Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work roleI work in adult residential care for individuals with learning disabilities and mental illnesses. All residents should be supported and enabled to live in an environment which is free from prejudice and safe from any type of abuse. My responsibilities under the duty of care are to do everything reasonable within the definition
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Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young peoples setting (SHC 32) 1.Understand what is required for competence in own work role 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role. In my current role as a senior care assistant it’s my duty to maintain standards of care within the organisation by following guidelines set out from the organisations that inspect and govern the home. As a senior/shift leader it is my duty to ensure that staff
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The Medicines Acts 1968. The following is a list of legislations that have a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting. • The Medicines Act 1968 • The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 • The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) The Children Act 1989 • The Data Protection Act 1998 • The Care Standards Act 2000 • The Health and Social Care Act 2001 • Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) • The Control of Substances Hazardous to health Regulations (1999-COSHH) • Hazardous Waste Regulations
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Activity 10. Part A. Explain the term Confidentility: Confidentiality is a right a person has in which to keep information about themselves private without anyone else being able to access it unless given permission or consent by an authorised person. A person’s information should only be disclosed on a need to know basis i.e official bodies or next of kin unless specified otherwise. Information may also be disclosed if the information that is being held outweighs the risk to the person’s health
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In schools parents and carers are asked for a variety of information so that the school personnel are able to care for the children as effectively and safely as they can whilst the children are in school. For example: • Health or medical information; • Records from previous schools; and • Records for children who have special educational‚ dietary needs‚ or religious rituals. This is confidential information and must be used only for the purpose for which it was gathered. It is the right
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boundaries of confidentiality are to do with safeguarding children and young people. The principle - or main reason for having confidentiality in settings is to maintain positive‚ supportive‚ respectful relationships with children and young people that recognises each individual’s right to privacy‚ their right to protection and their right to free expression. This could be done by finding quiet less public areas for discussing information‚ ensuring information given within a setting isn’t repeated
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Confidentiality has been described as the key to safeguarding the human dignity of the patient (Hendrick‚ 2000). Confidentiality regarding the patient/client record is a declaration of the trust inherent in the nursing/midwifery practice relationship with a patient/client. Ethical and legal considerations influence
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GenEthics: The Confidentiality vs. Duty to Warn Conundrum GenEthics: The Confidentiality vs. Duty to Warn Conundrum This report will examine the ethical conundrum of patient confidentiality vs. a doctor’s duty to warn a patient of a potential health risk (see Appendix one for scenario). Primarily‚ this report will argue that patient confidentiality cannot be overruled‚ as there is not adequate legal or ethical reasoning to do so and as such
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Assignment composition Assignment overview In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of safeguarding adults. You will describe different types of abuse‚ the signs and symptoms associated with them and what to do if you are aware of or suspect an individual has been abused or you note unsafe practice. You will research failings in care services and explore how best practice can help to keep individuals safe. You will also identify the range of people who may be involved with
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Confidentiality communication case study: I believe that communicate is the basis of life‚ communication is the root to all events‚ daily interaction‚ social affairs and anything that requires the purpose of human dealings. One type of communication is verbal which is used in every day life which could be with anybody you may interact with in day to day life for example; Neighbours‚ colleagues‚ children‚ family‚ friends‚ partners‚ shop keepers etc‚ we are constantly in a state of communication.
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