1.1 A duty of care means that all health and social care professionals must act in the best interest of the people that they care for. They must also do everything in their power to keep clients safe from harm and exploitation. As a care worker you must not do‚ or fail to do something that can cause harm to someone. You only have the duty as a care professional to act within your own competence and not to take tasks on that you’re not confident to complete. 2.1 When working with clients‚ the
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Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of the young people by firstly protecting them from sexual‚ physical or emotional harm by it being our duty to report any suspicious behaviour in relation to these. SEXUAL ABUSE There are 2 different types of child sexual abuse. These are called contact abuse and non-contact abuse. Contact abuse involves touching activities where an abuser makes physical contact with a child‚ including penetration. It includes: sexual touching of any part of the body
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Warn Unit 68 March 2013 Move and postion individuals in accordance with their plan of care 1. 1.1 Before carrying out any moving and handiling procedure with a service user in my work setting I must take into consideration a few things to do with the anatomy and physiology of each person such as; · weight‚ height‚ body shape · if the individual is in any pain · service users mood or behaviour
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PWCS 28. Understand how to handle information in social care settings 1.1 Legislation that relates to recording‚ storage and sharing of information in social care are as follows Data protection act 1998. This is how information about individuals is used. This covers eight principles under which personal data must be protected and collected. DPA says that service user information must be confidential and can only be accessed with their consent. Service users must know what records are being
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nationals in health and social care Unit title principles of health and social care practice There are many department in health and social care‚ there are provides health care practices in various different of organisations by considering the philosophy of care that provide the rights of the patient. The care practice provides the great support to the patient by providing their protection and make sure they are safe in all aspects of the care organisation and service. The philosophy of care they recognise
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Social Security & Health Care Outline 1. Social Security a. Introduction: Social Security: What is it? b. History of Social Security i. Pre social Security era 1. Greek 2. Medieval European 3. The “Poor Laws” ii. Early American Social Security 4. Colonial 5. Civil war 6. Great Depression c. Modern American Social Security iii. When was it established?
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change their lifestyles in order to improve their health? Public health is the science of preventing disease and promoting good health to communities and individuals. Its role is to empower individuals and encourage community participation through health promotion programs and initiatives. Public health can mean different things to a range of different people‚ namely providing public resources for the good of all‚ it ensures that deprived people are given support to improve their lives. Lifestyle
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beings‚ whatever our nationality‚ place of residence‚ sex‚ national or ethnic origin‚ color‚ religion‚ language‚ or any other status." Introduction Health is key to the happiness and well-being of humans. It can be affected by various factors in
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In any health and social care setting communication is extremely important. The way we communicate with people depends on the situation and the environment; there are different types of health and social care settings some of these include‚ residential nursing homes‚ hospitals‚ doctor’s surgery and schools and many more. There are a huge range of people that use these services and we call these the service users‚ each service user has different needs that must be met. Health and social care professionals
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built a foundation to help us understand health disparities and health equity‚ as well as why health equity is important for everyone. Considering that the United States spend more per capita on healthcare than any other developed nation‚ yet continues to have subpar overall health scores throughout our populations (David Squires‚ Chloe Anderson‚ U.S. Healthcare from A Global Perspective)‚ describes a deep-seeded health inequality‚ which results in fewer health benefits throughout. It has been researched
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