eCPD Resource - Job Roles

Health and Social

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eCPD Resource - Health and Social Care - Job Roles - Functional Skills

English

Introduction

The aim of this resource is to give you an overview of Health and Social Care and an understanding of what it is like to work in the sector.

The resources will help you to build knowledge and understanding, develop your skills, and prepare for further study once your traineeship is completed.

On the role of a Health and Social Care Worker, a staff member from In Touch Care said

‘The role of a health and social care worker is diverse. It can be the most rewarding job that you ever undertake and by the same token it can be frustrating too. It can feed a deep desire to help and nurture people and provide a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment when things are put into place to support a person to enjoy the most that life can offer them.

It gives chances and choices to those who may otherwise not have anything. It allows growth and development of the clients supported and the staff who help them to achieve what they may have thought impossible.

To be able to give someone something they thought would never be achievable, gives a sense of satisfaction to all who are involved in achieving the outcomes.

To maintain dignity, equality, diversity, choice, rights and provide protection and safeguard well being is rewarding, motivating and inspirational.

When a family member can come and ask you for help and support, or enlist your help with something they are unsure about and you can say yes I can, I know just who you need to speak to, we can provide what you are asking for, their relief and gratitude is moving.

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Being able to do just a small fraction of any of the above is the reason most people in care undertake the roles, and also job role satisfaction is easy to achieve when you get a smile of thanks or words of praise from those who barely say their own name, or choose not to converse in usual day to day activities. Why do I do care? Because I can’

Another staff member discusses what qualities they think you have to have or develop while working with individuals with learning disabilities.

‘You need to be a supportive and caring to work with individuals with learning disabilities, you need to have great patience and it is essential you have flexible communication skills. You need to have good self-awareness and you will need to be confident and assertive to ensure barriers are reduced for individuals with a learning disability to ensure they are not discriminated against. You will use theories, research, risk assessments, care plans and interpersonal skills to help empower and support decision making. You need to listen and empathise with different individuals. Working in Health and Social Care is both challenging and rewarding."

Introduction to the activity

This activity will take place within the first month while you are on placement in your setting.

You are interested in undertaking a caring role and need to find out more about it, we all require Health and Social Care Services at some point in our lives; this might be in hospitals, clinics, surgeries, the community, residential settings or at home. There are many different Job Roles in Health and Social Care this is due to the high demand for support and care across the sector, in different specialist fields; this includes Emergencies, Dementia, Mental

Health, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Conditions and Impairments.

Learning

In this task, you will be covering the areas listed below.

Health and Social care

• Job Roles and Skills and Qualities needed

Functional skills English

• Read and understand different types of text in detailIdentify the main points and ideas and how they are presented in a variety of different types of texts

• Use language, format and structure suitable for purpose and audience

• Write clearly and coherently, including an appropriate level of detail

• Ensure written work includes generally accurate punctuation and spelling and meaning is clear in more than one type of text.

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Tasks2

eCPD ResourceHealth and Social Care Job RolesFunctional skills English

Task 1

Ask your training provider for a copy of the Training and Qualifications Document. Please read through the Training and Qualifi-cations document

Now you have read about the different job roles, please choose a role that best fits the sector you are interested in now.

Highlight the key phrases out of this role.

Training and qualifications

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Task 2

Research or speak to a staff member about the roles and tasks they have to carry out and find out what you need to do to gain the skills and qualities required for the role.

Record a list of the main points you have found out.

Research

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Task 3

Thinking about the skills and qualities you need for the role, how will you be able to use the time at your work experience place-ment to be able to improve your knowl-edge?

Reflection

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Health & Social Care Job Roles

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