Chapter 2- Support

Question 0

Name 3 Formal Support

Answer 0

• Professional carers
• Relate
• Childline

Question 1

Name 3 Informal support

Answer 1

• Partners
• Family
• Friends

Question 2

How could informal support help?

Answer 2

• Family helps with bereavement after a natural death of a family member. Eg. Friends may cover your work during the time off, family and friends help you get through it.
• Family helps after being injured. Eg. Tidies your house, cooks you some meals.

Question 3

How can a : GP help/Occupational Therapist/community nurse /social worker

Answer 3

GP: help with conception, get birth/death certificates, diagnose you with illnesses, help with acute stress reaction
Occupational Therapist: Identify the strengths and difficulties, Help with mentally ‘disabled’ people (Autism,ADHD), Help with mental illnesses
Community nurse: Help dementia patients, help people in the community, conduct check ups to make sure every thing is okay.
Social Worker: Help with pregnancies, Help fears and Phobias, help the vulnerable, help stress/anxiety/depression relief, put people In foster homes

Question 4

Name 3 voluntary support services

Answer 4

• Citizens advice bureau
• Relate
• Age concern
• Samaritans
• Childline

Question 5

How does

• Childline
• Samaritans
• Relate

Help people

Answer 5

Childline: Private and confidential service for kids and round people, can contact them with your problems and worries (has a website)
Samaritans: Support people in distress, around the clock through 201 branches across UK and Ireland
Relate: A source of support, council long for relationships for all, offers workshops of sec therapy, and informal/formal support