What is your understanding of the value of National Occupational Standards? I think that the NOSE is a valuable guide which provides practitioners with clarification of the standards they are expected to perform. The NOSE can also help the therapist to identify the ‘gaps’ in their learning and help to plan further professional development. The NOSE can be a great help for the practitioner in evaluating their own practice in order to improve their professional performance. . Describe briefly what preparation needs to be done before a client session.
Before a client session starts it is important to make sure that the facilities and environment are chosen carefully. The practice room should be safe, clean and look professional. The noises should be minimized and the temperature in the room should be considered so the client would feel comfortable and relaxed. All the necessary equipment heaters, fans, forms, etc. Need to be ready and to hand.
Any interruptions should be excluded except emergency cases. The practitioner needs to be dressed appropriately and professionally. The possible negative factors and the way they might affect the client should be thought through and considered, though it is best to minimize them in the first place. The Health Safety check should be ensured. List what needs to be done at first session (assessment session) with your client and why.
Business-type conditions. It is important to establish and state the following matters: ‘cooling off period cancellation period confidentiality policy nondiscrimination policy by signing the form the client gives the consent to be their practitioner the importance of client’s understanding what is planned to do in therapy, if needed further explanation should be provided to draw client’s attention to the fact that success cannot be guaranteed as it depends on both practitioner and client and their practitioner- client relationship to keep the record of the client’s doctor, to be provided with any type of medication the client is on (if applicable); to ensure the client informs the doctor about any changes or physical symptoms, and that the doctor does not object to complementary treatment the client should be informed about fire exits, first aid and drink provision, location of the toilet All mentioned above should be done once. If any of the forms are signed , the client must be provided with the copy.
Case history, collection of further detailed information. Further detailed information should be collated in order to establish the consent for the plan of action. The client can either fill in a second form himself or tick the boxes in the list of issues. Alternatively the practitioner can fill the form asking open-ended questions. The gained information will help to ensure that the client is in the right place, to make any referrals and to clarify what can and cannot be done. It is very important to reassure the client that he has already taken the first steps to resolve the issues by seeking help.
What factors need to be considered during the process of actual therapy or coaching? During the process of actual therapy or coaching one of the main factors that should be considered is that the practitioner should facilitate client’s empowerment. It means being attentive to client’s ‘voices’ and needs and to respond to a feedback accordingly. To implement this the practitioner should consider identifying and using the appropriate various counseling skills and establishing support networks for the client. What needs to be considered when bringing coaching to a conclusion? When the practitioner feels that the assistance comes to an end and the client is able to carry on by him/herself, the client should be informed about it.
It is necessary to do so, in order to get the client’s feedback and to ensure that the client is ready to manage without support. It is very important to make sure that the client does not feel abandoned and has the information how to get further required support. A further session can be booked where the client can discuss the final details. It should be clarified that the client is welcome to book a check- p session in case of any problems will occur and in order to prevent new issues. It is also appropriate to make the necessary referrals if required. 6. What is the point of supervision? Explain in your own words. To make sure that the highest standards are met it is crucial for the practitioner to have personal and professional supervision.
Having personal supervision will help the practitioner to stay emotionally stable and well-balanced, safeguarding practitioner will not cause any damage to a client through their emotion state. Professional supervision allows the practitioner to discuss the client’s case, insuring that the identity is not disclosed with a supervisor. The supervisor can overview the cases and provide a feedback. Supervision helps the practitioner to identify and resolve the problems if occurred. A supervisor can be used as a mentor or independent third party to give an non-biased opinion if anything improper was done or the practitioner has become emotionally or personally involved or whether the arrangements made are working and are of high standard.
When might you need to make referrals? During the first session it is important to ensure that the practitioner can provide he client with help they are looking for. In some cases the client will require either the additional help of another therapist or a referral to another alternative. It is also possible that referrals have to be made when the assistance comes to an end. At this point the client should be provided with information about further support and resources and all the necessary referrals should be made.
When building a support network, as well as identifying resources, what else do you need to do in order for this to be useful? In real life we have to work and interact on multiple levels simultaneously, though not being fully engaged with them. The more are balanced in ‘self, the more we tend to look outside of our group. That is why, when the person is satisfied in his ‘micro’ level, he is ready to ensure the happiness of his family. When his family is stable, the person is ready to work with other groups at higher ‘macro’ level. But in order to widen our experience, we need to balance and fulfill ourselves first, to be positively selfish to be ready to support others or bigger groups.
The lesson provides some example client comments illustrating a sense of imbalance and dissatisfaction. Either choose three of these, or some of your own, and discuss them briefly. Suggest what you think is missing in each case, and suggest one possible solution. “All I seem to do is work, the money is great but I have no time to enjoy it”. In this case the person tries to get all the satisfactions from one environment – work. Although he can gain a lot of high beneficial outcomes (such as mental and physical stimulations, creativity, reward, financial empowerment, responsibility, self-development, teamwork, social interaction, achieving targets and etc. ), they cannot address all the needs of this errors completely, as it might feel like living in a different, separated from his/ her family world. It is also practically impossible to achieve all the outcomes at the same high level in just one environment.
The person could fill more satisfied and fulfilled doing some physical activities with his. Her friends or family (children and spouse) or just finding some time for him/herself and his/her hobbies (e. G. Reading a favorite magazine, watching yachts or cooking ). The person will benefit not only from getting healthier social interaction; it will also help him o achieve desirable outcomes: interpersonal communication (friends, family) sex and love, unconditional love (family, spouse, and children), identity, self- exploration, self- development, creativity, spiritual activity. “l feel so alone, all seem to do is go to work, and then come home and sort out kids”.
It is a very typical comment which can be heard from a single parent or a person, whose partner does not provide enough support in dealing with children or everyday routine tasks. In this case we can probably assume that the partner has either taken the role of the “parent” leaving the person to do some chores like ‘sorting UT children’ or the partner has taken on the “child” role leaving the person to make decisions for children, giving them advice and guidelines on her/Her own without being supported by the partner. From the comment above it is obvious that the person gets most of the satisfaction just from two environments: work and family/children and the outcomes are low on benefits.
One of the possible solutions is to expand social interaction: go out with friends (ex. Interaction with friends, but it will also include interaction with strangers), maybe get involved in charity work or social project (it can be done with children but at the same time t can help to gain such expected outcomes as creativity self-development and exploration, mental or/and physical stimulation, identity). “Everyone I know seems so shallow, I do not know anyone who is interested in anything deeper’. Since school years we are used to receiving a lot of new information almost every day and socially interact with a great number of people (other students or teacher/lecturers).
When we our formal education is over the information stream is not so intense or it can be quite low, depending on the job we get. If the job does not involve continuous education or it is simply monotonous, it can sake the person feel withdrawn from ‘life’, and everything and everyone will seem to be shallow. In this case the person could think of something what will interest him/her. The person/client could find fan/social/interest clubs or groups where people will share his/her interests. It will also help to satisfy the required expectations in social interaction with different size groups, self-exploration and exploration of other environments.
Anything to do with self-development, mental stimulation, creativity and teamwork or just registering for a course, which will tit personal interests can also give him/her a chance to gain expected outcomes in social area of life. 10. Describe in your own words the difference between ‘surface needs’ and ‘driving needs’. Use an example if it helps. (5) From early years we are brought up being told and taught what we should want. Some of these value judgments affect us more than others, depending on who imposed them, our age and of course emotional state at that time. Over the years the taught priorities can prove right and valuable for us, but sometimes it can also happen that some of them will turn to be distractive for us.
If the person is brought in the environment where some values and priorities were strongly imposed and emphasized, and over the time they do not match person’s inner wishes and desires, it will cause the imbalance between ‘surface needs’ and ‘driving needs’. ‘Surface needs’ are the ones, which were imposed on us at different stages of our lives. We try to follow them, thinking that this is really what we ‘should’ do. However, deep inside we might feel that these values are not right for us.
