Maureen is a social worker in a hospital; her main job is to ensure that patients in vulnerable situations are safe to go home. This short film follows Maureen for a day and provides an insight into how she passionate about her work as a social worker and making a great effort to making a difference in a client’s life (A Day In The Life: Maureen, 2009). Maureen has some responsibilities to help the clients such as; to visit the discharge unit and assess clients. To arranging appropriate social services for the clients, for example, home care, residential care, to ensuring safety and securities and nursing care. To promote the client’s independence and to make sure that clients are living in the safe and secure environment at the home (A Day In The Life: Maureen, 2009). As a part of the complexity of her working is every individual client having different needs so, according to their needs she has to address it. Then, she has to do the planning and discuss that with the client’s relatives or family members to gain their trust. This whole process requires analytical, critical thinking and safe and sound judgments skills. I think this whole process is very complicated and challenging at the work setting (A Day In The Life: Maureen, 2009). …show more content…
She visits the discharge unit to assess clients and see how much they can able to do by themselves. To find out who are require the social service to support themselves. Taking consideration of any risk when a client goes back to home. In the last, very important is to know how to contact them (A Day In The Life: Maureen, 2009). Here, I would like to mention that as “Elders and dependent adults are among the most vulnerable and unsafe in the home environment.” (Adult Protective Services & Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse 2012) So, in the assessment process, this point should be keeping in the
The main role of the position is to provide clients with resources to have a safe and successful discharge. The essential duties of a discharge planner is to meet with an interdisciplinary team each morning to discuss the long length of stays, which clients will be discharging that day and whether home is a safe option. Some challenges discharge planners face that correlate with social issues are, clients
As the director, at the skilled nursing facility and rehabilitation center, her job is to help individuals, families, and loved ones cope with the recent diagnosis of the client being admitted. She is instrumental in the community by helping those who can no longer help themselves. She is a social worker but assumes the role of advocate by voicing concerns from the resident to other staff and family members. Her role is to help the client maintain autonomy and dignity throughout the process of relinquishing their independency.
A shared understanding – rethinking the role of the professional – there are two common points of view about what people want and need. The first is that professionals know or can find out everything there is to know about the individual’s needs. The other is that the person themselves knows everything there is to know about what they want out of the process and the care they will be getting. Individuals using person centred planning assume that the person is the first authority on her life and that a dialogue with other people – family, friends or service workers – can build on this.
They undertake an assessment for their clients by going to their house to make sure their living conditions are acceptable for them to live in, to make sure they can do daily tasks without equipment or a carer, and if not, they can then go on to treatment planning and refer their client to what they need. Reablement is promoted by having skills such as good communication with their client so that they are updated on their situation, and know what they may need to
The “Client Scenario” video reflects the main character as a client that currently has several needs based on the fact that she has went through a divorce, has one child to provide for, and is in need of financial assistance to pay monthly bills and provide food for herself and her child. The client appears frustrated, overwhelmed, stressed, hostile, and entitled throughout the video. These are often common feelings that are displayed by clients when clients and social workers are meeting for the first time. The client is seeking services due to the needs of her family caused by unforeseen events that recently occurred, which can be a very stressful time for clients. The social worker revealed concern, empathy, and a willingness to assist the client as the social welfare policies
Provides a structured and neutral approach that is less likely to wind up the client and keep Sally focused. Helps her understand that she is in a place of help and well-being rather than a negative place.
Introduction: In this task I will provide a description of the range of services provided by my service user, I will also include the main and additional service that my service user receives. Additionally I will present a brief description of the three sectors (primary, statutory and voluntary) that provide health and social care, identifying the relevant sector for my service provider. I shall also give examples of multi-agency workers and give an explanation of how they communicate with each other to ensure that clients’ needs are met.
In this documentary, I saw people being beaten, shot and killed. As a social worker, this is important to me because a social worker’s goal is to focus on helping individuals
This short story by Diane Rullo-Cooney, conveys how she became a social worker, and what she is doing now to give back to the social work community. She decided late in her educational life to pursue her passion for social work. She previously received her masters in arts in counseling, when she decided that her jobs as a clinical supervisor in addiction services, did not fulfilling her. She is now a licensed MSW, and is working on her Ph.D.
This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. The essay consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce, including strategies that can influence the performance of others. The first part of this essay will consider how principles of support are implemented by using Overton house residential care home to evaluate and explain how principles of support are applied. Key concepts such as person-centred approach and dilemmas and conflicts arising from the
When working in the human service field there are many different aspects to the work that is done. Everyone involved whether a professional member or the client holds a important role to the organization. The role of the client is to allow for the organization to be able to help them in the best way possible and, to be open to making the changes needed to thrive in everyday life. The role of the professional is to provide the client with the best help that they could possibly receive. In order for the professional to complete the role that they have they must start the process in the best way possible they must collect the appropriate information from the possible client in the beginning.
Respectful interactions with clients, she has learned about each client in our house and delivers support to each resident tailored to their individual needs
In this essay I have been asked to research an area in social care that I am interested in. I am also asked to explore the role of a social care worker in my chosen area. I have defined social care and a social care worker. I will research an organisation or service that provides help and support to my chosen area. I will talk about a few different hospitals around the country and how they help and support the clients. I will discuss mental health
I achieve this within my role by ensuring residents and their families are informed, kept up to date and by providing clear choices. I will act as an advocate on behalf of the young people in my care, to ensure they are represented and heard.
For the purpose of this essay, I will refer to the aforementioned placement as “Brampton Lodge” in order to maintain anonymity. During the first few weeks of my placement as I was finding my feet and settling in, I found myself at a loss as to what to do as there were only female service users present. Due to policies in place at Brampton Lodge, female service users could only receive personal care from female support workers. This was not much of a concern to me as it was necessary for me to remain mindful of the individual at question’s privacy, dignity and personal preferences. However, in the forthcoming weeks as male residents began to arrive, I found myself becoming more directly involved within their personal care.