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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.
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
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”
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)
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