Case Study

Case Study

Reshma
1. Main concerns
  1. Caring for mother, Tanvi
  2. Struggling to balance life
  3. Mental health declining
    1. Anxiety
  4. Supporting son, Bobby
2. Relevant Legislation
  1. Data Protection Act 1998
    Annotations:
    - Social worker must comply with data protection principles when gathering + storing data, such as when carrying out assessments
  2. Human Rights Act 1998
    Annotations:
    - Social Worker must respect and protect human rights, as outlined in the ECHR 1950
  3. Equality Act 2010
    Annotations:
    - May be of South Asian decent, so has protected characteristic and must be protected from discrimination
  4. Care Act 2014
    1. Section 10
      Annotations:
      - Carers eligible for support is needs arise as a consequence of provising care AND their physical or mental health is at risk of deteriorating
    2. Section 3
      Annotations:
      - LA must integrate care and support provision with health provision where this is likely to promote the wellbeing of adults and their carers
3. Practice
  1. Wellbeing of Reshma, as well as Tanvi and Bobby
  2. Consider pre-existing support structure
    1. Husband
    2. Hobbies
    3. Friends
    4. Job
  3. Focus on Reshma's wants/needs
Tanvi
1. Main concerns
  1. Waiting for hip replacement
  2. Needs help with personal care
  3. Isolated
    1. Wants to get back to hobbies/friends
2. Practice
  1. Assessment should be multi-disciplinary
    1. Social
    2. Health
  2. Focus on Tanvi's wants/needs
    1. Empowerment
  3. 6 safeguarding principles
    Annotations:
    - - Empowerment - Prevention - Proportionality - Protection - Partnership - Accountability/transparency
3. Relevant Legislation
  1. Care Act 2014
    1. Section 3
      Annotations:
      - LA must integrate care and support provision with health provision where this is likely to promote the wellbeing of adults and their carers
    2. Section 8
      Annotations:
      - LA can meet needs through - Care and support in the home/community - Goods and facilities - Advice and advocacy
    3. Section 9
      Annotations:
      - Assessment
      1. Has eligible care/support needs
        Annotations:
        - Maintaining personal hygiene - Accessing/ engaging in work -
    4. Section 24
      Annotations:
      - Care and support plan - identify eligible needs - how LA can meet needs - impact on wellbeing - personal budget - direct payment?
  2. Human Rights Act 1998
    Annotations:
    - Social worker must respect and protect human rights, as outlined by the ECHR 1950
  3. Data Protection Act 1998
    Annotations:
    - Social worker must comply with data protection principles when gathering + storing data, such as when carrying out assessments
  4. Equality Act 2010
    Annotations:
    - Ethnicity, disability, and age are protected characteristics, so Tanvi must be protected from discrimination
Bobby
1. Main concerns
  1. Potential abuse
    1. Financial
    2. Emotional
  2. Lack of appropriate friends
2. Relevant Legislation
  1. Data Protection Act1998
    Annotations:
    - Social worker must comply with data protection principles when gathering + storing data, such as when carrying out assessments
  2. Equality Act 2010
    Annotations:
    - Ethnicity and disability are protected characteristics, so Tanvi must be protected from discrimination
  3. Human Rights Act 1998
    Annotations:
    - Social Worker must respect and protect human rights, as outlined in the ECHR 1950
  4. Care Act 2014
    1. Section 9
      Annotations:
      - Assessment
      1. Eligibility arguable
        Annotations:
        - Developing and maintaining family or other personal relationships - Managing and maintaining nutrition (food going missing?)
    2. Section 8
      Annotations:
      - LA can meet needs through- Care and support in the home/community- Goods and facilities- Advice and advocacy
    3. Section 1
      Annotations:
      - Includes protection from abuse
    4. Section 42
      Annotations:
      - Abuse inquiry
3. Practice
  1. Emphasis on human rights
  2. Focus on Bobby's wants/needs

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