NVQ3 Assignment 307 Understand how to handle information in social care settings
Assignment 307
Ai)
Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act 2000, Health and Social Care Act 2008, and Human Rights Act 1998
Aii)
The legal requirements and codes of practice are there to help make sure that you do what is necessary to handle and keep information safe and secure, making sure that all information is written legibly, and kept in a secure location and only passing information to the relevant people and for the necessary reasons. If electronically kept then passwords should be secure, files should be encrypted, save work as you go along, have a back up disk which should then be kept as secure as paper records.
Aiii)
I would help others understand by putting into practice myself what I am telling them and showing them all they need to know about keeping information secure. By explaining how to put into practice secure methods may not be enough for someone to understand the importance of why this needs to be done. By giving them a practicle example of what could happen would help others to realise the implications of not keeping information secure.
Aiv)
There are two types of recording information, these are manual and electronic. There is security issues with both, security of electronic data/info has to be kept up to date and passwords changed regularly to help to stop unauthorised access, whilst manually recording/storage should be kept in a secure place with access only to those that need it.
Task B
Its important to record, store and share information securely to protect confidentiality and safeguard vulnerable adults.
It’s important to keep legible, accurate, and up to date records and it’s also extremely important to have secure information systems to ensure necessary safeguards and appropriate use of personal information, with issues relating to Human Rights and confidentiality as part of duty of care. To keep records as up to date as possible it may be necessary to write something everday or weekly,
Ai)
Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act 2000, Health and Social Care Act 2008, and Human Rights Act 1998
Aii)
The legal requirements and codes of practice are there to help make sure that you do what is necessary to handle and keep information safe and secure, making sure that all information is written legibly, and kept in a secure location and only passing information to the relevant people and for the necessary reasons. If electronically kept then passwords should be secure, files should be encrypted, save work as you go along, have a back up disk which should then be kept as secure as paper records.
Aiii)
I would help others understand by putting into practice myself what I am telling them and showing them all they need to know about keeping information secure. By explaining how to put into practice secure methods may not be enough for someone to understand the importance of why this needs to be done. By giving them a practicle example of what could happen would help others to realise the implications of not keeping information secure.
Aiv)
There are two types of recording information, these are manual and electronic. There is security issues with both, security of electronic data/info has to be kept up to date and passwords changed regularly to help to stop unauthorised access, whilst manually recording/storage should be kept in a secure place with access only to those that need it.
Task B
Its important to record, store and share information securely to protect confidentiality and safeguard vulnerable adults.
It’s important to keep legible, accurate, and up to date records and it’s also extremely important to have secure information systems to ensure necessary safeguards and appropriate use of personal information, with issues relating to Human Rights and confidentiality as part of duty of care. To keep records as up to date as possible it may be necessary to write something everday or weekly,