Unit 7 HSC 36

Assessment Criteria 1.1

Explain how and why person centred values must influence all
aspects of health and social work
Person centred working effects everything you do. The key areas break
down into the following:

Practical/physical support
Emotional support
Social support
Intellectual/cognitive support

Person centred approaches are about the individual being the centre of
their care and support plan enabling them to have control over their
lives. Person centred approaches are about enabling individuals to live
their own lives and not just providing a service. It is aboutfocusing on the
individual persons needs and not the tasks that need completing.
Person centred planning is a way for people to plan for what they want
now and in the future, together with the people in their lives who they
like and trust. It is based on the following value.
Everyone has a right to plan their own lives and be at the centre of
any planning done for them.
Everyone has a right to be part of their community.
Everyone has a right to live their lives that they want, and if they
need support to do this then this support should be provided in a
way in which they want.

Assessment criteria 1.2

Evaluate the use of care plans in applying person centred value
To be person-0centred the person must always be at the centre of their
care plan. This means that individuals must always to be consulted and
their views must always come first. Therefore, no two plans are alike
because each individual is different from another. Each individual should
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be involved at every stage of their care plan; from deciding who to

involve, how to meet the individuals needs, the support required and
how to feedback on how the care plan is working.

Assessment Criteria 3.1

Analyse factors that influence the capacity of an individual to
express consent.
The term consent capacity describes an adults ability to understand
information relevant to making an informed, voluntary decision. A wide
variety of diseases, disorders, conditions, and injuries can affect a
persons ability to understand information.
Information consent is a phrase often used in law to indicate that the
consent a person give meets certain minimum standards. In order to
give inform consent, the individual concern must have adequate
reasoning facilities and be in possession of all relevant facts at the time
consent given. Impairments to reasoning and judgement which may
make it impossible for someone to give informed consent include such
factor as basic intellectual or emotional immunity, high levels of stress
such as PTSD or as severe mental retardation, severe mental illness,
intoxication, severe sleep deprivation, Alzheimers disease, or being in a
coma.

Assessment Criteria 3.3

Explain what steps to take id consent cannot be readily established
I would discuss the problem, that consent cannot be established, with
the supervisor or manager of the home, and, if necessary, the
individuals doctor and advocate. I would also make a record of this,
which I would sign and date.

Assessment Criteria 4.1

Describe different ways of applying active participation to meet
individual needs
Different ways of applying active participation to meet individual needs
could be an encouragement. We could encourage them to take part and
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tell them about and them all the positives that will come out of it. We
could also praise the individual every time they would participate in
something or even before participation. We could take turns and model
it for them and also provide hands on hand support.
Assessment Criteria 5.4
Describe how to support and individual to question or challenge
decision concerning them that are made by others.
When others make decisions for the individual, the care worker should
talk to the individual to find out whether he or she understands what has
been decided for them. Once the individual understands those
decisions, he or she should be encouraged to state whether they agree
with them. If not, then that individual should be enable to question and
challenge them either themselves, through the social care worker or an
advocate.
You can support them to challenge decision by assisting them to use
your organisations complaints procedure or given them information
about it and support them to write letter or make a phone
call.Alternatively you can get them an advocate who will speak on their
behalf or sit with them at the meeting and prompt them to say what they
feel.

Assessment Criteria 6.1

Explain the links between identity, self-image and self esteem
Maintaining an individuals identity is done by always recognising that a
person as a human being, not a number and identity is who the person
is. Ensuring that the individual is important and that their view and
concerns are always dealt with in a positive and caring manner. One
must always ensure that the person is valued and has a high selfesteem. All this will contribute to their sense of well-being. This does not
necessarily have to reflect reality. Indeed a person with anorexia who is
thin may have self-image in which the person believes that they are fat.
A persons self-image affected by many factors, such as parental
influences, friend, the media etc. Self-image is the by-product of
countless self-esteem choices and basically your mental image of you as
you are, usually not accurate. Social care uses would be nurturing

clients by treating with respect and affirming the uniqueness as a

human.

Assessment Criteria 6.2

Analyse factors that contribute to the well-being of individuals
By always ensuring that the individual is treated in a professional, kind,
caring and courteous way, their sense of wellbeing is always assured.
Care workers can also make sure that they use a number of different
approaches empowering approaches that enable the individual to
make control, a positive approach that encourages the individual to feel
good, working in trusting and professional way enables a good
relationship to build between the care worker and individual and
promoting a sense of well-being.

Assessment Criteria 7.1

Compare different uses of risk assessment in health and social
care
There are environment risk assessment for the use of equipments and
individual risk assessment to enable the individual to participate in
activities.
Environmental risk assessment is put in place to make sure the place of
work is safe and free from hazard and making sure risk assessment is
followed.
Equipment risk assessment is put in place to make sure all equipment
used is assessed to identify risk involved and to minimise or eliminate
that risk.
Individual risk assessment is put in place for service users to enable
them to achieve their goals.

Assessment Criteria 7.2

Explain how risk taking and risk assessment relate to rights and
responsibilities

We all have rights but it comes with responsibilities. For example I have
a right to drive a car provided I have met all requirements but I also have
the responsibilities to other road users that I do not drive recklessly.
Everyonehas responsibility. Service users have the right to take risk
however they also have the responsibility towards staff to make sure
they dont put staff in danger.

Assessment Criteria 7.3

Explain why risk assessments need to be regularly revised
Risk assessment needs to regularly revise as Service users needs may
improve or deteriorate so we have to understand what to do to reach
their full potential and future goals and achievements also things change
all the time, thus your risks are changing all the time. In order to keep
the service user healthy and safe you must review risks in timely manner
to keep up with the changes.