Social Work The Health And Care Professional Council

The profession I am going to base this essay on is Social Work. The standards that this line of work follows are set by the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC). Social workers have to follow these standards so they can provide the best possible care and enable the HCPC to see where improvements are needed to prevent serious issues from arising. Social workers have to follow a number of different acts as part of their job, these are learnt when they complete the initial training. It is compulsory for social workers to complete a certain amount of hours of training each year; this is to ensure they are kept up to date on all the standards and changed in procedures and also to make sure they can provide the best possible care to the†¦show more content†¦This was a big stepping stone within the development of social work standards because it â€Å"led to the beginning of the certificate for social work and the Council for Training in social work.† All social work ers must have a degree in social work that is approved by the HCPC. The current standards for social work are set by the HCPC, the last time these were update was 1st August 2012, and all those who are a registered social worker must follow these standard to continue working in this sector. Previously the standards have been updated due to serious social work failing that have been broadcasted in the media. An example of this would the Baby P case, during 2006/2007 a young was a victim of domestic violence. On several occasions Peter was taken to hospital with bruises and swelling on his face, however not enough was done by both the social workers and hospital staff to identify the domestic abuse. According to an article written by BBC, the mother of the child had been arrested twice because there were evidence of abuse and Peter had been taken away from his mother and Mr Barker on two separate occasions. Baby Peter was given back to the couple on both occasions and was later killed by his mother and partner. This case is well known within society du e to the Medias articles on the health practitioner’s failings. From this source is says the social workers were blamed for the majority of the failings that occurred, this was