Communication
Communication
People communicate for different reasons, making communication vital and a major key of everyday life. Specially in a health and care setting where a lot of communication takes place as many different kinds of conversations occur, as well as a variety of meetings, activities , treatment sessions and consultations with medical and other practitioners to ensure the service users we look after are provided with the care they require. In my daily role as a support worker, i have to provide the different individuals i work with different methods of communication as each individual requires different types of support. By this i mean the communication could be professional (formal), personal (informal) , verbal or nonverbal.There are naturally many reasons why people communicate for example we communicate to express our feelings, emotions, opinions, wishes, needs and preferences.
We communicate to make and develop relationships,to obtain and share information between colleagues,to give and receive support when required to ensure a continuity of care for the service user, and also to make staff aware of the current needs of the individual they support. I think communication affects relationships in many ways in an adult social care setting. For example with colleagues, the manager, supervisor,parents or family members,visitors , medical , social workers and more important the service user. This is why effective communication is a must in my role, in order to work effectively with the service user and their families, and so that we can plan for and meet their needs, it is essential to establish good relationships with a range of people.Effective communication is a twoway process, this can be through body language, facial expressions, tone of voice and respect are all parts of communication. If we listen to others while we speak we will have their respect and we show respect to them while listening. Showing respect in communication is
People communicate for different reasons, making communication vital and a major key of everyday life. Specially in a health and care setting where a lot of communication takes place as many different kinds of conversations occur, as well as a variety of meetings, activities , treatment sessions and consultations with medical and other practitioners to ensure the service users we look after are provided with the care they require. In my daily role as a support worker, i have to provide the different individuals i work with different methods of communication as each individual requires different types of support. By this i mean the communication could be professional (formal), personal (informal) , verbal or nonverbal.There are naturally many reasons why people communicate for example we communicate to express our feelings, emotions, opinions, wishes, needs and preferences.
We communicate to make and develop relationships,to obtain and share information between colleagues,to give and receive support when required to ensure a continuity of care for the service user, and also to make staff aware of the current needs of the individual they support. I think communication affects relationships in many ways in an adult social care setting. For example with colleagues, the manager, supervisor,parents or family members,visitors , medical , social workers and more important the service user. This is why effective communication is a must in my role, in order to work effectively with the service user and their families, and so that we can plan for and meet their needs, it is essential to establish good relationships with a range of people.Effective communication is a twoway process, this can be through body language, facial expressions, tone of voice and respect are all parts of communication. If we listen to others while we speak we will have their respect and we show respect to them while listening. Showing respect in communication is