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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ASSIGNMENT 204 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children ’s and young people ’s settings Task A Dear friend I have heard that you would like to work as a care worker and need to know more about “duty of care”. I wish to help and want to try clarify the term to you as much as I can. “Duty of care” is a phrase used to describe the obligation in your role as a care worker. You owe duty of care to your patients/service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and
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1) Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. There are several key pieces of legislation that impact on how schools manage the health and safety of both their employees‚ and others who come into contact with the school e.g pupils‚ support workers and parents. These pieces of legislation are: The Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 This act places the responsibility of ensuring the health and safety and welfare of employees
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Explain why it is important in a health and social care setting to have secure systems for recording and storing information (HSC028-1.1) In a health and social care setting‚ there are a number of reasons why it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information. Some of these reasons include: To protect service users’ and even care workers’ private information from unauthorised viewing by third parties (other people who are not supposed to have access to those information)
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|Assignment 055 Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings | | | |Task A | |1 |What does duty of care mean in children and young people settings? | | |Duty of care can be defined as "an obligation‚ recognised by law‚ to avoid conduct fraught with unreasonable
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LHS4 Develop health and safety and risk management policies procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people’s settings Health and safety Legislation is designed to make sure that work places are as safe as they can be so that no one is put in unnecessary risk of harm. As a manager I have a responsibility to ensure that: The work place is safe Procedures in place are safe to follow Ensure that all employees understands the obligations they have to protect themselves
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Explain how the procedures of the work setting protect both children and young people and practitioners. Not only do Gap Club’s procedures protect the children who attend the club but they also protect the staff too. An example of this would be the policies and procedures relating to the receipt‚ storage and administration of medicine. All staff at Gap know that this should be strictly adhered to as the aim of the policy is to protect us and the children against medication errors. The dose and
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Promote communication in health and social care settings. Introduction. Within this assignment I will describe the importance of communication in working with service users. To do this I will answer the following criteria.
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and inclusion in the health and social care or children and young people setting. Unit SHC 23 Diversity can be expained in many different ways‚ for example a "diverse work force" is when a work team has many differences in all different aspects‚ in example a work team which includes different races‚ ages‚ gender and interests. Equality is described in which all individuals arre treated equaly‚ equal oppurtunties plays a big part within the health and social care setting. Discrimination is when
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There are a large number of legislations in place to govern the health safety and risk management in a school environment‚ below I have listed and explained how it is adhered to at Ashcroft Academy; |Health & Safety at work Act 1974 HSWA |This act ensures the health‚ safety and well being of all employees in a work place setting. It | | |also covers any person(s) who utilises the facilities‚ i.e. students‚ parents
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