Person Centred Nvq3

Understand person-centred approaches in adult care settings.
level 3
1.Understand person-centred approaches in adult social care.

1.1 Describe person-centred approaches.

All person centred approaches for every person we support as care professionals, should have eight values, and these are: 1. INDIVIDUALITY – realising and understanding the uniqueness of every person I support. 2. RIGHTS – always endeavouring to make sure all the rights of those I support are upheld e.g. Human Rights Act. 3. CHOICE – endeavouring to maintain the service user’s rights to choice. As well as maintaining their choices and making sure these choices are upheld in their care plans. 4. PRIVACY – maintaining the service user’s rights to privacy. I would do this by making sure they are not intruded upon by other service users, staff, relatives and friends. 5. INDEPENDENCE – always making sure that as a care professional I empower the service users to achieve maximum independence.6.DIGNITY-working in a way to promote dignity.7.RESPECT-respecting their choices .8.Partnership-working with others involved to acheive the best possible outcomes for the service user.

1.2 Explain why person-centred values must influence all aspects of social care work.
Person-centred care values must influence all aspects of health and social care work. Health and social care should be based on person-centred values, and should be individualised as this is a law requirement (Human Rights Act 1998, Health and Social care Act 2012, Codes of practice for Social Care Workers, etc). If person-centre values that underpin all work in the health and social care sector are followed as they should be then all individuals should feel that and health and social workers ensure that:
the individual is supported in accessing their rights , the individual is treated has an individual
the individual is supported to exercise choice
ensure the individual have privacy if they want it
support the individual to be as...