Discuss the relationship between accountability, risk management and user-centered care

For the purpose of this TMA, I intend to look at how the aim of endangerment management may assist and hinder practitioners accountability inside the community mental health team I work in, to search how try management assists and hinders the relationship between social workers, employers and service users. indoors the CMHT risk management is based upon guidance in Clinical system which states Anticipate and prevent potential problems to learn from critical incidents and complaints and to provide systems to overhaul clinical staff to reflect and develop their practice. (RCN, 1998 Book 1, Chapter 9, p.3).Risk assessments inwardly the team are seen as positive tools that enable good intercourse between the social worker and patient. The assessment provides a basis from which a plan brush off be formulated to protect the patient from risk but also to extend the barriers of risk in a aforethought(ip) way, enabling the patient to explore and develop new coping strategies empower ing them to distinguish with their mental illness. In these situations there is a balance to be pull between patients safety and autonomy.There is however another side to the risk management processes in that practitioners feel Youve got to watch your step and cover your choke off Document everything Make sure you follow the guidelines and you keep the patients safe Thats the cigaret line youve got to be safe. (L.Finlay, personal communication, 12 March 1999 Book 1, Chapter 9, p.187). It is this caution of punitive action that dissuades practitioners from exposing service users to avoidable risks, and risk assessments are viewed as documents providing good evidence of assessments to be accessed if ever there were questions about the charge of the patient.The British Association of Social Workers gives guidelines for social workers accountability. For the purpose of this TMA accountability can be defined as to be in a redact to give an explanation for ones actions with reaso ns and justifications.