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Thursday 18 May 2017

Describe the potential tension between maintaining an individual’s confidentiality and disclosing concerns to agreed others

The potential tension between maintaining an individual’s confidentiality and disclosing concerns to agreed others can only overcome, knowing what is necessary to share. I don’t need to share an individual’s every confidential matters with others unless there is a significant risk of harm or abuse involved to an individual or surrounding others. We have to maintain trust and ensuring individual’s and others safety. An individual discloses secret things sometimes to carer as part of bonding trust. In these situations, carer put in place of a great dilemmas between maintaining individuals’ trusts and professional obligations. There are few examples are given below when you have to disclose concerns to agreed others -

  • ·         An individual discloses an intention where a significant risk involved causing harm to themselves or others.
  • ·         An individual discloses to a carer, that he kissed another individual service user, who has not got any mental capacity, which can be classed as sexual abuse.
  • ·         A depressed individual discloses to a carer, that she lent a big amount of money to her friend and hasn’t got it returned.

Explain how to access extra support or services to enable individuals to communicate effectively

Care plan is one of the most important sources to find out an individual’s communication assessment, which explains individual’s communication method and what support do individual needs to establish effective communication. You can also find out an individual’s preferred communication method and style by contacting and discussing with the following professionals-

  • Manager
  • Senior Care Worker or Former Carer
  • Social Worker
  • Occupational Therapist
  • GP
  • Speech and Language Therapist
  • Nurse
  • Dementia Specialist
  • Family and Friends