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Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Balancing Positive Risk-Taking and Person-Centred Choice

HSC502 · Managing the Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Individuals — Week 6 of 16

CourseHSC502
Week6 of 16
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This week’s topics

Balancing Positive Risk-Taking and Person-Centred Choice

  1. Balancing duty of care with individual autonomy
  2. Defensible decision-making tools
  3. Capacity assessments and best interests decisions
  4. Dignity of risk
  5. 001 LO5 Understanding how positive risk taking supports well being, voice, choice and control Video
  6. Shared decision making

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Analyse how service provision supports individuals to take risks and make informed choices.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse how service provision supports individuals to take risks and make informed choices.

Study materials

Videos

  • 001 LO5 Understanding how positive risk taking supports well being, voice, choice and control Video · YouTube · Connective Care Education · 7 min · for registered students
  • Shared decision making · YouTube · The Health Foundation · 6 min · for registered students
  • Making Safeguarding Personal 5 December 2019 · YouTube · North London Social Work Teaching Partnership · 73 min · for registered students
  • Webinar: Putting person-centred care into practice · YouTube · The Health Foundation · 59 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Decision-making and mental capacity (NICE guideline NG108, 2018) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
  • People's experience in adult social care services (NICE guideline NG86, 2018) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Safeguarding and Protection
  • Week 2: Legislative Frameworks in Safeguarding
  • Week 3: Learning from Inquiries and Serious Case Reviews
  • Week 4: Recognising Signs of Abuse and Educating Teams
  • Week 5: Procedures for Responding to Suspected or Actual Abuse
  • Week 6: Balancing Positive Risk-Taking and Person-Centred Choice
  • Week 7: Instilling Preventative Cultures and Safe Practice
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Multi-Agency Partnership Working and Information Governance
  • Week 10: Service User Voice in Safeguarding Governance
  • Week 11: Auditing Organisational Practice and Policy Compliance
  • Week 12: Applying Managing the Safeguarding and Protection of Vulner…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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