HEALTH SOCIAL CARE

Scenario As a senior social work assistant, you are preparing your application for secondment to train as a social worker. You have been asked to write a Report on how holistic support is underpinned by principles and values.

Task 1 P1 Report

Choose two individuals who use social services, prepare a report to explain how relevant principles and values will enable you (as health care professional) to provide holistic support for your two chosen individuals.

Guidelines (P1):
To achieve P1 use two case studies to explain application of the following principles and values which underpin the planning of support: promotion of choice; promotion of rights; recognition of preferences; involvement of individuals in planning their support; respect for religious beliefs, moral beliefs and values; respect for culture; anti-discriminatory practice; holistic approach; working in partnership, a multi-disciplinary/interagency approach; confidentiality; fulfilling responsibilities

Please remember to obtain the consent from your chosen individuals and maintain their confidentiality when examples from your work placement.
Task 2 M1 Report
Extend your Report to include a review of the benefits to the individual, and also to the staff involved in delivery of the care, of taking a holistic approach to planning.
Task 3 (D1) Report
Extend your report to include analysis of the reasons for working with professionals from more than one agency when planning support for individuals (D1).
Guidelines (D1):
To achieve D1, you will need to consider at least three (3) reasons for taking a multi- agency approach to planning support, analysing each one and justifying the explanation.
If you engage in an interview with the key worker, ask what are the benefits of using different professionals in providing holistic care for your chosen individuals?

You are a senior social work assistant attached to a community centre in an inner city area. You are upgrading the literature for new staff and have decided to produce a booklet on planning support to replace the current one which is out of date.

Task 1 P2 Booklet

Produce a Booklet for new social worker assistants that identify the processes and assessment tools involved in planning support for individuals with contrasting needs.

Guidelines (P2):
To achieve P2 you will need to clearly identify the processes and assessment tools, from the list below that would be involved. Include a range of assessment tools stating how and when they would be used in each case. As part of the processes clearly identify the approach, from the list below, on how the support plan will be implemented.

a) Assessment Process:
i. The cycle of assessment and planning: referral, assessment of holistic needs and preferences, identification of current provision and implementing.
ii. Involvement of key professionals: Social worker, Health visitor, Family Support worker, Probation officer and GP.
iii. Involvement of family Involvement of: Advocates, interpreters and translators.

b) Assessment Tools:
i. Tools: Checklists, Diaries of professionals, Records of incidents and accidents, Use of appropriate questions, Diaries of individuals who use services, Observations and
Personal histories

a) Implementing support plans:
i. Approaches: Behavioural, Task-centred, Use of therapeutic groups
ii. Give examples of how professionals can use and abuse their powers in relation to implementation of care plans.

Criteria covered by this task:
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able
to:
Identify the processes and assessment tools involved in planning support for
individuals with different needs who use social services

B) Task 2 M2 Booklet
Provide additional information to P2 above, in your booklet in which you describe how
Three (3) key professionals could be involved with planning support for individuals (M2).

Guidelines (M2)
To achieve M2, you need to select three key professionals from health and social care and
Related services and describe the role they would play in the process of planning. You
Should also state how these professionals would work together to support individuals. The
assessment process should involve professionals from both health and social care, in order
for learners to link the processes with their description of how three key professionals
could be involved in planning support and demonstrate their understanding of how
Professionals work together across professional boundaries.
BOOKLET
Criteria covered by this task:
Describe how three key professionals could be involved in planning support for
individuals

C) Task 3 (D2) Booklet
Prepare a booklet to include an assessment of two potential issues that could arise from professionals working together (D2).
Guidelines (D2):
To achieve D2, you will need to consider the positive and negative aspects
which could arise from the involvement of several professionals in planning support
For the individuals as in M2.
For example: Professional pride, problems with communication as negatives and use of
Expertise and examples of teamwork as positives.

BOOKLET
Criteria covered by this task:
Assess potential issues which could arise from the involvement of several
professionals in the planning of support for individuals

Task 1 P3 Booklet
Based on a specific social care service, e.g. your placement, identify two legislation, two codes of practice and three policies and explain how each could be applied to planning support for your individuals who are using the service.
Guidelines (P3):
To achieve P3 you will need to provide an explanation of the way in which legislation, policy and code of practice (from the list below), should be applied when planning support. You must demonstrate your understanding of how support plans must adhere to the relevant legislation, policies and codes of practice. You should make reference to the way they are constructed to ensure that delivery of service adheres to them.
Please select one from each list:
a) Legislation:
i. Relevant sections from past, present and future legislation: Care Standards Act, National Minimum Standards, Disability Discrimination Act,
Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, Nursing and Residential
Care Homes Regulations and Race Relations Act.

b) Policies:
i. Organisational policies: Health and safety, risk assessment, harm minimisation and equal opportunities

c) Codes of practice:
i. General Social Care Council Codes of Practice;
organisational codes of practice and codes of practice specific to professional
Bodies.
To achieve P4, reflect and make references either with your work placement experience or use the scenario provided on the P1 brief.

A) Task 2 P4 Booklet Task 1 P3 (Essay)
Based on a specific social care service, e.g. your placement, identify two legislation, two codes of practice and three policies and explain how each could be applied to planning support for your individuals who are using the service.
Guidelines (P3):
To achieve P3 you will need to provide an explanation of the way in which legislation, policy and code of practice (from the list below), should be applied when planning support. You must demonstrate your understanding of how support plans must adhere to the relevant legislation, policies and codes of practice. You should make reference to the way they are constructed to ensure that delivery of service adheres to them.

Please select one from each list:

a) Legislation:
i. Relevant sections from past, present and future legislation: Care Standards Act, National Minimum Standards, Disability Discrimination Act,
Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, Nursing and Residential
Care Homes Regulations and Race Relations Act.

b) Policies:
i. Organisational policies: Health and safety, risk assessment, harm minimisation and equal opportunities

c) Codes of practice:
i. General Social Care Council Codes of Practice;
organisational codes of practice and codes of practice specific to professional
bodies.
To achieve P4, reflect and make references either with your work placement experience or use the scenario provided on the P1 brief.

A) Task 2 P4 Booklet

Explain how to incorporate ethical principles into the provision of support for individuals(P4)

Guidance P4

Choose at least four ethical principles listed below and explain how you will incorporate your chosen ethical principles in providing support for individual within health and social care settings e.g. the daily routines
Duty
Safeguarding
Beneficence
Social justice
Autonomy
Dignity
Independence
Rights
Non-maleficence

Task 3 P5
Explain why an ethical approach may cause a dilemma for health and social care workers in two different settings when planning and providing support to service users. (P5).

Guidance for P5:
Produce a booklet and include examples of scenarios of an ethical dilemma within a health and social care setting and explain why this may provide staff with a dilemma when planning and providing support.
For example you might want to consider the issues that may arise such as potential conflicts, conflict of interest between individuals and organisation, individual and relatives and groups of users of services, balancing services and resources, choices, harm minimisation and choice with regard to support regimes.

Task 4 M3 (Report)

Referring to your explanation above produce a essay that justify how an ethical approach to providing support would benefit individuals and explain what might be improved because of this approach.
Guidelines (M3)
To achieve M3, you need to think about how an ethical approach would improve the support and services received by each of the individuals you describe in the first part of the question
For example you will need to explain how the rights responsibilities and duties of health and social care professionals, balancing services and resources, and conflict of interest may benefit individuals.