Care Planning

For the purpose of this report and to protect the identity of my service user in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 I will refer to my service user as Sam.
The Scottish Social Services Council is responsible for raising standards in the country's social service workforce. – There is an emphasis on service user’s choice, safety and social justice.
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) was established in October 2001 by the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 and is responsible for registering people who work in the social services. SSSC introduced Codes of Practice – these codes protect those service users that require care and ensures the care provided is a standard in line with SSSC regulations. SSSC core values for those delivering care aim to strengthen and support the workforce, raise standards and practice while protecting those who use the service
Service users requiring care will be assessed and a Care Plan will be defined. Information gathered on the service user is confidential and covered under the Data Protection Act 1998. SSSC 2:2.3
The care plan process is a working document that identifies current needs of a service user and the responsibilities of service providers. The care plan should be flexible, relevant and accurate and used to review services or identify new services to meet the needs of the service user. This is because the needs of the service user may change. Consideration should be given to when & where the process takes place, who is invited as well as the best way to effectively communicate (open {feelings} and closed {factual information} questions) and reflecting the responses back for clarity. At the centre of every care plan the service user must be and remain the focus. In order to plan the care correctly everyone involved needs to be working towards the same goal.
The SPECC model links the biological development of humans identified and categorised by age - Infancy 0-2, Childhood 2-12, Adolescence 12-21,...