preferences. I currently volunteer as a Befriender for a group that helps adults with learning disabilities become included within the community through socialization‚ by matching Befriendees with supportive Befrienders. I‚ as a volunteer for this organization‚ provide their service participants with the opportunity to take a full and satisfying part in their community. I also help to raise awareness of issues affecting adults with learning difficulties in community participation. I did this in a
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Parents suffer from picking their children‚ because it takes a lot of time. Leaving a lot of mess and disturbance for the neighborhood‚ Neighbors suffer too. Those problems cause a lot of troubles and grow larger every day‚ although the solution can be such a simple one. One of the main problems lacking a solution would be the absence of parking lots. The space is so tight for making parking lots‚ especially because the school doesn’t own the street. Constructing parking lots would make the problem
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How can psychological theory help me to understand the development and needs of an individual? To answer this question I will use the Case Study of John. John is a twenty-five year old adult who identifies the following as his key issues: low self-esteem‚ low self-confidence‚ excessive alcohol consumption and occasional recreational drug use‚ depression and anxiety; particularly social anxiety with members of the opposite sex. To begin understanding the development and needs of John I will explore
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Chapter 1 Psychology in health and social care Key topics ll Relevance of studying psychology ll Schools of thought in psychology ll Psychology in practice: people and practice ll How to make effective use of this book ll Introducing the ‘psychosoap’ family Introduction Our purpose throughout this book is to offer ideas from psychology that can be applied to your work in health or social care. Our objectives are to enable you to: ll apply evidence-based
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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORT For an Old Care home there are some underlying principles of support that need to be applied to ensure that the patients and people living in the care home are looked after for in a dignified way. These principles are: - Respect for privacy and Dignity – This principle ensures that the old people have a right to lead their life in their own dignified way that they choose to. They dress up in the way they want to‚ eat the way they want to and
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that person hesitate to seek wellness? Likewise‚ developmental theories offer several answers which unlock the depths of human behavior by studying the causalities of different experiences throughout the life span of a person. It can be quoted from Maurice Merleau-Ponty that every object is the mirror of all other objects. Correspondingly‚ developmental theories are rooted in different schools of thoughts such as Behaviorism‚ Gestalt‚ Humanism‚ Cognitivism and Psychoanalysis. Using
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The role of an adult social worker is extremely broad‚ undertaking many roles to ensure that an individual and their families are able to access and make best of the resources available to them. Social Workers often deal with situations that are high in complexity‚ stress and uncertainty‚ often with conflicts of interest and risk. Most day-to-day work involves supporting service users‚ preventing family breakdowns‚ reduce risk of abuse and neglect and help people maintain or recover their independence
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Unit 11 Safeguarding adults and promoting independence. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Task 1 P1: Describe forms of abuse which may be experienced by adults. Provide 5 types of abuse (e.g. Physical‚ Psychological‚ Sexual‚ Financial‚ Neglect) Forms of abuse in adults can include: • Physical - Such as: Hitting‚ Pushing‚ Hair-pulling‚ Pinching‚ Inappropriate restraint‚ Shaking‚ Misuse of medication‚ or Scalding. •
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1.1 There are many different reasons why people communicate in adult social care‚ as well as communication being between varieties of different people within this setting. For example‚ it could be conversation between support workers‚ support workers to managers or other health care professional and anyone communicating with service users including family. Communication can also come in many different forms such as verbal‚ non-verbal‚ body language and facial expressions as well as others. One main
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gender‚ background or sexual orientations. Being treated unfairly then someone else. 1.2 Describe the potential effects
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