Principles of Safeguarding of Social Care Worker Essay

The objective of this essay is to reflect on the experience I came across during my clinical placement in one of the NHS trust in London. I will be reflecting on safeguarding vulnerable adult with mental health problem. According to Driscoll (2007) reflection enables health care worker to analyse their practice and seek possible reasoning and different approach to performing their skills. Nursing and Midwifery (2015) states that nurses must maintain confidentiality and privacy. Therefore, to adhere with NMC to maintain anonymity, all the identities will be addressed by given names. According to Department of health (2015) vulnerable adult is the person who is 18 years and over and who are unable to look after themselves or are not able to protect themselves from significant harm or exploitation. Those adults are in or may be in need of community care…

Introduction The aim of this report is to outline key legislation and guidance in relation to safeguarding children, and to identify key actions relevant in early years settings; in order to evaluate the impact these actions have on practice. Legislation Legislation is defined as "a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament". (Cambridge Dictionaries Online, 2006) Legislation is applied within the early years sector in order to promote safeguarding and the…

The intention is to confirm the standards required in social care and ensure that workers know what standards of conduct employers, colleagues, service users, carers and the public expect of them. I implement these by giving all of my staff a copy of the codes of practice as part of their induction package. The Code of Practice for Employers of Social Care Workers sets down the responsibilities of employers in the regulation of social care workers. The code requires that employers adhere to…

According to Thompson (2009) social workers are unavoidably facing challenges of dealing with value issues when working with individuals. Social work is involves working with people, which makes values and ethics paramount in this profession. Values are vital part of the process of achieving goals and outcomes to improve well-being of individuals, which make it possible to evaluate progress and review practice, if necessary. According to Beckett (2009) it is important for social workers to…

Agencies Roles and responsibilities Social services Children’s social care has the responsibility to safeguard children in need and those who are at risk, they do this by working in partnership with parents and other agencies such as the education agency and police. If It is thought that a child is at risk of abuse or being abused by their parents/guardians then it is the social worker 's responsibility to decide on what action should be taken, or example, they may do an assessment on the child…

This essay will discuss what role the social worker has in today’s society. Different aspects of what social workers do will be discussed; including the importance of conducting risk assessments, explaining what values, knowledge and skills social workers need, and discussing the role of social worker using different models. Other aspects of the role the social worker holds will also be discussed and concluded at the end of the essay. The International Federation of Social Workers (2014), who…

Introduction: In this task I will be using examples and explaining how care workers implement the care values when caring for my chosen service user. A direct carer is An indirect carer What Are Care Values? Care values are ethical principles that care workers use and apply to their work. Some examples of the care values are anti-discriminatory practice and confidentiality. Confidentiality: This is when you do not share information without the knowledge and agreement of…

Contents 1. Page 2 Task 2, 2.1 analysing a child protection referral • Introduction • What is a child referral? • Analysing a referral 2. Page 3 Task 2, 2.2 • Explaining working together • Good practice 3. Page 4 /Task 3 • Justifying social work intervention in a given situation in relation to the legal framework protecting children 4. Page 5 • Bibliography Task 2 Introduction The Children Act 1989 allows local authorities to intervene in order to safeguard children that are…

Terms of Reference I was asked to investigate the principles of regulation of two care professions. One of the professions is to include nursing and one other from the following list social work, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy. My findings are to compare and contrast the principles of regulation for the two care professions. Introduction This report will look at the principles of regulation of the nursing profession and social work, specifically the social…

these individuals with dementia. The health and quality of life of these individuals is improved by health and social care workers. They do this as part of a team, involving the work from many professionals. Finally, there are many different approaches to caring for people with dementia. Legislation and Frameworks There are several legislation and frameworks put in place that affect and support individuals with dementia. The legislation and frameworks includes: • Enduring Power of Attorney…