General Social Care Council Goldings House 2 Hay’s Lane London SE1 2HB Codes Of Practice For Social Care Workers 020 7397 5100 www.gscc.org.uk © Copyright General Social Care Council 2010 Web and print-friendly version Introduction What are the codes? This document contains agreed codes of practice for social care workers and employers of social care workers describing the standards of conduct and practice within which they should work. This introduction‚ which is
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Written Question: ‘Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection’: ‘It is our responsibility as employees to take precautionary measures to prevent and control the spread of infection in the workplace; this involves working safely to protect myself‚ other staff‚ visitors and individuals from infections. As employees we must ensure we attend all necessary trainings that our employers provide regarding infection control and prevention
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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 4 - PRINCIPLES OF SAFEGUARDING AND PROTECTION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 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
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3. Be able to support individuals to use the toilet 3.1 Provide support for the individual to use toilet facilities in ways that respect dignity 1. Offer the individual a help. 2. If the individual is not able to transfer by itself help him/her to transfer however encourage using their own strength as much as he/she is able in order to promote their independency. 3. When the individual is sitting on the toilet cover his/her private area with for example towel to respect their dignity
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and Social Care Practice This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. Learners will consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce‚ including strategies that can influence the performance of others. Module Contents 1 Understand how principles of support are implemented
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induction process for health and social care or children and young people’s settings. 01.1 purpose of induction Induction is the first piece of learning a worker undertakes when joining the social care sector or a new organisation. These Common Induction Standards (CIS) have been designed to provide a structured start for workers in the first 12 weeks of employment‚ which will help ensure that they are then safe to leave alone with responsibility for the people they support. But when workers are expected
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second language - social anxiety/agoraphobia - family situation - young children can prevent or hinder communication - discomfort with the situation that communication takes place - discomfort about the topic in hand. 1.2: Create a special needs trust that is managed by a trustee. To not jeopardize government assistance‚ the disabled individual cannot have access to draw from the trust at any time. The trustee must be responsible for spending the money only for the care not covered by Medicaid
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Medication Errors: A Literature Review your name here Pharmacology 2 teachers name here September 17 2008 The American Society of Hospital Pharmacists define a medication error as “episodes of drug misadventure that should be preventable through effective systems controls involving pharmacists‚ physicians and other prescribers‚ nurses‚ risk management personnel‚ legal counsel‚ administrators‚ patients and others in the organizational setting‚ as well as regulatory agencies and the
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Empowering Users of Health and Social care Services Contents Introduction 3 1.1. Influence of Organizational Policies and Practices by Current Legislation and Sector Skills Standards for Promoting and Maximizing the Rights of Users of Health and Social Care service 3 1.2. Factors that May Affect the Achievement of promoting and maximizing the rights of users of health and social care service 4 1.3 How communication between care workers and the individuals contribute to promoting and maximizing
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M1- Assess the effects on those using the service of 3 different discriminatory practices in health and social care setting. There are many forms of discrimination for example ageism‚ sexism‚ racism. All of these discriminatory practices can have an effect on people especially those who use health and social care provision. Racism- In a health centre a women wanting to see a specific gender of doctor‚ but there is no doctor there which she wants to see so then maybe this women will not be seen
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