Within my work setting I am required to communicate with a range of groups and individuals. This includes service users, their families and friends, internal staff such as care staff, senior care staff, nurses and managerial staff. Sometimes, it is also necessary to liaise with external staff and agencies. For example, health professionals such as GP 's and district nurses, advocates, social workers and the Care Quality Commission. At present, the level of communication required between myself and external practitioners and agencies is of a limited nature. However, this will not be as limited as I begin to progress within my career and take on further responsibilities.
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When communicating with any individual it is my responsibility to consider and ensure that I adopt an appropriate style and method of communication. The style and method I choose to adopt will of course depend on the nature of the type of information needing to be shared and gained and also the individual whom I am interacting with.
Effective communication within the care setting is paramount. The way in which we communicate can have both positive and negative impacts on relationships. Positive relationships can be formed when communication is effective. It demonstrates to the person whom we are communicating with that we are interested, understand them and therefore begins to build a foundation of trust. Effective communication enables care objectives to be clear and aids in the planning to meet them to result in a positive outcome.
When communicating with an individual we care for we can gain a deeper level of understanding of who they are, their interests, spiritual and emotional needs, beliefs,wishes and preferences. This enables us to work with the individual to agree with them the way they would prefer to receive their care and ensures we are working to promote person centred care with the individual 's best interests being at the
The individual will feel more at ease and be able to dispute any aspect of their care and assistance that they do not enjoy by encouraging choice and control over it. Giving Nusrat and Alice the chance to voice any concerns they have about their care, can help them feel heard and understood, if this is not applied, it can leave them feeling upset and irritated. Our ability to be independent, to make our own judgements and choices, and to oversee our own life are among our most valuable rights. It is crucial to support this and provide service users authority over their assistance and care so they may maintain control over their rights, preferences, and
Anderson, Helms and Kelly (2004) wrote, “Communication underlies all of case management.” Case managers take a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to meet patients’ needs. This requires
This allows everyone’s self esteem and confidence to increase. 1.2: Care plans are important in regard to person centred values to ensure that all members of staff are aware of the needs of that resident, what works well and what doesn’t to ensure that that person receives the best care and support. It allows members of staff to go above and beyond their general duties to ensure that that person feels supported, listened to and to ensure that people are communicating 1.3: To collate and analyse feedback to support the delivery of person
It is good to have effective communication within the adult social care setting as communication is used every day. It is used to encourage our services users to perform tasks, either verbally or physically. It is used to document what has been done ready for the next worker to take over. It allows us to work as a team. It allows us to provide a good service to the best of our ability.
One to one communication: One to one communication is a conversation between two people; which does not include a third person. This type of conversation has a start; which means the conversation has to start off with a greeting, one to one communication al so includes a middle section, which is when you and the person discuss the topic or of what your both going to be speaking about. This particular type of communication also needs an ending, for example when the conversation is coming to an end you can end it by saying “good bye” or “see you later”. Group communication: group communication is when everyone is involved in the conversation/ discussion, it works out best id there is someone in charge such as a team leader , who makes sure everyone
Having the trust of the clients helps a lot when trying to figure out how you can help them when they are explaining their situation, they open up to you. If trust is not gained then the communication is affected because the client will not speak openly as if trust was present. * An example of difference in communication and the only thing that came to mind was how social workers advocate for their clients. Being effective social workers to gain the correct information and help their clients’
P4- when looking at strategies and communication techniques used with different individuals with different needs whom need to overcome different challenges many aspects must be looked at. A challenge Patrick may face may be awareness and knowledge, he may face this as well as others. Patrick may be aware that he has HIV however he may not be aware how much this will effect him and he may not be aware how to deal with it as he may lack the knowledge. In order to overcome this Patrick could educate himself in depth on HIV, this will help him come to terms with it and will also help him to help others understand HIV. A challenge Alice may face might be acceptance or belief, she may not have the determination to become alcohol free and therefore
This essay will look at how interprofessional communication in health and social care can impact service-user safety. Interprofessional collaboration is when different health professions work together though the process of communication and shared decision making (Bridges, et al, 2011). In such a complex environment such as the NHS were one service-user could be treated by several different professions it’s important to service-user safety that these teams are cohesive. Communication between these different groups is imperative, failure in communication can be detrimental to service-user safety. Failures in communication and co-ordination can have massive adverse effect, such as in the case of Victoria Climbie were these failures lead to the
This supports personalisation as it means that an individual has the right to choose which care provider they would like to receive care from. If a care provider doesn’t take into account what an individual wants, personalisation allows for an individual to easily move between care providers without having to go through their social worker. Person-centred approaches and thinking encourages individuals to have choice and control over their needs and wishes. This also allows for an individual’s rights to be respected and means that the individual will only receive care and support based around their needs which will encourage individuals to continue to do what they can and not feel loss of control because carers have taken over control. 3.2 – Personalisation affects the balance of power between individuals and those providing support as the individual has chosen the care provider to provide care for themselves and if the care provider is not making the individual happy or providing the wrong care, then the individual has the power to get rid of the care provider and find another care provider.
individual, thereby keeping other staff informed and aware of current situations within the workplace. Also it is important that the information is recorded, as it may be called upon for legal reasons. All communications are confidential, and on a “need to know”, basis. 2.1 Demonstrate how to establish the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals.
1.2 – explain how communication affects relationships in work setting relationships in work setting in health and social care are very important we need to build a relationship with are colleagues and mangers staff to enable us to work effectively.it is essential to establish good relationship and communication with service user and there family’s but you must always have boundaries and keep it professional effective communication and working relationships . In order to work effectively with a service user line mangers, colleagues and families you must be able to meet their needs relationships are also governed by body language facial expression smiling and ways in which others listen and talk to you. If the communication is poor between you and a service user and with your work colleague the care the service user receives will not be right for them if you’re not talking to them or communicating with them how are you going to know what they like or don’t like.
An event that was significant to me throughout clinical placement was when I forgot to introduce myself to a visually impaired client. The event that I encountered occurred on my second day of clinical placement at Fieldstone Commons. This event highlights the need for effective communication when treating a patient that suffers with visual impairment. I assisted in morning care for multiple clients, one client stood out to me in particular.
Communication can be split into different categories, namely • Verbal communication • Non- verbal communication • Written communication Effective communication involves minimising potential misunderstanding and overcome any barriers in the communication process. We make use of multiple communication channels , for example face to face conversations, telephone calls, text messages, emails, brochures etc. Choosing an appropriate communication channel is vital for effective communication, as each channel has different strengths and weaknesses. Written communication is always useful as a way of recording what has been said.
In this assignment the author is going to be speaking about active listening and the components of active listening. Active listening is a skill that is very important when it comes to communication and the author will discuss its importance and also how it can be achieved. The author will talk about the differences between listening and active listening and why it is important to take on an active listening role. The author will lastly look at how active listening is vital for any health care professionals but yet how it is seen as not being that important of a skill to have.
For communicating in this situation I should promote active listening and open questioning. This should help me to find out as much information as possible which should lead to a more thorough conclusion. Also clear and concise interaction with other professionals like the multi-disciplinary team is highly important. To solve a lot of problems that may arise when caring I will need to show assertiveness and good advocacy skills.