Hnc social care graded unit planning stage free essay sample

I am currently working for inc corp as a Supported Living Assistant providing support to a young gentleman with both physical and developmental disabilities in his own home. For the purpose of this report and in line with inc confidentiality procedures and the Data Protection Act 1998, I have changed names in order to protect the individual and maintain confidentiality. I currently work with a young man called David who is 21 years old and lives in the family home with his mother, who is his main carer. David is autistic and also has a profound learning disability and can often present some challenging behaviour and aggression towards his mother. David requires a lot of help throughout his day, from bathing and dressing to attending college and taking part in extracurricular activities. If we look at David in relation to Erikson’s psychosocial theory of development â€Å"individuals develops through eight genetically programmes sequency of stages† bingam et al P. 78, at age 21 David should have moved through the first 5 stages of development and be at the Intimacy versus Isolation stage. This is when the individual builds intimate and sexual relationships and bonds with others, but as David has very little social interaction with anyone other than his parents and small team of carers he has clearly not reached this stage of development. David is in fact still at the Initiative versus Guilt stage where he requires a lot of support from his parent and carers in new environments and when meeting new people. If we look at Symbolic Interaction (â€Å"George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) belief that â€Å"our senses of self-derived from the feedback we receive from out interaction from others†) moore et al in relation to David and how his sense of self concept is derived from interaction we could â€Å"say that he has developed a sense of helplessness in response to the actions of others. At home David’s parents have nurtured and cared for him to the point where they do everything for him from bathing, dressing and even sometimes feeding him, all things David, with the right encouragement, would be able to do for himself. This has led to David doing very little for himself as he knows it will be done for him. â€Å"Interpretive theories argue that the most important influence on individuals’ behaviour is the behaviour of others towards them† Marsh et al (2009) P. 72. By being in an environment where David isn’t required to do anything he has learned not to bother and everything will still be done for him. I am planning to accompany David the Dove Club which is a social group held in Cumbernauld for individuals with learning disabilities. The group is held twice a week on Mondays and Thursday from 10am to 1pm, I plan to accompany David for the first time on Thursday the 13th of February. The care plan will be completed by the 4th of February and will be evaluated by the 25th of February. During previous meetings with David, his family and my line manager it was agreed that socially David’s need are un met and since leaving school he has become increasingly socially isolated, spending the majority of his time with his mother and this may be contributing to the aggression David shows towards his mother. The aim of the activity is to expand David’s social circle, encourage him to interact and build friendships with his peers and have time for himself outside the home. To facilitate David to complete this activity a number of factors have to be considered. I have already visited the club on my own and spoke to the staff to ensure the environment is safe and accessible for David. It has been agreed that I will drive David to the group in my car which is insured for business purposed, David’s mother will prepare David a packed lunch to take with him and two pounds will be used from support money in the petty cash tin in David’s house to pay David’s admission to the dove group. The process of planning this activity started with my line manager and me visiting David and his mother at home along with David’s social worker. The group was small to ensure confidentiality and that only those directly involved with Davids care or his â€Å"circle of Support† Bingam et al P. 17 needed to attend. We carried out this visit in line with SSSC code of practice and the National Care Standards Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, a guide how to treat individuals â€Å"the principles are dignity, privacy, choice, safety, realising potential and equality and diversity† www. nationalcarestandards. org/care-at-home (02/02/14). We used a person centred planning approach to the meeting where David had helped to choose who would be involved and where the meeting would be held. We had a discussion with David and his mother about how things were going and the areas that had improved since the last team meeting. We then moved onto discuss David’s lack of social interaction with his peers and looked at steps to improve this. I agreed to look in to things in the community and come back to David with options that he could choose from. I did this later that day finding information online about the Dove Club and various other activities David could participate in. I printed off the information along with pictures that I showed to David and his mother at the beginning of my next shift, both agreed that the Dove Club looked to be the most suitable with David. I then contacted my line manager go keep him informed and arrange to meet him to discuss the health and safety requirements and resoures required to complete the activity. We arranged to meet two days later in the office to ensure confidentiality. During this meeting it was discussed that I would pay a visit to the club before taking David to ensure it was safe and accessable for him in accordance with regulation of care (Scotland) act 2001, that david would require a packed lunch as he normally had his lunch at 12 and we would be there until 1, the cost of admission ids ? 2 which would be taken from support allowance. It was also discussed that it would be the best option if I took David in my car which is insured for business purposes and the office have a copy of my insurance documents as part of their working policy and proceedure, as David can become very anxious on public transport. All of this was put in writing with 1 copy being kept in the inclusion office in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and another copy given to David and his mother to ensure they were in agreement with the goal set and the details of the activity and then all parties agreed if the activity could not be carried out on the date set we would try again on the 18th of February.