safety in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting 1) Fire Precautions Act 1971 2) Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) 3) Health And Safety of Work Act 1974 4) Manual Handling Operations Regulation 1992 5)Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health regulation 2002 (COSHH) 1.2 Explain how health and safety policies and procedures protect those in social care settings Protecting
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Assignment 307 Understand how to handle information in social care settings Assignment composition Assignment overview In this assignment‚ you will show your knowledge and understanding of good practice in record keeping and sharing information in a social care setting. You will also explain how best to support others when handling and recording information. Tasks There are two tasks to this assignment. A Short answer questions B Guidelines This is a summary of the evidence required for
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1.1: Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. In every school‚ they will have a set of policies which will put in place in order to set out the procedures and guidelines in order to ensure that equality is within the school. These policies are extremely important within a school as this will allow all staff and students to understand the importance of equality and so that they take into account rights off all different
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Task 1 legislation Human Rights Act Human rights are rights and freedoms that belong to all individuals regardless of their nationality and citizenship. They are also important in maintaining a fair and civilized society. The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was drafted by the nations of the Council of Europe (including the UK) in the aftermath of World War II. In October 2000‚ The Human Rights Act came into effect in the UK. This meant that people in the UK can defend their rights in
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The current legislation and guidelines relating to the health and safety of children are The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 It is designed to protect everyone in the workplace‚ the employers are responsible for everyone in the workplace and have duties to carry out to ensure this‚ and employees have to carry out duties to meet the requirements of this act. It’s also designed to keep employers and employees safe in the workplace. Before 1974 8 million employees and employers had no legal safety
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The key legislations relating to health and safety in a social care setting are - Health and Safety at work Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation 1981 include amendment on 2009 The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 Communicable diseases and infection control Working Time Regulations 1998 Care Standard
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Understand legislation‚ policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication 1.1 Identify current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication The Medicines Acts 1968 and various amendments cover the legal management of medication. While care staff are not expected to have detailed knowledge of the legislation‚ they do need to be aware of the legal difference between types of drugs and the legal framework that allows them to handle
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to Duty of Care in Health and Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Undestand the implications of Duty of Care. 1.1 Define the term "duty of care’. Duty of care is an obligation that a person/healthcare worker acts towards others and public with watchfulness‚ attention and caution in a reasonable and civilized way. SU needs to know that his welfare‚ safety and interest are put in the centre of attention of any healthcare organisation. 1.2 Describe how duty of care affects own
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Introduction to Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Car or Children and Young Peoples Settings UNIT 5 1.1 Being a support worker means I have a responsibility of duty of care‚ which I am to adhere to at all times. This responsibility is a legal obligation as part of my job role. If these standards of care are not met I can put the service user/s in jeopardy of harm. The duty of care should be my self acting in the best interest of the individual at all times which should not be detrimental to the
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do (such as a school). Funding for services within the statutory sector comes from various forms of taxation (income tax‚ national insurance and council tax). Services are run by NHS Trusts and local authorities‚ they employ doctors‚ nurses‚ social workers‚ care workers‚ teachers etc. Independent (private)- the private sector are independent companies that operate separately from government organisations. These companies are profit making providers and include businesses such as private hospitals
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