Care value base

The Care Value Base

The Care Value Base

• A set of 7 principles to help care workers give the standard of care client’s need.

• Care values are based on ideas about human rights.

• Care workers should ‘act in the best interest of the service user’

• They must value them as individuals

• Treat them in a way we would like to be treated ourselves

• Care workers show they ‘value’ each individual by applying the care values.

The care value base

CARE WORKERS EMPOWER

CLIENTS BY

Promoting anti-discriminatory

practice

Maintaining confidentiality

Promoting and supporting

dignity, independence &

safety

Respecting & Acknowledging

individuals’ personal beliefs

and identity

Protecting individuals from abuse and harm

Providing individualised care

Promoting effective

communication and relationships

The Care Value Base

• Care work is about improving a client’s quality of life by meeting their PIES needs. The CVB ensures that this happens.

• Care workers do this by empowering their clients (by giving them the ability to do something for themselves).

1. Promoting anti-discriminatory practice

• What does this mean?

• Care workers must be seen to treat all clients in the same way no matter what differences there are.

• They must make sure they do not discriminate against anyone.


• How can you do this?

• Allowing people to be different & not discriminating against anyone.

• Aware of how discrimination can happen.

• Understanding prejudice, stereotyping & labelling & their effects.

• Using politically correct language.


• Why is it important?

• It promotes trust & respect between client & practitioner.

• It shows that the practitioner cares and fully accepts the client.

• The practitioner will also challenge discrimination they witness from other people.

2. Maintaining confidentiality


• An appropriate protection of personal and private information about clients.



• Keeping records safe & secure

• Pass information on, on a need to know basis

• Follow policies & procedures



• It is vital to successful care giving to keep information provided by the client confidential.

• It ensures that clients trust the care provider which is important when they need to discuss personal issues.

• However there may be times that this information would need to be shared.

The Data Protection Act

• The Data Protection Act (1998) protects personal information that we have to give.

• It also allows us to see information about ourselves. It is very important to record information accurately.

When, if ever, should health, social care and

early years workers reveal to others

information about the personal problems that clients reveal to them in

confidence?

Disclosing information• There are occasions when information is passed on

without a person’s permission. This is known as a ‘disclosure’.

• There are three main occasions when this should happen:

• 1. What they reveal involves them breaking the law or planning to do so

• 2. They tell you that they intend to harm themselves or another person

• 3. They reveal information that can be used to protect another person from harm

3. Respecting & Acknowledging individuals’ personal beliefs and identity






4. Promoting effective communication and relationships






5. Providing individualised care






6. Protecting individuals from abuse and harm






7. Promoting and supporting dignity, independence & safety






References

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Care value base