P3
Describe how effective caring skills and qualities promote independence of service users.
Complete this table FOR P3
Caring Skills and qualities
EXAMPLE
Communication skills
Team working skills
Problem solving and decision
making
Observation skills
Record keeping
Factors that promote
independence and
empowerment
EXAMPLE
Mobilisation
Providing active support
Assistive Technology
Liaising with other health care
professionals
Promoting social wellbeing
How caring skills and qualities
promote independence
EXAMPLE
Communication skills promote
independence by service users
being able to explain problems
around mobilisations and
service providers being able to
listen and explain clearly
possible solutions.
The pharmacist and the Gp can
help the service user to be
independent by telling them to
take the right medicine daily.
Occupational therapist will
promote the independence of
service users by giving them
remote control over house
hold appliances. For example,
an individual might not be able
to walk and is using crutches
and needs to use a remote to
use appliances and having a
remote control to do that
themselves makes them feel
empowered.
If a doctor works with other
health care professionals to
observe the service user’s
condition to see if its
improving they can
communicate what they’re
seeing to the service user and
this can lead to the service
user getting effective care. This
means that the service user
can get a speedy recovery and
become independent again.
A activity’s coordinator could
promote a service users
independence by planning and
implementing activities. For
 example,

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For this criteria you need to write how the caring skills and qualities can promote independence
and empowerment