Understand person-centred approaches for care and support.
Person-centred approaches include:
- treating the person as an individual, with dignity and respect
- looking at the individual as a whole person, not just meeting one aspect of their needs
- listening and helping the individual to make informed choices
- working in partnership with the individual.
Influences of person-centred values on care work include:
- meeting the needs of the individual
- providing the best possible quality care service
- ensuring a good quality of life of the individual
- treating the individual as you (or they) would want to be treated.
Learners should understand the person-centred values and how they must be used in all aspects of care, saying why this is important in ensuring high quality standards of work. They could give examples of how each of the values is displayed in practice.
Use of care plans:
A care plan sets out the daily care and support that has been agreed should be provided to an individual by the adult care worker. It acts as a guide in terms of what sorts of activities are expected. It will be reviewed regularly, and the individual and the adult care worker should be involved in discussion about how it is working and whether parts need changing. The learner should be able to see how the care plan can help the adult care worker to apply the values.
Assessment criteria 1.1
Person centred values include:
- Individuality
- Rights
- Choice
- Privacy
- Independence
- Dignity
- Respect
- Care
- Compassion
- Courage
- Communication
- Competence
- Partnership
Assessment criteria 1.4
Individual refers to someone requiring care or support; it will usually mean the person or people supported by the learner.
A care plan may be known by other names e.g. support plan, individual plan. It is the document where day to day requirements and preferences for care and support are detailed.
Assessment Criteria
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1.1
Define person-centred values.
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1.2
Explain why it is important to work in a way that embeds person-centred values.
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1.3
Explain why risk-taking can be part of a person-centred approach.
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1.4
Explain how using an individual’s care plan contributes to working in a person-centred way.