My interest lies primarily with teaching new skills to older and disabled people. The key legislation that may apply includes: Equality Act 2010 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Equality Act 2010 gives legal protection against deliberate or inadvertent discrimination to people with one or more protected characteristics‚ which include: Age Disability Race Religion/belief Gender Sexual orientation For example: Having a training session in a room only accessible by stairs would discriminate against
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We must be aware of the requirements external bodies and regulators like Ofsted (in England). Plus other awarding organisations who will quality assure their qualifications. An example of a procedure we must follow would be the Data Protection Act (2003). The Equality Act (2010)‚ which harmonises some 20 previous pieces of Equalities legislation is important within the lifelong learning sector and helps ensure accessibility to learning with a view to equality and diversity. This covers disability
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be kept for longer than necessarily and always stored in a secure place. Every setting should have policies and procedures about how to record and store information which meet Ofsted requirements and are according with the government law Data Protection Act 1998. The policies should include information about different ways when comes to record information such observations‚ risk assessment‚ incidents‚ medical information about the child or special diet requirements‚ concerns or information about
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the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people- Children’s Act 1989 and 2004- If there are children that are being accommodated by the Local Authority‚ then this all comes under the Children Act 1989. There are six beliefs within the Children Act 1989: * The best place for children to be looked after is within their own homes. * The welfare of the child is the paramount consideration. * Parents
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current legislation with regard to the Equality Act 2006 which covers 6 ‘strands’ – age‚ disability‚ gender‚ race‚ religion and belief and sexual orientation. The Protection of Children Act 1999‚ the Human Rights Act 1998‚ Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006‚ Data Protection Act 1998 as well as all relevant Health and Safety issues.(Health and Safety at Work Act 1974). "The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974‚ also referred to as HASAW or HSW‚ is the primary
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codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care Data protection act 1998 Freedom of information act 2000 Privacy and electronic communications regulations 2003 Computer misuse act 1990 Human rights act 1998 2. Explain how legal requirements and codes of practice inform practice in handling information in health and social care. Legal requirements for inform practice say that personal data shall be obtained only for one or more specified purpose and shall not be further
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required by the Data protection Act. Identify to laws or pieces of legislation that relate to the recording‚ storage and sharing of information in health and social care settings (HSC028-1.1) The Data Protection Act 1998 controls how an individual’s personal information is used by organisations‚ businesses or the government. It says that everyone who handles certain information or data needs to follow some strict rules. Service users must know what records are being kept and why the data is kept. In
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are two acts that are the most important for homebased child carers. Which is the Children act (2004) and the Childcare act (2006). Childcare act (2004) For a childminder there are five aspects that are the most important: - Be healthy (physically‚ mentally and emotionally) - Safety (protect the children from harm and neglect) - Achieve good education and recreation - Make a positive contribution - Social and economic well-being Childcare act (2006) This act is for
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With an increase in the amount of personal data in circulation‚ the need for data protection has also risen. This is best emphasised through the introduction of the Data Protection Act in 1998. Although many welcome such legislation‚ the need for data protection has proven to be an external constraint for organisations who collect‚ store and process personal data. For example‚ under the act’s security condition‚ organisations must ensure that personal data is protected from theft‚ alteration and destruction
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HSC 51 Reflective account In my role as senior care worker‚ I work with variety of individuals including‚ colleagues‚ management‚ professionals‚ clients and their family members. The main group that I work with on day to day basis are residential clients that are both elderly and varied degrees of learning difficulties. These are individuals with limited ability to understand and process information given to them. This sometimes causes a barrier and challenge for the staff and especially for
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