Level 5 Health And Social Care Case Study

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DIRECT OBSERVATION ( REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT / prof discussion.

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|CANDIDATE NAME: |Kerry McClelland |

|EVIDENCE
These are used in order that staff are aware of the types of events | | |
|or behaviours that john may struggle with and so that they can react effectively. Repeated attempts to ensure | | |
|John’s safety have been made including the prevention of other young people into his room and providing him with| | |
|his own personal room key. These attempts were made in order to make John feel safe and were in line with the | | |
|National Care Standards. However, despite these attempts to respect John’s privacy, John continues to be easily | | |
|influenced and allows other young people into his room. It was evident that John became distressed with | | |
|prolonged periods within the unit and so the withdrawal of his home contact had a huge impact on his emotional | | |
|wellbeing. It was apparent that communication with John was extremely important to ensure that John knew that | |
John’s mum | | |
|was adamant that she was unhappy with having contact with John when he had been displaying negative behaviour | | |
|within the unit. After this phone call was made, I went to speak to John and he seemed to have calmed down at | | |
|this point as was no longer shouting. I asked if he would like to speak to me and he agreed. John told me that | | |
|he felt extremely let down by his mother and could not understand her reasoning for cancelling his contact with | | |
|her. He seemed to relax after speaking to someone about his feeling and when I asked if he would like to help me| | |
|with making dinner, he accepted. I had previously carried out Food Hygiene Training so was able to do this. It | |