Engage in Personal Development in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings.
Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings.
1. Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role.
Healthcare Assistants play a vital role in the care of patients. Working under the direction of more senior healthcare professionals, they take care of the day-to-day needs of patients by providing help with personal care, meals and mobility. A Healthcare Assistant in Schonfeld Square performs many of the following tasks daily: ▪ Giving showers to patients and doing other tasks related to personal care in general, such as changing pads or helping those less independent to go to a toilet. ▪ Providing breakfasts, lunches and other meals ▪ Helping disabled patients in their mobility ▪ Escorting them to appointments or even family meetings ▪ Making patients comfortable ▪ Keeping patient records ▪ Administering treatments to patients
2. Explain expectations about our work role as expressed in relevant standards.
Our job is basically related to a job description, but while that tells us what we need to do, it does not usually tell us how we need to do it. To find that out, we need to look at the Standards that apply to own work. Standards, as with Codes of Practice, will vary depending on the UK country in which we work. Each UK country has National Minimum Standards that are used by inspectors to ensure that services are being delivered at an acceptable level. Finally, and most importantly in terms of how we carry out our work, there are the National Occupational Standards (NOS). These apply across the whole UK, and explain what we need to know and be able to do in order to work effectively in social care. It is important to understand that competence is not only about doing the job; it is also about understanding why we do what we do and the theoretical basis that support the work.
2.1 Explain the importance of reflective practice in
1. Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role.
Healthcare Assistants play a vital role in the care of patients. Working under the direction of more senior healthcare professionals, they take care of the day-to-day needs of patients by providing help with personal care, meals and mobility. A Healthcare Assistant in Schonfeld Square performs many of the following tasks daily: ▪ Giving showers to patients and doing other tasks related to personal care in general, such as changing pads or helping those less independent to go to a toilet. ▪ Providing breakfasts, lunches and other meals ▪ Helping disabled patients in their mobility ▪ Escorting them to appointments or even family meetings ▪ Making patients comfortable ▪ Keeping patient records ▪ Administering treatments to patients
2. Explain expectations about our work role as expressed in relevant standards.
Our job is basically related to a job description, but while that tells us what we need to do, it does not usually tell us how we need to do it. To find that out, we need to look at the Standards that apply to own work. Standards, as with Codes of Practice, will vary depending on the UK country in which we work. Each UK country has National Minimum Standards that are used by inspectors to ensure that services are being delivered at an acceptable level. Finally, and most importantly in terms of how we carry out our work, there are the National Occupational Standards (NOS). These apply across the whole UK, and explain what we need to know and be able to do in order to work effectively in social care. It is important to understand that competence is not only about doing the job; it is also about understanding why we do what we do and the theoretical basis that support the work.
2.1 Explain the importance of reflective practice in