The field of Social work is broad in terms of service delivery. Social workers can work in several institutions like Hospitals‚ Schools‚ Communities‚ Day care centers‚ with families‚ in government established re-habilitation centers etc. My focus in this write-up is to highlight the theoretical perspectives of social work practice in the hospital. A social worker who specializes in this aspect of social work can work in other health care settings. In the hospitals‚ social workers can work in several
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January 19‚ 2010 Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression Depression is defined as a feeling of sadness‚ feeling blue‚ unhappy‚ and miserable or down in the dumps. True clinical depression is defined as a mood in which feelings of sadness and anger interfere with your everyday life for an extended period of time. The news article dated January 12‚ 2010 in the New York Times‚ Titled; Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression reports that antidepressant drugs used for the
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UNIT 4222-329 PROMOTE POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR 1.1 Explain how legislation‚frameworks‚codes of practice and policies relating to positive behaviour support are applied to own working practice. Within our workplace many practices have been put in place to promote positive behaviour. Firstly every staff member is trained in ProAct-Scip UK which controls all our policies relating to positive behaviour support. This is recognised as a valuable learning by BILD. We are taught our legal requirements on what
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Social policy in the health and social care sector The aim of this unit is to enable learners to investigate the origins of social policies and their impact on health and social care services. Social policy relates to guidelines for the changing‚ maintenance or creation of living conditions that are conducive to human welfare. Thus social policy is that part of public policy that has to do with social issues. Social policy aims to improve human welfare and to meet human needs for education‚ health
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role as a service manager at upward care community care we specialise in adults with learning difficulties such as autism‚ mental health‚ and Down’s syndrome‚ we are also specialists with people with acquired brain injuries. Communication is a process that involves an exchange of information‚ thoughts‚ ideas and emotions. Communication effectively is crucial to forming meaningful relationships between staff and service users‚ carers and family and other health professionals. The way we support effective
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Part 2: Summary of Social Work Speaks and “Unit 3” The section “Poverty and Economic Justice” in Social Work Speaks discusses the economy and its balance‚ or lack thereof‚ as well as the people who are impacted by the economy’s debilitating imbalance. The PowerPoint titled “Unit 3: Children and Poverty” helps to further understand the poverty crisis that our society is facing by focusing on the children who live in poverty. The social work profession is there to help those who are most vulnerable:
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BTEC Level 3 Nationals Health and Social Care Unit 1- Task 2- Theories of communication Merit Tutor- Jude Good and effective communication is important in a health and social care setting as it: Reduces conflict Poor communication creates misunderstanding for the service user. This can be solved when you communicate effectively by making people understand and fill in the gaps of poor communication. You could also use your good communication skills to solve conflict between any
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communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context for a new member of staff (using a hospital or care home setting) to include: Communication: text messaging‚ written‚ oral‚ signing‚ technology. Interpersonal interaction: language‚ non-verbal (choose 2 issues under each heading from unit specification page 3). Effective communication The role of effective communication is important in any work setting especially in any health care setting. Effective communication is when
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Sade-Destini Francis BTEC Health and social care Level 3 Unit 21: Nutrition for health and social care P1: Explain concepts associated with nutritional health Nutrition is the selection of foods and preparation of foods‚ and their ingestion to be assimilated by the body. By practicing a healthy diet‚ many of the known health issues can be avoided. The diet of an organism is what it eats‚ which is largely determined by the perceived palatability of foods. Food: Food makes your body work‚ grow
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Youth Care professionals are advocating for their clients in a way that most children and youth are unable to‚ as well as providing children with a chance to experience a life free of abuse if it can be proven that the children are being abused. The ability to separate yourself from the youth’s negative experiences and feelings is also vital for Child and Youth Care practitioners because it reduces the chances of burnout and helps create healthy boundaries between the Child and Youth Care practitioner
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