Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role? A 1.1 Duty of care is a legal obligation for each individual in the health and social care setting that requires them to adhere to a standard of reasonable care. Ensuring they don’t put their service users or themselves in any danger. In the workplace there are policies and procedures‚ agreed standards‚ codes of practice and other legislation a care worker should follow. In a care workers job role you would be responsible
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Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s setting 1.2 All practitioners have a duty of care all the children the setting‚ this also includes the staff. A duty of care is where a practitioner has to take care of them and not let them get harmed in any way. This will involve the children attention‚ watching out for hazards and preventing mistakes or accidents. If a practitioner has not met the duty of care required then they can be held accountable
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with legislation. I will contact with senior management to obtain their support for separation/termination policies and procedures and after that will communicate policies and procedures and supporting documents to relevant people. At the end I will use feedback to make refinements to policies‚ procedures and supporting documents for separation and termination. Executive Summary for Senior Management: Restructuring is a complex issue with make or break implications for organisations. The benefits
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Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Diabetes is a lifelong disease in which they are high levels of sugar in the blood. The body does not produce enough insulin and a person with diabetes has high blood sugar. Type one diabetes requires a person to inject insulin. Some symptoms of diabetes are blurred vision excess thirst fatigue frequent urination. There are two types of diabetes type one and type two. It is a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke‚ and the second leading cause of blindness
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Social Care Theory for Practice DH3K 34 Tutor’s Support Pack Angus College Dundee College John Wheatley College North Glasgow College May 2006 © COLEG Social Care Theory for Practice Tutor’s Support Pack First published November 2005 © Colleges Open Learning Exchange Group (COLEG) – Material developed by Angus College‚ Dundee College‚ John Wheatley College and North Glasgow College. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior written consent of COLEG‚ except
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CARE HEALTH AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CARE HEALTH AND SOC AND SOCIAL CARE HEA RE QUALIFICATIONS HE ALTH AND SOCIAL CARE EXEMPLAR SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CANDIDATE WORK CARE HEALTH AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H UNIT HSC 2028 Move and position individuals in accordance with their plan of care Unit HSC 2028 2 Unit HSC 2028 CONTENTS Introduction Page 4 Unit Purpose Page 5 Evidence for Learning Outcome 1
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workstation and test its functionality Open case and clean inside Remove RAM and upgrade to 8GB Reassemble and test Take workstation back and re test No. Activity (step 1) Hazards Identified (step 2) Who is Exposed (step 3) Risk High‚ Medium‚ Low (step 4) Additional Controls (step 5) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) 1 Disassembling workstation on preparation to move Electrocution The Technician involved could be electrocuted also it could cause the buildings electricity to go off and shut
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Number and Title Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma In Health and Social Care Student Name Unit 16: Understanding Specific Needs in Health and Social Care Student No. Assessor name: Christine Pratt Date of Issue Completion date 30/05/2014 11/07/2014 Submitted on Assignment title LO2 Task No. Assess how perceptions of specific needs have changed over time. 1 1.3 LO1 In this assessment you will have the opportunity to present evidence that shows
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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 3 - PRINCIPLES OF DIVERSITY‚ EQUALITY AND INCLUSION IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment you will consider best practice in promoting diversity‚ equality and inclusion which does not discriminate against others. You will look at relevant legislation‚ codes of practice and regulations governing adult social care and consider the consequences for a variety of people if these are not followed. You are asked to consider your own
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Assessment Summary of Risk and Quality Management HCS/451 February 4‚ 2013 Assessment Summary of Risk and Quality Management As I was reading about Duke University Medical Center and here is what it said about quality improvement it is a “formal approach to the analysis of performance and systematic efforts for improvement” (2005). In different industries quality improvements are constructed differently. quality improvement is used in the field of medical it focuses on the safety of the patients
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