Principles of Communication in Adult and Social Care

Principles of communication in adult social care setting
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People communicate to get to know each other and to give and receive information
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Communication can lead to good service with in adult care, which then leads to trust
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With each individual they have a care plan in place that allows us to know each person’s wishes and needs it also informs us of their communications ability
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When you are communicating with someone, factors to remember is body language, the tone of your voice and if you tone is stern it may come across as frightening
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Communication methods depend on the individual, some may need to see your face so they can read your lips, others may simply just need you to speak louder and slower.
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Some barriers to affective communications can be blindness and difficulty hearing.
3.4
To clarify a misunderstanding, you could show the person what you wanted them to understand, you could sit with the and explain better or in more detail.
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Confidentiality means you cannot discuss with any one unless a personal contact or professional contact, even if it’s about how the service user is feeling.
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When you discuss an issue about a service user, you must only discuss it with people that need to know and you must not discuss it in front of anyone else.
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The best time to seek advice about confidentiality is if you are ever in doubt it is always better to find out than it is to break confidentiality.