Everyone is unique. And so do our values, beliefs and preferences. And
this uniqueness is recognition of who we are and what we believe in. But it is
important that we are able to make service users feel them safe, and meet their
care needs. The way we respond to people is linked to what we believe in, what we consider important and the things that interests us. Our view, belief and
interest may be different from others. We may have come across service users and
colleagues whose view we do not agree with, and who never seem to understand our point of view. Let alone, a service user prefer drinking and smoking, which you don’t like. But the service user needs these to fulfill his life. And you are there to help them to live their lives fulfilled. Awareness of
differences, and our reaction to them, and how they affect the service we provide, is a crucial part of our practice. It is important that we learn to think about our own practice in a constructive way. We can improve our practice by evaluating and
reflecting. When we will reflect on our practice and evaluate them, we may bring
some significant change in our practice to improve quality of individual’s life.
But our values, beliefs and personal experiences should not affect the standard
working practice and also should not interfere to any individual service user’s
life.
