Unit 201 Outcome 4
1) Explore different types of occupational opportunities
Adult guidance worker, Advice worker, Careers adviser, Child psychotherapist, Community development worker, Community education officer, Counselling psychologist, Counsellor, Equality and diversity officer, Higher education careers adviser, Probation officer, Psychotherapist, Social worker, Youth Worker, Care Home Manager, Nurse etc.
2) Identify sources of information related to a chosen career pathway
College, Training Organisations, NHS Careers, Direct Gov Careers, my manager, colleagues, websites such as Jobsite UK etc.
3) Identify next steps in own career pathway
Ideally I would like to apply for a job as a Residential Care Home Manager, the further qualifications I will need are two years management experience in the same or a similar field of care, NVQ Level 5/Registered Manager's Award and Sound Knowledge of CQC and Care Standards
Unit 201 Outcome 5
Police in Bristol have arrested four people after secret filming by BBC Panorama found a pattern of serious abuse at a residential hospital. Winterbourne View treats people with learning disabilities and autism. Andrew McDonnell, who works with adults with mental disabilities, labelled some of the examples seen on film "torture".
All four have been released on police bail. The hospital's owners, Castlebeck, have apologised and suspended 13 employees. Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said government regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), had been asked to conduct an urgent investigation.
During five weeks spent filming undercover, Panorama's reporter captured footage of some of the hospital's most vulnerable patients being repeatedly pinned down, slapped, dragged into showers while fully clothed, taunted and teased.
Mr McDonnell, a clinical psychologist who viewed the footage, told the programme that basic techniques for dealing with patients with challenging behaviour were ignored. He said he was shocked by...