M1 unit 2 health and social care level 3 
M1 -Describe how practitioners should apply values of care in health or social care service
In this task I will describe how practitioners should apply values of care within a health or social care service. Care values are standards that should be met within a health and social care setting; they are designed to improve the quality of care which is given to people.
Promoting care values within a care setting.
The care values which are applied in a health care setting consist of; maintaining confidentiality, this means not sharing an individual’s personal information with another person. Also, it’s important to protect the personal information of a client by keeping it between you and the client. This care value occurs in a care home setting when; the Care worker has to maintain confidentiality when looking at personal files of the service users, by not leaving it on the computer because someone can walk past and check It. it’s important for them not to share information that is personal with an unauthorised person. This is because it will breach the law; which is the Legislation of the Data Protection Act 1998; if this occurs then consequences will occur.
Promoting equality and diversity; equality is when you ensure individuals or those of a group are treated with respect and equally, meeting their needs such as the type of food they eat or if they practice their religion. Hence promoting equality and diversity means accepting a person even if they have differences such as Religion, gender, disability, age and belief etc., it’s important to accept it. For example, within a doctor’s surgery, it’s important the doctordoes not disrespect a patient because of who they are and where they are from. Promoting equality removes discrimination. Diversity is when you value and respect an individual’s differences by accepting them as who they are. This is important because it allows care workers, doctors, nurses and many other practitioners of health care respect a
In this task I will describe how practitioners should apply values of care within a health or social care service. Care values are standards that should be met within a health and social care setting; they are designed to improve the quality of care which is given to people.
Promoting care values within a care setting.
The care values which are applied in a health care setting consist of; maintaining confidentiality, this means not sharing an individual’s personal information with another person. Also, it’s important to protect the personal information of a client by keeping it between you and the client. This care value occurs in a care home setting when; the Care worker has to maintain confidentiality when looking at personal files of the service users, by not leaving it on the computer because someone can walk past and check It. it’s important for them not to share information that is personal with an unauthorised person. This is because it will breach the law; which is the Legislation of the Data Protection Act 1998; if this occurs then consequences will occur.
Promoting equality and diversity; equality is when you ensure individuals or those of a group are treated with respect and equally, meeting their needs such as the type of food they eat or if they practice their religion. Hence promoting equality and diversity means accepting a person even if they have differences such as Religion, gender, disability, age and belief etc., it’s important to accept it. For example, within a doctor’s surgery, it’s important the doctordoes not disrespect a patient because of who they are and where they are from. Promoting equality removes discrimination. Diversity is when you value and respect an individual’s differences by accepting them as who they are. This is important because it allows care workers, doctors, nurses and many other practitioners of health care respect a