Transcript BTEC Level 1 Award in preparing to work in Adult Social Care

Sam Dawson
Course Tutor
14/5/2015
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To start Unit 2- Introduction to the values and
principles of Adult Social Care.
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Guest speaker – Nicki Rawlins – Intake Team
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To understand the role of the Intake Team in Medway
Council.
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To start to explore the key values and principles of
Adult Social Care and promoting those values and
principles.
To explore own values and beliefs and conflict that
may arise.
Medway Council – Intake Team
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Develop awareness of the values and principles of
Adult Social Care.
Reasons for upholding and promoting key
principles.
Diversity.
Benefits to both staff and users of services.
Using personal histories together with likes,
dislikes, needs and wishes of individuals.
Supporting choice and quality of experience within
the setting.
Learning outcomes
Assessment criteria
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1.1
Identify key values and
principles of Adult Social Care.
1.2
Outline why Adult Social Care
Workers need to promote these
values at all times.
1.3
Identify areas where own
values and principles may
conflict with those of Adult
Social Care.
2.1
Outline why it is important to
support and respect diversity
and different cultures and
values.
2.2
Outline the importance of
finding out an individual’s
history, needs, wishes, likes
and dislikes.
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Know the values and
principles of Adult Social
Care.
Know the importance of
diversity within Adult Social
Care
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Fundamental norms, rules or values that
represent what is desirable and positive to
individuals or groups in certain situations.
Sets of beliefs or views that people hold
about what is right or wrong.
Reflects a person’s sense of what is good or
bad
Values have a strong influence upon people’s
attitudes and behaviours.
Skills for Care 2013
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In groups
What do you think are the principles of Adult
Social Care?
What do you think the values are?
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Prevention – Helping people to retain and
regain independence.
Personalisation – Giving people more choices
with personal budgets and/or information.
Partnership – Individuals, communities,
voluntary and private sectors, NHS and
Councils.
Plurality – People’s needs are matched by
diverse service provision
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Protection – Safeguards around risk, abuse or
neglect.
Productivity – Innovation to deliver high
quality of care and support services.
People – Drawing on a workforce who can
provide care and support with skill,
compassion and imagination and who are
given the support and freedom to do so.
Department of Health (2010)
All values
represent
person
centred
care
Individuality
Rights
Privacy
Choices
Key
Values
Independence
Dignity
Confidentiality
Good
communication
Respect
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Design a new poster that could be displayed
in the staff room, which identifies key values
and principles of adult social care.
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Paramount importance to the delivery of high
quality support to vulnerable adults.
Encourage respect and trust with service
users.
Good practice.
Ensures quality of life.
Treating people as you would want to be
treated yourself.
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Observe work place culture.
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Values clarification exercise.
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Improving practice.
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Creative practice
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What we do has the service user at the centre.
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Values and principles are diverse. Different
professional backgrounds working in Social
Care.
Individual histories
Needs.
Wishes.
Likes and dislikes.
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Produce an information booklet for staff, which
could be used to update their knowledge about
the values and principles of adult social care.
Your booklet should contain different sections,
which could be used as fact sheets for staff and
should:
Outline why adult social care workers need to
promote these values at all times
Identify areas where workers’ own values and
principles may conflict with those of
adult social care, giving two specific examples
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Department of Health (2010) A vision for
Adult Social Care: Capable communities and
active citizens. London: Department of
Health.
Skills for Care (2013) Introduction to the
seven common core principles to support
dignity in adult social care. Leeds: Skills for
Care.
Social Care Institute for Excellence (2005)
Developing Social Care: Values and Principles.
London: SCIE.