CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................18
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INTRODUCTION
The principles within the health and social care centre can be devised by working with the
people, who are responsible to provide care and social services to the customers. These
principles, regulations and laws are useful for the development and providing support to the
patients. It plays a viable role in supporting and ensuring the safety concerns of the patients as
well as employees. In this assignment, the impacts, codes of practices and legislation or
governmental policies will describe that is also underpinned with the several theories and
practices, which contributes in the growth and development of the organization accordingly.
These practices and policies also promote effective working criteria that enhance proficiency
and influences the working performances of the employees by which they can easily develop
their skills and do their work in an effective manner towards accomplishing the organizational
goals and objectives.
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TASK 1
1.1-EXPLAIN HOW PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORT ARE APPLIED TO ENSURE THAT
INDIVIDUALS ARE CARED FOR IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE
The health and social care sector is one of the most comprehensive sectors that are responsible
to provide medical care and social services to the patients and helps them to get recover from
their certain diseases accordingly. It is important for the health practitioners to provide support
and clinical care to the patients and helps them to get recover soon so that they can also live
their life freely and happily. As there are various people who belong to different culture and
belief, so the health practitioners and the caretakers are responsible to provide them with such
required care and services according to their needs and demands (Brett, et al. 2014). It should
be ensured by the health practitioners to take care of the patients and treat them equally and
The standards associated with this training guarantee that the occupants of these focuses are
furnished with chances to enhance the states of their wellbeing. Appropriate care must be
given by the specialists to the inhabitants regardless of the distinctions in culture, race and
shading. It is critical for the specialists to keep the principles and controls of the care home and
not abuse the general population living there. On the off chance that we consider the
contextual analysis of the East and West Care Home then we will see that the specialists are not
worried about the wellbeing of the general population (Moss, 2017).
An unmistakable record should be kept up to the wellbeing labourer to monitor everybody.
Considerably more care can be given to the inhabitants if the labourers speak with them all the
time. This would enable the general population to feel less helpless and their needs will be
referred to the labourers and in addition the specialist.
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1.2- OUTLINE THE PROCEDURE FOR PROTECTING CLIENTS, PATIENTS, AND
COLLEAGUES FROM HARM
In the health and social care centres, it is the major responsibility of the practitioners and
caretakers to provide full support and safe environment to the patients. NHS and the CQC and
many other health care homes developed many of the policies and regulations in order to
maintain the safe and healthy environment where the people can feel more comfortable and
share their views accordingly. The adequate training and development program is the most
beneficial and helpful that helps to develop the skills of employees as well as give support to
the patients for dealing with the situations respectively (Minkman, 2016). They must know
about the rules and entire regulations by which they can also manage the operations and do
their works effectively and in manner. As the major aim of the health care home is to maintain
hygiene and personal cleanliness that helps the patients to achieve a positive outcome.
In addition, legitimate solutions, nourishment and different administrations can be offered for
shielding them from weakness conditions. Other than wellbeing support, the specialists can
likewise give enthusiastic help to the casualties by being caring and comprehension. On the off
chance that a casualty imparts anything to a specialist then he or she is relied upon to keep it
secret. To accomplish all these, legitimate preparing must be rendered to the labourers
engaged in these wellbeing focuses.
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1.3- ANALYSE THE BENEFIT OF FOLLOWING A PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH
WITH USERS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES
The person-centred approach can be defined as when people start to take the decision by
themselves according to their rights and personal care as well. As it is significant to determine
the needs and requirements of the different people and then provide them such things by
which they can also feel comfortable and secure accordingly. The health practitioners and the
social workers are responsible to provide support and social care to the patients in order to
relieve them and help them to get recover from the certain diseases respectively. As it is well
known that there are different cultural groups are present and all they have their own different
values and beliefs, so it is important to provide them with such required things accordance with
their satisfaction. Several approaches and theories have been used within the health sector and
they used towards increasing awareness among the people for their health standards
accordingly (Katkin, et al. 2017).
Apart from that, it may put positive impacts and helps to gain positive result outcome that
maintains sustainability and also creates healthy or positive working culture, so that the people
can do their work effectively and also share their views and opinions towards the
accomplishment of the organizational goals and objectives. The person-centred approach helps
the people to make the appropriate decision and also lift their confidences or motivates them
for regarding their working culture or health standards accordingly.
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1.4 EXPLAIN ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND CONFLICT THAT MAY ARISE WHEN
PROVIDING CARE, SUPPORT AND PROTECTION TO USERS OF HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE SERVICES
As it is mentioned already that within the health and social care sector, there are different
cultural groups present and all they have their own different values and belief and as per the
basis, they demand accordingly. It is significant to analyses the different needs and then
provides them with such required things and medical care and services by which they can get
recover soon and live their life freely as well. Ethical dilemma and other different issues may
put negative impacts on the operational functions that must be reduced for the betterment and
growth of the organization accordingly (Glasby, 2017). As the government and other regulatory
bodies are responsible to make policies and regulations in order to maintain sustainability and
for the safety concerns accordingly. The protection of patients and their family members are
well acquired by the government and health sector in an effectual manner that also helps in
reducing the organizational problems and issues.
It is well known that the training and development program helps the people to develop their
own personality so that they can easily do their works in an effective manner and helps in
enhancing the proficiency accordingly. The management department should conduct the
training and development program for the employees, by which they can learn new things and
easily understands the needs or requirements of the patients (Hagen, et al. 2017). Moreover,
the effective communication skills and the strong relationship helps in reducing many effects
and issues related to the health standards of the people and also increases awareness among
them, so that the people can live their life freely and keep themselves fit and healthy as well.
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TASK 2
2.1- EXPLAIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES, LEGISLATION,
REGULATIONS AND CODES OF PRACTICE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO OWN
WORK IN FLEETWOOD HALL HOME
The governmental rules, regulations and legislation that are developed by the regulatory bodies
in order to provide safety and security or equal treatment to the people by which the people
can easily feel comfortable, safe and secure. In order to provide effective social care and
services to the patients, there must be effective training program conducted and they should
ensure that there would no one can be treated unethically accordingly. Effectual
implementation of practices and approaches such as health care act, children care act and the
mental health care act that referred as the health care and social services of the patients, which
also helps in increasing awareness among the people (Drummond, et al. 2015). As the health
practitioners and the social workers are responsible to manage the operations and provide full
support to the patients according to their needs and demands so that they can easily get
recover from their certain diseases. Proper medication, personal cleanliness, decision-making
process and many other practices have been developed by the health practitioners and social
care workers.
Apart from that, the management department and the HR department distributed different
roles and responsibilities to the entire co-workers and employees accordance with their
experience and knowledge, so that they can easily provide such social and clinical care to the
patients. Some of the theories and approaches have been also implemented towards gaining
the competitive advantages and providing such required care and social services accordingly
(Edmonstone, 2017).
Therefore, the governmental rights, policies and the legislation concerned with the working
conditions and also help in enhancing the effectiveness of Fleetwood hall home respectively.
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2.2 EXPLAIN HOW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CAN BE DEVELOPED IN
FLEETWOOD HALL HOME IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL POLICY
REQUIREMENTS
As mentioned above that the policies and regulations that have been developed by the
government and the regulatory bodies put positive impacts within the Fleetwood hall home,
which provides social care and medical services to the people accordingly. it also measured
with the fair guidelines and helps in creating such healthy or positive environment by which the
people can easily share their views and opinions and do their work effectively (Celi, et al. 2017).
As the mentioned scenario that the Mrs Z, who have been suffered from her disability, so the
Fleetwood hall home provides her proper support and care so that she can be easily able to do
her personal work accordingly and make the decisions accordingly. There are various policies
and approaches that help to provide equal treatment to the patients and by which it can be
easily ensured that there would be no unethical practices can take place accordingly.
Some of the following policies and legislation are described below that protects the patients
and helps them from any unethical instances such as-
 Health and care procedure
 Medication care and proper cleanliness
 Respect and dignity
 Enhanced quality of life
 Safety and security
 Recovery of health
 Comfort level of patients
These above-mentioned obligation are very helpful and also increases the diagnosis rate by
which the people can get easily recovered and also be able to take the decision related to their
health standards as well (Dimond, 2016). It is important to command the decision-making
process and other practices because it laid emphasis on the control and monitoring of the
operational services respectively.
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2.3 EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF POLICY, LEGISLATION, REGULATION, AND
CODES OF PRACTICE ON POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF FLEETWOOD HALL
HOME
The governmental policies, regulations and the procedures are laid emphasis on the positive
outcome and also helps in providing full support and medical care to the patients accordingly.
Some of the above-mentioned acts and policies within the Fleetwood hall home enhances the
effectiveness and also provide independent regulatory system services that comprise of the
residential care homes, domiciliary care agencies and many other services accordingly. These
codes of practices severely establish the legal duties that are governed by the NHS and CQC
department related to the health standards and also works according to increases awareness
among the people respectively (Cameron, et al. 2014). These policies are also helpful in
reducing such negative consequences and the weak links of health-related problems and the
major aim of these services and code of practice is to integrate the consideration of
advancement of equality that supports actions to the well-being and the economic
advancement of the Fleetwood hall home.
Moreover, some of the other acts like safeguarding and the vulnerable acts 2006 also define
the social values and help in reducing health inequalities as well. It improves the health
standards and with the proper or effective implementation of these policies and procedures
manages the health standards and it is also essential for providing such clarity of the health,
safety and legal liabilities of the people that improve efficiency and it is also used for guiding
the desired positive outcome as well.
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TASK 3
3.1 EXPLAIN THE THEORIES THAT UNDERPIN YOUR WORK AS CARE WORKER
IN FLEETWOOD HALL HOME
The social theories and the practices in the field of health and social care centre have been
utilizing that demonstrated the policy reforms and the legislation by which the people can
easily take the benefit of health or clinical services and there would be no chances of any
unethical practices accordingly. Further, some of the theories are based on the delivery of
social care and services, which also provide proper guidance to the other co-workers in
accordance to enhancing health practices respectively (Andrews, et al. 2015). Apart from that,
the humanistic theory, which is based on the humanity and equal rights have been utilized by
the Fleetwood hall home care is majorly emphasized on the autonomy, dignity and the
individual rights that also protects the patients from any unethical practices and the issues. As
mentioned above that the person-centred approach is also useful by which the patients can
easily make their own decision and it also enhances effectiveness. Other than this, the social
learning theories within the health and social care organization have put the greatest impact
that laid emphasis on the adhering of care plans, which empowers the patients as well as
employees or staff workers and also helps in providing the best possible medical care and
treatment to the patients even in different background.
Furthermore, the anti-oppressive theory or somehow called anti-discriminatory theory that
emphasized on the social justice rights or practice and professionalism, which also refers the
different range of ethnic backgrounds of the people, which helps in enhancing the proficiency
accordingly (Almgren, 2017). Therefore, these theories and the social practices reduce many of
the problems and issues within the hall home and enhance the effectiveness accordingly. it
allows the people for their betterment of the life and also develops their personality by which
they can also increase awareness among the people and keep themselves fit and healthy
respectively.
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