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Supervision/Observed Practice 24/01/13

 Agenda:

1) Feedback and refection rom observed practice

2) Time sheet - PE read and initial copy

3) Mintes rom last PT!

") P#! discss

$) %efection on practice isses

&) 'ltral a(areness and interation

*) PE any isses arisin

Location: ''2+ ,.'

Topics discussed

.iscssed /estion o (hy 0 had not challened Ms decision+ 0 eplained

that old !! had talked to M and ed this back to me4 0 also eplained

ho( old !! is not very assertive and ave eample o discssion

bet(een mysel old !! and ne( !! reardin the mother asked them

to restrict their sons chocolate intake4 ,e eplored ho( this (as

oppressive and discriminatory  as adlts (ithot learnin disabilities are

allo(ed to eat as mch as they (ant and be considerably over(eiht4

5lso+ looked at the infantalisation o adlts (ith learnin disabilities and

ho( adlts in their "6s oten had decisions made or them+ this led on to

di7erent levels o restraint are appropriate at di7erent aes and the

concept o Gallick competence4

0 mentioned a previos incident (hen at T 85'.') (hen the

manaement had no loner decided to by service-sers (ho attended

the ,TP there boes o chocolates or 'hristmas4 0 perceived this as

ackno(ledement o valed role they occpy by ivin them a 9'hristmas

bons as they do not et paid or their (ork 8accordin to %5.5% a

possibly eploitative practice) and PE told me that (ith children theyadvise parents do not re(ard (ith ood+ over-praise or stayin p late4 PE

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also mentioned the neative e7ects :nk ood can have on mood+ sleep

and health; dra(in on an eperience rom her o(n practice4 0 aree that

the principle o not re(ardin adlts (ith learnin disabilities (ith

nhealthy treats and ivin them ndeserved praise holds tre and that

takin a more measred approach to validation is more consistent to theopen (orkplace4

PE talked abot need to think thins throh and dre( on eperience o 

(orkin (ith children in a reee centre and (orkin arond a

proramme o adopt and cherish to encorae individals to take

responsibility or their behavior+ environment and pride4 PE told me

abot the  Aboriginal model (here older adlts have stats and are

respected in the villae as opposed to (estern society (here they are

oten discriminated aainst ; the Mediterranean Model (here mlti-

enerational amilies are livin in the same hose and child-rearindi7ered in 0ndonesia and the possible impact on attachment. PE talked

abot osterin and ho( bein yoner may o aainst potential amilies

and ho( the re/irements aainst (hich they are measred may make

the home environment strane or the child+ leadin to placement

breakdo(n4 5lso+ briefy discssed (as< randparents as kinship carers

and the need to assess capabilities rather than an ae; the act that

health and ae do not necessarily have a casal link and that this

eneration (ill die yoner and achieve less than their parents 

PE mentioned that (e as social (orkers dont have the riht to stop

people rom doin anythin+ Samaritans can talk to people (ho are

contemplatin sicide and try to talk them ot o this ho(ever (e cannot

restrain them4 !he (ent on to mention ho( (hen a person takes an

overdose medical sta7 pmp their stomach+ and (e discssed the idea o 

best interests+ ear o reprisal or allo(in a person to die and possibility

o bein accsed o assistin sicide4

riefy discssed the MHA (2007 and ho( this allo(s doctors and

 Approved Mental Health !rofessionals to have individals detained+ ivinthem reater po(er over individals=service-sers4

P#! discssed briefy and minor sestions o re/ired chanes arond

my se o lanae+ especially 9member o sta7 instead o 9sta7 and

9oppressive instead o 9(ron+ also advised me to be a bit more carel

(ith my rammar4

PE did not mention any pressin isses apart rom my need to talk to !!

reardin ho( to se a commnication passport4

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5sked PE abot cltral a(areness and interation as 0 have been nable

to inclde this aspect o social (ork practice in any o my P#!4 PE told me

that this is ackno(ledin the e7ect o cltre+ reliion and backrond

on the individals 0 spport and the infence they may have relevant to

my P#!4

5lso discssed (as the continin statement by !! and M that 0 do not=

cannot lone (ork 8see P#! 2 > ") + PE said that as a social (ork stdent 0

shold lone (ork and she (old be very (orried i 0 didnt4 0 areed and

told her that not only is there another !!, ? that 0 kno( o - on the same

corse as me lone (orkin in a di7erent @b (ithin E' bt also 0 relarly

lone (ork 8at least once a (eek) this is re/ently (ith more than one

service ser and on a cople o occasions 0 have done so or p to an hor4

Feedback on Observed Practice

1) PE stated that 0 did not have control in the meetin+ old !! repeatedly

resce me and made reerence to Aarpmans .rama trianle4 !he

attribted that he (as possibly tryin to impress her or eertin his po(er

as the dominate male4

2) Mentioned 0 sed closed /estions (hich led to sinle (ord responses

also talked abot the se o motivational intervie( /estions< (hatB ,hoB

,henB @o(B ,hereB

3) Told me that in the tre 0 shold (rite a script o eactly 0 plan to say

and look at commnication passport to establish service ser vocablary

limitations4

") Felt my ne( !! may have abandoned me by movin drin the

meetin4

$) Talked abot eedback rom service sers and ho( they (old like to

lead the team meetin and discssed stanation and lack o proress

bein de to lack o conition rather than lack o opportnity and ho(

radical chane may lead to reression4

Follow up

#earn abot ho( to se a commnication passport

-Prepare or mid-point

-5rrane observed practice 2

-.o P#!$ and re-drat 1+2+3+" > &

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