Explain Why People's Life Stories Important While Providing Care

Tma 03 Why are people’s life stories important while receiving care and what do workers need to be aware of in encouraging people to talk about their past lives?

Introduction

In this assignment I am going to explain why life stories of people receiving care are important and how it is essential in developing their sense of identity. I will explain how a sense of identity is developed and what support is available for a child in the looked after system who have no sense of who they are or where they are going. I will explain how care can be improved by knowing more about a child’s former life and what workers need to be aware of when encouraging children to talk about their past. I am going to be focusing my essay around the case study of
Life story work

The aim of life story work is to give a child an understanding of the present the past and their future. A child may have questions about who they are, how they got in to the situation they are in and where they are going in the future.Lifestory may be done in the form of a book, a memory box or any other way a child would prefer to do it.The child can use these books or boxes to keep anything that helps them remember their past. This could be photos or personal mementos that show them who they are.Lifestory books and memory boxes can include anything a child wants to include in it and any person they choose to be included in it.The child can decide whether they want a person to look at their life story book or box, they have complete control over it. Referring to the K101 DVD audio, Afshan Ahmad a life story work coordinator explains that in life story work it is important to include as many people as possible that tell their perspectives on the situation. This would include birth parents,