Care Professionals

Assignment M2,D2

Values and

Planning Unit 9

Unit 9

P1,M1,D1 = DONE

P2,P3= DONE

M2/D2

Learning Objectives

LO1- To identify professionals in health and Care

LO2- Underline the importance for these professionals

LO3- To justify the importance of professionals on specific case studies.

Professional

Write down what

a profession

al is?

A professional can be defined as:

“individuals qualified in a profession to

provide a service.” (Stretch & Whitehouse,

2010)

Professional…An example:

“Physiotherapist– A trained individual who provides rehabilitation

for injuries.”

(Edexcel, 2010).

You have 1 minute to write down as

many professionals as you can think of-that

work in a health and

care setting?

1 minute

Social workerHealth visitor

GPProbation

officerFamily support

workerDoctorNurse

Write down what you

think roles are?

Roles can be defined as: “your position in an

organisation”

“Teacher’s main role is the education of their students”

“A doctor’s is the looking after the health of their patients”

Write down what you

think responsibilities

are?

Responsibility “the functions of your

position”

“Doctor – holding surgery, diagnosing illnesses, treating

illnesses, home visits, on-call etc…”

RoleResponsibilitiesV “A person can

play several roles in life and each role has different set of responsibilities”- Doctor-Look after

patients health- Social worker – Protect vulnerable people

- Observing and recording patients’

behaviour.

- provide emotional and psychological

support

- Give medication to service users

Activity In groups look at the case studies and include the following:

What is the

issue? Why it happened?

How professional

s could have

prevented this

What professional

would need to be involved and

what would they do? (Research

roles and responsibilities of

professionals)

Peer assessment

During presentations each group fill in the

feedback sheet.

Learning Objectives

LO1- Identify health care professionals

LO2- Underline care professionals and their job roles

LO3- Analyse issues that care professionals have to face.

LO4- Examine how these professionals follow legislation, code of practice and code

of conduct.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35088794

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24106823

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36380910

Care professionals Write down as many care professionals as you can think of.

1 minute

Social worker

Counsellor

Psychologist

Care assistant

Care workers

Psychologists Role:

Ensure the health and well-being of all people: individuals, families, groups, and society as a whole.

Responsibilities

Conduct research

Perform testing

Evaluate and treat a full range of emotional and psychological challenges.

Social workerRole:

Social work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and enhance wellbeing of individuals

Responsibilities Conducting interviews

Offering information and support

Liaising with families and people involved.

Watch this clip and identify what could

have been done by a social worker to stop

the children becoming drug users.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/familys-heroin-hell-three-dead-5081036

Counsellor Role:

Counselling aims to help you deal with and overcome issues that are causing emotional pain or making you feel uncomfortable.

Responsibilities To hold therapy sessions for people that have:DepressionBorderline personality disorder (BPD)Eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimiaDrug misuse

Watch this clip and write down the importance of counsellors

on this individuals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ_S5Rjt_iI

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-34354405

Research

task10

minutes

Group 1-

Research how many cases of child abuse a

year.

Group 2-

To research how many

people take suicide per

year.Gender

differences? Group 3-

To research how many people are depressed and do not seek help

Research TaskTo pick one professiona

l and to complete a

poster using

references and

statistics for

examples.

RolesResponsibilities

Examples of what they

might do- back it up with statistics.