Assignment 206

Aii An explanation of it is important for why social care workers to work in a way that promotes person centred values

In this paper, the role of a social worker will be addressed. A Human Service professional has, in its hands, the responsibilities in the life of the clients and families they meet. The tremendous and arduous responsibilities they take on include, but are not limited to, the well-being and care of people and their communities. Such roles can be helping others manage the care of a family member, assisting individuals experiencing problems with family relations and conflicts, dealing with changes that come with growing old, aiding those suffering mental illness and or those individuals struggling with addictions. Briefly

A working relationship is different from a personal relationship because working relationships are based on adhering to the policies and procedures and the agreed ways of working.

A working relationship is a relationship where time is spent with both colleagues and service user during working hours. This relationship means there is little or no contact out of working hours. The relationship is strictly professional. On the contrary a personal relationship is where personal life and extracurricular activities and social life become involved with service users and other staff.

They set limits for safe, acceptable and effective behaviour by workers”. Therefore, boundaries should be the foundation of professional relationships and facilitate a safe environment for service users who have been traumatised or at risk of abuse. Social workers can use their powers to manage risk, but being overfriendly with service users can confuse the nature of the relationship and obscure the power dynamic – which would be in breach of Principle 2 of the Code of Practice – being too familiar and blurring boundaries could leave the social worker exposed to allegations of unprofessional conduct and open to the risk of becoming overcome by emotions and incapable of practising successfully (Parris, 2012). Boundaries are also important in social work practice as they focus good practice and minimum standards which deliver measurable outcomes; guarantee consistent service delivery amongst multi-agency teams; encourages team member’s individual working styles and sustaining a unified approach; allows social workers to teach boundaries to services users who may not understand or have problems maintaining personal boundaries; act as role models to services users who engage with services; to avoid role confusion and to build independence and empower service users (Cooper,

Social workers should provide services and represent themselves as competent only within the boundaries of their education, training, license, certification, consultation received, supervised experience, or other relevant professional experience.

In the conclusion the role of a social worker is very mixed and complex. Social workers face a lot issues while working with people and their families. They work with people of all ages. Promoting social justice is a very important benefits. Everyone had personal benefits that they have developed as they have grown older but it’s very important that social workers continue to do the professional benefits that they have agreed to do at all times and that their personal benefits do not interrupt with these.

Social workers’ primary responsibility is to promote the well-being of clients. In general, clients’ interests are primary. However, social workers’ responsibility to the larger society or specific legal obligations may on limited occasions supersede the loyalty owed clients, and clients should be so advised. (NASW, 2015)

Access to services such as a day centre can support the additional needs of an individual with multiple conditions and/or disabilities. We have a customer with very painful legs, they swell easily and she can only walk very small distances. At the day centre, she can participate in a Pilates class specifically for people in a wheelchair this is inclusive to her needs and enables her to participate in exercises suited specifically to her needs that will help to improve the physical strength in her legs. Similarly, we have a customer with MS, she attends daycentre on a weekly basis, because of attending daycentre she is currently on a waiting list to attend physiotherapy specifically for customers with MS.

Based on this definition an emerging pattern begins to demonstrate itself. This is a pattern, being one of vague description leading in the direction of a lack within its national structure. The result of lacking a standard definition the role of the Social Care worker remains indistinct and the values and ethos lay at the discretion of the professional and the managerial bodies alike. Your analysis of this can be either positive or negative all dependant on your perspective. On the one side, this lack of congruency can be seen as both beneficial and worthwhile taking the service users needs and well-being of paramount consideration.

Social workers are caregivers, they provide assistance to people in need, and they address social problems. The social worker’s goal is the improvement of society to improve the lives of individuals in need. The social work professional mission is to enhance the well-being of people and to assist them in meeting their basic needs, with particular emphasis on the needs of the poor, and the vulnerable individual. The Social Work profession has six core values. These core values are the foundation of the social work profession. Social workers incorporate these core values into their daily practices. Service to others is one of the fundamental values of social work. Social workers’ goals are to serve others and to put the needs of their clients

Mcdonald (2008) discusses the assessment process that social workers deals with and their key roles. Social workers duties consisted of solving problems within people’s lives, helping people to adjust to changes at different periods within their lives and helping them to interact effectively with their environment. The main roles of social workers within the geriatric field is the proper assessments, placements and monitoring of the elderly populations. They have to follow procedures according to the section 47 of the “National Health service and Community Act 1990. The act has two has two main parts; the evaluation of the individuals needs and deciding whether these specific needs requires services. These two parts are also referred to as

It is important for social workers to have the ability to assess the health care system when it comes to how well it is performing so that they may do their job effectively. “An organization’s policies, goals, and restrictions will directly affect what work practitioners can and cannot do with its clients,” (Kirst-Ashman, 2011, pp.162). Therefore, a social worker should have some input when it comes to how the agency works. Social workers have the ability to oversee and manage other staff and volunteers when it comes to defining a problem and finding the necessary resources to keep clients

As mentioned earlier, social workers (on a micro level) are responsible for providing appropriate referrals for continuity of care. Referrals must be appropriately documented and they must make sense to the reader. Class members who are in need of a higher level of care must be provided with such referrals as the community’s safety depends on such resources.

ONE: a) Ensuring the wellbeing of staff, clients and communities suggests policies of safety with a zero tolerance of any kind of aggression; any form of inappropriate behavior by staff is unacceptable; understanding personal and emotional needs of all individuals within the bounds of the services must be respected and maintained; b) community workers must be wholly alert to any and all tensions or hints that something is amiss and could lead to problems; early identification of problems is mandatory for an alert social / community worker; c) any services that maintain human dignity and help protect children and parents in a community setting are vital in the social service setting; it may be psychological services, support services like food and shelter, or other appropriate services; d) the primary duties of a social worker include protecting the rights of individuals and assuring that their daily survival needs are met; e) in addition to meeting needs, the social / community service worker must go to great lengths to help people help themselves by empowering them to take control of their own lives and provide for themselves as best they can; and f) preventive strategies include providing services that anticipate the possibility / probability of challenges ahead of time rather than waiting until the challenges are too great to conquer