In this essay I will analyse the concepts of health‚ disability‚ illness and behaviour in relation to users of health and social care services. I will take a look into how perceptions of specific needs have changed of time. I will also include the impact of legislation‚ social policy society and culture on the ways that services are made available to individuals with specific needs. This will include me analysing the needs of individuals with specific needs‚ explain the current system for supporting
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Assessment Paper 3 Application Of Theory to Bio-Psycho-Social Assessment When applying Erikson ’s theory and his 8 stages it allowed me to assesess each individual on what stage they are currently in and the stages that there has been issues in achiving. In the case of LaJoe it would seem that she had already achieved stages 1 through 6 during the early part of living in Henry Honer. As the decline of a positive community and family‚ LaJoe
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In this essay I am going to explore the concept of help and how it is offered in the role of a social care practitioner. I will talk about positive and negative responsibility of help within social care. My granny used to say “Help others to help yourself” Help has a lot of meanings but in social care I can define help as supporting individuals to do something that makes life easier and guide them through the process. Assist with different daily tasks‚ guide individuals in different transitions of
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My motivation for becoming a social worker has stemmed from my past experiences growing up as a child. My family moved from Guyana to the United States when I was a young child. As an immigrant family‚ my parents suffered financially to provide for my brother and I. Not only did we suffer from poverty my younger was also born with Down syndrome. My parents did not know much about this mental illness disorder coming from a third world country‚ there is not sufficient information and resources about
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feelings‚ identifying and supporting personal strengths and social assets‚ breaking down problems into parts that can be solved more readily‚ and maintaining a focus on goals and the means of achieving them (Barker‚ 1995). Mediator The mediator role involves resolving arguments or conflicts micro‚ mezzo‚ or macro systems. At the macro level‚ the mediator helps various subsystems within a community‚ or a community and some other system‚ work out their differences. At the micro and mezzo levels‚ mediation
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1. Understand working relationships in social care settings. 1.1 Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship. Working relationships are based on formal policies and procedures and agreed ways of working. They are bound by contracts of employment and also have codes of practice to be followed so they are professional based. My responsibility as a care assistant is to deliver a very high standard service to individuals. This includes support for everyday living e
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personal relationship are mainly the physical‚ verbal and non-verbal boundaries. Working relationships are built and based on a common work related or ethic/ ethos basis and status. They usually have a strong moral and ethical bond that workers are bound to by code of conduct and often covered and protected by law an example of this would be personal‚ work related‚ information is protected by law. Status‚ importance and it follows respect can be based on the position within that role for example
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great social worker. She explained to me that becoming a social worker is very rewarding and sometime can get a little overwhelming because of the case
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Principles of communication in adult social care settings Unit Number: PWCS 21 Unit Reference: L/602/2905 Unit Level 2 Unit Credit Value 2 1. Understanding why communication is important in adult social care settings. 2.1 Identify different reasons why people communicate. People communicate to show fear‚ pain‚ love‚ joy‚ anger. People need and want to get views‚ points‚ wishes and information across to others for all sorts of reasons. 2.2 Explain how effective communication
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Social Services Agency Interview Review BSHS/442 Advocacy and Mediation Advocacy has played an important role in helping those individuals who do not have a voice‚ or who do not know where to turn when going through a difficult time. Advocates push to influence public policy and resource allocation decisions within social systems and institutions. Learning team A was asked to conduct an interview of a social services agency involved with advocacy. The learning team turned to a nonprofit
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