Unit 9 Health and Social Care

Unit 9- values and planning in social care

P1 – Principles and values

M1- Review the benefit to individuals and professional staff of taking a holistic approach to planning support

D1- Analyse reasons for working with professionals from more than one agency when planning support for individuals.

* Empowerment of individuals and the care value base

Empowerment means fiving individuals enough information to enable them to make informed decisions and make choices about their life. It lies at the heart of the care value base, devised by the Care Sector Consortium in 1992 in order to provide a common set of ethical principles and values for health and social care workers. Principles and values describe the kind of attitude towards care you would appreciate if you were being cared for yourself. Principles and values include recognising and acknowledging the following points:

1. Empowerment of individuals

2. Promotion of choice

3. Promotion of rights

4. Recognition of preferences

5. Involvement of individuals in planning their support

6. Anti- discriminatory practice

7. Maintaining confidentiality

* Promotion of choice

All individuals should be encouraged to exercise choice or control over their lives e.g. by choosing which activities they participate in when they are in a residential care setting. All individuals using social care services have the right to select either independently or with assistance a range of options and activities which are specific to them.

* Promotion of rights

All individuals in a health and social care environment has the right to confidentiality, choice and to have their individuality acknowledged and respected. In addition, they have a fundamental right not to be discriminated against, to practise their cultural and religious beliefs, and to receive equal and fair treatment at all times. Children in care home settings have the right to

1. Be heard

2. Safety and security

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