Another guidance which helps to safeguard vulnerable adults is the Safeguarding Adults- a National framework for good practice and outcomes in adult protection work. This is a follow up from the no secrets guidance and set out some national frameworks to limit the risk of abuse. there are many different standards set out in this guidance e.g. all local authorities should have a multi-agency partnership who should representing all the agencies, all agencies must have a strategic plan ensuring there are relevant policies and procedures, training strategies, a commissioning strategy and strategies for reducing risk of abuse. this helped to set the national standards of care that should be given to vulnerable people. It also defined the ways we can give services, established ways of measuring achievement or improvements and gave people support to help implement these changes. This helps to reduce to risk of harm for vulnerable people as it helps to establish a nationwide initiative to reduce abuse of vulnerable people and multi-agency working. [5] [16] The Dignity in Care initiative 2006 is very important as it helped to create a zero tolerance for people who abuse or disrespect vulnerable people. It helped to raise aware about dignity and the ways dignity can be maintained. By increasing the awareness, it …show more content…
This was launched to help health and social settings to implement human rights based approaches to improve the standard of care given to services users and how they deliver the service. This helps to reduce the risk of abuse as it helps to implement human right into practice and services, placing more value on them. this helps to reduce an unintentional abuse and it helps the organisations to recognition when someone’s rights are not being met and to take action to prevent this from happening, increasing the standard of care people receive and reduce the risk of abuse,
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Furthermore, they have introduced a human rights approach, which is to respect diversity, promote equality help to ensure that everyone using health and social care services receives safe and good quality care. Human rights approach will help to apply the principle of promoting equality. The CQC have a process in which you answer five key questions to consistently integrate human rights into the way they regulate, which healthcare providers must work alongside. They also have equality objectives which were introduced in 2017, the objectives are, person-centred care and equality, accessible information and communication, equal access to pathways of care and to continue to improve equality of opportunity for our staff and those seeking to join CQC, as well as patients. Also filling in a safeguarding adults review, which is a process for all partner agencies to identify the lessons that can be learned from complex or serious safeguarding adult’s cases, where an adult in vulnerable circumstances has died or been seriously injured because of abuse or neglect. At winterbourne view residential home, abuse and neglect had been made clear to the public eye and could clearly be identified, although no staff logged it as a safe guarding adult
A positive care environment is reinforced by legislation and national care standards implemented by the Scottish Government. Legislation such as, Data Protection Act 1998, Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, GIRFEC (Getting it right for every child) and the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 put safeguards in place to give the service user legal rights.
The aim of this assignment is to view the Panorama documentary (BBC,2014) with regards to the quality of care given. The documentary provides an observation of health and social care environments; it shows how service users are mistreated on a daily basis. It also aims to critically analyse changed made to healthcare policies. It how these changes are implemented in practice to improve the service provided and protect clients.
One of the five key principles of care practice is to ‘Support people in having a voice and being heard,’ (K101, Unit 4, p.183). The key principles are linked to the National Occupational Standards for ‘Health and Social Care’. They are a means of establishing and maintaining good care practice. Relationships based on trust and respect should be developed between care receivers and care givers, thus promoting confidence whilst discussing personal matters without fear of reprisal and discrimination.
Ethical Issues in Social Work I will provide practical help for new social workers to help them understand and deal with ethical issues and dilemmas which they will face. There are many ethical issues which are important to social work, but I feel that these are all covered by the care value base. The care value base Was devised by the care sector consortium in 1992, this was so that the workers in health and social care had a common set of values and principles which they would all adhere to. It is important because for the first time the social care sector had a clear set of guidelines from which ethical judgements could be made. The care value base is divided into 5 elements - The care value base covers - Equality and Diversity - Rights and responsibilities - Confidentiality - Promoting anti Discrimination - Effective communication Equality and Diversity Carers must value diversity themselves before they can effectively care for the different races, religions and differently abled people they will come across in their caring profession.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN, 2008) defined dignity as the way people feel, think and act in regards to how they valued themselves and others. Treating someone with dignity means treating them with worth, value and making them feel respected. It is imperative for all nursing team to treat people with dignity in respective of their health status. A dignified care should be given even after death. Walsh and Kowanko (2002) states that sustaining patients’ dignity is an extraordinary and fundamental basic of nursing care which is admired by patients.
The procedure of protecting clients, patients and colleagues from harm. The benefits of following a person centred approach in the use of health and social care practice. Ethical dilemmas and conflicts that may arise when providing care. Supporting and protection to users of health and social care practice. The implementation of policies, legislation regulation and code of practice which is relevant to own work in health and social care. How local policies and procedures can develop in accordance with national and policy requirements. The impact of policy, legislation, regulation, and code of practice on organisational policy and
One of our roles, is to provide dignified care. Providing dignified care can be as simple as making eye contact with a patient, to providing privacy and minimum bodily exposure during any procedure. Unfortunately ‘’previous research identified that patients who are ignored or disregarded by healthcare staff experience a loss of dignity ‘’. (Elison et al 2008, Baille 2009, Jacob 2009). Patients dignity can be threatened by things as simple as leaving a door/curtain open during a procedure to the type of ward they are in for example a mixed sex ward. Promoting dignity is a very important aspect of nursing care in my opinion. However unfortunately due to the lack of staff in hospital nowadays dignit...
The profession of social work is truly one of a kind. It is a practice that is committed in maximizing the wellbeing of not just individual’s, but also families, societies and communities. The principles of social justice and the respect for human rights and dignity are underpinned within the work of all social workers, as well as taking into account an individual’s social, cultural and physical environments. Social workers in hospitals hold a very important job throughout the medical model and as practitioners they are a fundamental asset to the health team. Not only do they work with patients, but they are also strong advocators for them making sure the individuals rights and dignity is taken into account and serve their needs in areas that doctors might not to be able to. The need for social workers in hospitals is a must and basically, hospitals need them. This essay, will explore the role of a social worker in a hospital setting along with the responsibilities they hold and the challenges they might face. The importance of advocacy for the
Dignity of human life, as it relates to social work, is the focus on all life as being worthy of love, care, and compassion. Each life deserves to have the very basic needs met and deserves help in meeting those needs. Lastly, dignity for human life focuses on making sure that all people have agency while making their life choices
These ‘ways’ are meant serve in offering the best quality of service and are protecting the users of the service as well as the care worker.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN, 2009) defines dignity as treating someone as you or your family would want to be treated, when they are feeling vulnerable. According to ( Matiti & Baillie,2011) in modern world the word dignity has lost its meaning, whether it is intentionally or unintentionally, nurses have become very mechanical, trying to give care for dummies rather than human beings, who have emotions, feelings and self-respect, and not realising what impact patients will have when nurses show this kind of attitude. Patient centred care is vital for all nurses, without, discriminating against colour, gender, race, and religious beliefs. Following the code of conduct which is expected of the nurse, working according to the needs of the patients, being a good listener and respecting them. When the nurse shows dignity and respect, she/he tends to develop a therapeutic relationship with patient which in turn results in good health and rehabilitation (NMC, 2008).
In the future, this article will affect my future practice in social work because from this article I got the impression that it is important to focus on diversity and having an appreciation for the uniqueness of my future clients. It’s the idea of working with clients who are being oppressed because of the characteristics of their identity. In a society, the issues of social justice are usually as direct result of the rules of the society that are generally created by those of higher power and privilege. Clients are impacted at the societal level because of laws that perpetuate their oppressive status. Knowing and understanding this injustice allows me to advocate for change because it’s about respect and upholding dignity for a
It is critical that Integrated Health Professionals (IHPs) understand what the human rights are and that they consciously act to uphold them. In this essay I will outline a personal experience where human rights were violated and will draw on my thoughts, feelings and behaviours in response to this incident.