Reference no: EM134033320
Facilitate The Empowerment Of People Receiving Support
Section 1: Client profiles
In this section of your Portfolio, you will develop a profile of each of the people who you are working with. You will also reflect on your personal values and attitudes and how these could impact each person's care. You will then go on to identify each person's risk factors for harm and potential human rights breaches. As you complete these profiles, keep in mind that you are not expected to identify specific signs and indicators of harm or human rights breaches at this stage, rather the risks and indicators that you would be alert to in that person or in a person with similar attributes in a similar setting.
Make sure your supervisor signs off your completed profiles.
Part 1 - Reflecting on your personal values and attitudes
Reflect on your personal values and attitudes regarding disability and ageing and answer the following questions, particularly in relation to the support that you will provide to this person.
Part 2 - Risk factors for human rights breaches
For this person, list three human rights breaches that they could be at risk for, describe the breach type and refer to the policies and procedures that you would rely on to respond to and report each breach.
Part 3 - Risk factors for abuse and neglect
For this person (or a person at a similar age and stage of life, with a similar history and background), describe each type of abuse and two indicators of each type of abuse that you may expect to observe if harm is occurring or has occurred. If the type listed is not relevant, write ‘n/a' in the space provided. Refer to the policies, procedures and legislation that you would rely on to report if you identified any of these signs and indicators.
Work setting
Part 1 - Reflecting on your personal values and attitudes
Reflect on your personal values and attitudes regarding disability and ageing and answer the following questions, particularly in relation to the support that you will provide to this person.
Part 2 - Risk factors for human rights breaches
For this person, list three human rights breaches that they could be at risk for, describe the breach type and refer to the policies and procedures that you would rely on to respond to and report each breach.
Part 3 - Risk factors for abuse and neglect
For this person (or a person at a similar age and stage of life, with a similar history and background), describe each type of abuse and two indicators of each type of abuse that you may expect to observe if harm is occurring or has occurred. If the type listed is not relevant, write ‘n/a' in the space provided. Refer to the policies, procedures and legislation that you would rely on to report if you identified any of these signs and indicators.
Section 2: Assessor observations
Assessor observations
The following must be directly observed by the assessor:
• Responding to the goals and aspirations of at least two people, one in a simulated environment and one in the workplace including:
o employing flexible, adaptable and person-centred approaches to empower the person
o providing at least one service adjusted to meet the individual needs of the person, as determined through consultation with the person
o proposing at least one strategy to meet the individual health or reablement needs of the person, as determined through consultation with the person
o recognising and responding appropriately to situations and barriers
o providing information to the person about their rights and checking for understanding
o using communication skills according to the needs of the person to maintain positive and respectful relationships and facilitate empowerment.
Section 3: Reflective journal
Fill out the Reflective Journal to provide details about your experiences in the work setting. You will report on Person 2 (not the person from the simulation).
Make sure your supervisor signs off your journal.
Describe the strategies that you used to consult with this person to confirm their cultural needs.
How did you ensure that you prioritised and respected these needs during your work with this person?
Describe the strategies that you used to support this person to identify and communicate their personal goals.
While responding to the goals and aspirations of this person, describe one way that you adapted your approach to meet their specific needs.
How did this help to empower them?
During your work with this person, you would have explained at least one aspect of their rights to them.
Which rights did you explain to this person?
How do you think this increased understanding helped empower them?
Through your work with this person, describe one service that you identified for adjustment to meet their specific needs.
Describe the process that you worked through together to identify the service and the changes that were required.
Provide one example of an assistive technology that you supported this person to use and how you did so.
How do you think this use of the assistive technology helps to empower them and maintain their independence and inclusion?
Describe at least one barrier to empowerment that you identified in consultation with the person and describe the strategies that you developed to help them overcome it.
Describe the strategies that you used to ensure that this person was comfortable with the decisions they made during your work with them.
During your work with this person, you would have used a range of communication skills to maintain a positive and respectful relationship with them.
Describe the communication skill that you found most important in facilitating empowerment for this person.
Why was it important and how did you use it to support the person? Consider approaches that promote managing diversity in the workplace when supporting people from different cultural backgrounds.