NVQ ASSIGNMENT

NVQ Assignment

NVQ Assignment

Section 1: Work With Families, Carers and Individuals during Times of Crisis

Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Every person has mental needs at all level of age. Some people are diagnosed with mental illness while the remaining others although are living with good mental conditions, but they are likely to meet incidents like grief or disability, affecting their emotional well being. Such risks require to be assessed by doctors or health care professionals in terms of the management practices of the patients (Nicholls, 2006pp. 7-14).

For assessing the mentally affected people, the government of United Kingdom has founded an organization, “The Social Care Institute for Excellence” (SCIE) in 2001. It provides the chances of improving the social care services for all by enhancing the professionalism with good practices (Diggins, 2011 pp. 5-8).

The legislation of “The Carers (Recognition and Services) Act(1995)”, “the Carers and Disabled Children Act (2000)”, “The national strategy for carers, Caring about Carers” and another government institution of “the National Service Framework (NSF) for Mental Health” are currently supporting the mentally ill children and adult rights in the society(Arksey, et.al 2002).

The risk assessment and its management are essential to the health practices. The assessment of the risks is entirely based on the values and the principles, which should be agreed by the patients, professionals and the legislation. The effective management of the risks includes the execution of operational measures and supports to enable the individuals in assessing their vulnerabilities and the behavioural changes due to the mental illness (Corr, 2009 pp. 26-31).

Risk assessment includes the identification, evaluation and evaluation of the risk. These processes are totally based on just documenting and then communicating the assessed outcome to the individuals. Then the assessed outcome id treated in terms of the risk management.

Identification of risk

The risk identification is safe in terms of assessing the History, Clinical facts, Disposition and Context of the person. The detailed information of the case should be taken regarding the mental level, substance abuse and others. The presence of these factors in historically, currently or contextually decides the extent of the health risk in the individuals dynamically (Corr, 2009 pp. 26-31).

Analysis of risk

It includes understanding the nature of the risk and then deducing its level. It enforces the risk prevention first rather than the prediction by considering the analysis of family, partners and others.

Evaluation of risk

It includes the analysis of severity and proximity of the risk by working in collaboration with the patient, carers, professionals and all other associated people to encourage the recovery.

Treating risks

The risk management is then carried out by enabling the professionals as per the analyzed data. It leads to the utmost care and risk management of the patient.

(Corr, 2009 pp. 26-31)

The tools used for this purpose include the following,

“Clinical Risk Management Tool” (CRMT)

“Functional Analysis of Care Environments” (FACE)

“Risk Assessment Management and Audit Systems” (RAMAS)

“Generic Integrated Risk Assessment for Forensic Environments” (GIRAFFE)

“Short-term Assessment of Risk and Treatability” (START)

(Corr, 2009 ...