Facilitate person centred assessment planning, implementation and review Handout 7: A more support/less support approach Learning outcome 4, Assessment criteria 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 ‘How long is a piece of string?’ Almost by definition, individuals with care and support needs require some level of help and assistance from others. But how much help and assistance should you provide when working with an individual? This is a little like the health and social care version of is a piece of The extent to which you should support an individual, or ‘How long string?’ others, to carry out aspects of a care or support plan depends on the needs individual’s and how responsibilities for implementing care have been assigned. Being over-involved Health and social care workers are often tempted to provide more support than is necessary, or in fact beneficial for an individual. A need to feel useful, productive and involved is part of this. Concerns about not doing your job, or at least others thinking so, can also prompt some care workers to become over-involved in providing care and support for an individual. support/less ‘More support’ Health and social care workers who adopt an individual-centred approach and who encourage and enable active participation deal with the of by ‘piece string’ issue adopting a support/less approach. This involves being more actively ‘more support’ involved in providing practical, hands-on care and support when the individual is unable (or perhaps unwilling) to do so themselves. At the same time, the care worker should be assessing the capabilities, building up their self-care capacity and skills and individual’s nurturing the self-confidence and belief that they can take on more individual’s responsibility themselves.
Facilitate person centred assessment planning, implementation and review Handout 7: A more support/less support approach Learning outcome 4, Assessment criteria 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 ‘How long is a piece of string?’ Almost by definition, individuals with care and support needs require some level of help and assistance from others. But how much help and assistance should you provide when working with an individual? This is a little like the health and social care version of ‘How long is a piece of string?’ The extent to which you should support an individual, or others, to carry out aspects of a care or support plan depends on the individual’s needs and how responsibilities for implementing care have been assigned. Being over-involved Health and social care workers are often tempted to provide more support than is necessary, or in fact beneficial for an individual. A need to feel useful, productive and involved is part of this. Concerns about not doing your job, or at least others thinking so, can also prompt some care workers to become over-involved in providing care and support for an individual. ‘More support/less support’ Health and social care workers who adopt an individual-centred approach and who encourage and enable active participation deal with the ‘piece of string’ issue by adopting a ‘more support/less support’ approach. This involves being more actively involved in providing practical, hands-on care and support when the individual is unable (or perhaps unwilling) to do so themselves. At the same time, the care worker should be assessing the individual’s capabilities, building up their self-care capacity and skills and nurturing the individual’s self-confidence and belief that they can take on more responsibility themselves.
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