specific responsibilities for hsc workers

• those working in HSC settings are required to:

  • promote anti-discriminatory practice to meet needs of all service users
  • empower individuals- take control of their lives and decisions about their care and treatment
  • ensuring safety of staff and service users
  • maintain confidentiality and privacy
  • promote good communication between carers, and carers and their clients.
• what are the 3 principles of good practice established by the Care Sector Consortium in 1992?

  general medical council (GMC)

  nursing and midwifery council (NMC)

  health and care professionals council (HCPC)
• what health and social professional adhere to the general medical council (GMC)?

  Doctors
• what health and social professionals adhere to the NMC?

  Nurses and midwives.
• what medical professionals adhere to the HCPC?

  Allied health professionals, for example social workers and paramedics
• Individualised care: care provision tailored to meet the particular and specific needs of each service user.
• Self-esteem: a persons sense of self-respect; the confidence a person has in their own worth and value.
• Empowerment: supporting people to take control of their lives and futures by taking a full part in discussions and decisions about their care and treatment.
• Multi-cultural society: a population made up of people from a variety of different ethnic backgrounds and cultural traditions.
• Rehabilitation


  Purpose is to enable a person to recover from an accident or serious illness and to live an independent and fulfilling life
• Conditions rehabilitation may be important for

  • Strokes
  • Heart attacks
  • Accidents that reduced mobility or reaction speed
• Rehabilitation


  • May also treat mental health problems
  • May include support from physiotherapists, OTs, counsellors or psychotherapists
  • Programme will vary depending on physical and psychological needs and home/family circumstances