Structure of organisations of the social sector

Social Services

To become a professional within the social services you firstly need to be a social work student; after you graduate you need to do a minimum of a year of employment in a social care setting where you will be assessed. After this year you are a social worker and can eventually be promoted to a senior social worker. After this you can go three ways: you can either become an advanced professional, you can become a practice educator or you can be a social work manager. (1)

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Residential Care Home
Within the care home there are a number of professionals helping them out with their basic needs, such as care staff that ensures that the residents are safe and following their care plan. House keepers, laundry and handymen are there to make sure the care home is in high standard and a safe place to live in. And kitchen staff who prepare food for the residents. You then have senior care staff who are in charge of these employees and making sure they are carrying out their job correctly. There is an assistant manager responsible for the senior care staff, a registered manager is in charge of the assistant manager and an area manager is responsible for them. There is a managemet team responsible for all of them. (2)
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Domiciliary Care
Domiciliary care professionals aim to boost the confidence of individuals by making their home life easier. For instance, they will do the cleaning, cooking, dusting and tidying. The employees that do this work are the domiciliary care stuff, their boss is deputy care services manager. If they are ever faced with an issue they have to refer it to the care services manager who works alongside a training manager. They have to refer to a senior manager who then have to refer to an administrative manager. (3)

Foster Care
Social workers are responsible for ensuring the safety of children in care, making sure they have clean clothes, food and a bed to sleep in. Youth workers also work with children in care by providing them with counselling and trying to get them involved with activities. Youth offending team officers work with these children too, they educate young offenders on how to deal with their problems in a more positive manner so they do not commit crime again. (4)

Referral
Teachers and other professionals who work with young people are trained to see any abnormal behaviour in a child that may indicate that they require extra care. For instance, abnormal behaviour may include poor hygiene, losing weight, dirty clothing and being unfocsed. The teacher would discuss the situation with their line manager who would then contact social services who will refer the child in their care.

Data Protection Act 1998
This act was created to protect information held about you - you have the right tio view any information that is held by you from any social institutions such as schools and hospitals. Professionals are trained to keep information about individuals confidential - to do this they keep files on their computer password protected, they do not discuss information with other professionals who are not involved and keeping any paperwork locked away. (5)

Care Home Regulations 2001
This act was created to protect those who reside in care homes by creating guidelines that care professionals have to meet to create a safe enivronment for the residents. To carry out this act profesisonals have to make sure that they involve the family within the care plan, risk assessment must be carried out regularly and care plans are created for each resident so other professionals know their requirements, such as allergies.

Multi-disciplinary Team
Social workers work with a number of professionals in regards to a child; this needs to be done as different professional excel in different skills and all is needed in regards to the health and safety of a child. Social workers may work with doctors, teachers, sometimes parents, youth offenders, and learning difficulty teams. By working together the social worker is able to decide what situation would be best for the individual. (6)

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