investigation into current concerns the public and other health care professionals have in regards to service users being abused and how this has affected service provision and methods of working. How the issues raised have affected public opinion towards the care industry and how their views have been altered towards health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s sector. Main Body In the recent years there have been allegations made against care homes and their staff‚ reporting that the service
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that does not ‘need to know’. In the care setting‚ providing confidentiality requires confirmation that personal and private information belonging to service users cannot be accessed by others. Any information given by a service user should not be disclosed without the service user’s permission. Personal/private information a care setting will regularly come across can include: * Information being discussed orally‚ for example in a nursery care setting a care worker discussing/debating with a
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HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SOCIAL CARE IT’S NOT JUST A JOBSWORTH We as a sector have to follow many rules and regulations. These are set out by the Government and even the company you will work for. Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 covers many subjects‚ and as a sector we follow this‚ as this not only protects the employer and employee but also the people we provide care for. SHOCKING FAILURES – IT’S WHY WE NEED TO OBEY THE LAW There have been many reports in the press
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HSC024 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care ALL OUTCOMES IN RED ARE OBSERVATIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY YOUR ASSESSOR. THE INFORMATION GIVEN INDICATES THE TYPES OF THINGS YOUR ASSESSOR WILL BE LOOKING FOR Know how to recognise signs of abuse OUTCOME 1 1. Define the following types of abuse 2. Identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse. Physical abuse - Punching‚ Kicking Scratching‚ Slapping‚ Biting‚ Scalding‚ Pulling hair
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Promoting diversity within a health and social setting and the effectiveness In this report I am going to outline The Mental Health Act alongside this‚ the procedures and codes of practise and how both of these aim to promote diversity and assessing the effectiveness of these measures in place. The Mental Health Act aims to safeguard the vulnerable‚ by ensuring they are treated fairly and equally by services and given permission to health care‚ for example hospital treatment if required. The
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and diversity will also show how discrimination effects these choices. The definition of discrimination is the unequal treatment of individuals usually on the basis of gender‚ religion‚ age‚ race‚ or disability.it is a negative action towards a social group. My choices are Ethnicity Family structure Gender Sexuality Disabilities ETHNICITY Means individuals that share a language‚ cultural practice‚ and religious beliefs examples include English polish Indian Chinese welsh Scottish
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Agreed ways of working is following policies and procedures in the care plan that is given with each individual resident and care plans to do within the residential home given by your employer . Agrred ways of working means ways in which you are able to apply the latest rules and regs that dictate how care workers treat people in a residential home.There is a code of conduct which every worker should know about‚ it’s all about protecting the vulnerable. Care plans need to be regularly updated
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Introduction to Communication in Health and Social Care Communication can be spoken‚ written and physical; some people have disabilities or difficulties that can make communication a special challenge for them. We communicate to share information and ideas it is defined as ’information transfer’. The way we transfer information is by speech‚ signals or writing. We all use a variety of communication techniques to both understand and to be understood. People communicate for different reasons:
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1.1 There are many different reasons why people communicate in adult social care‚ as well as communication being between varieties of different people within this setting. For example‚ it could be conversation between support workers‚ support workers to managers or other health care professional and anyone communicating with service users including family. Communication can also come in many different forms such as verbal‚ non-verbal‚ body language and facial expressions as well as others. One main
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(2009) hold the view that health professionals under the mental health institutions must always respect the vast diversity of patient’s backgrounds as treatment at times greatly depends on the cultural wellbeing of the patient. Kirmayer‚ Cecile Rousseau‚ & Peter Menzie (2012) outlines guidelines on social safety encourages nurses to recognize the presence of cultural bias in their work hence it is critical to consider self-reflection skills in their work. Considering social security has the potential
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