Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice (a) What it means to have a duty of care in one’s own work role A duty of care is a legal obligation to all Health and Social carers and professionals who have to act in the best interests of individuals and others‚ also not to act or fail to act in a way that results in harm. This duty of care can be a general implied minimum
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procedures relating to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care settings Health and safety at work act 1974 (HASAW) - This act provides general guidance about health and safety. The duty of the employer is to make sure health and safety of their employees and show that they have taken all attainable steps to do this. The employer should also give training and safety equipment‚ employers should carry out regular checks and improve and put in place a health and safety policy. If
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his mother’s impaired parenting skills as there is evidence of substance abuse as his mother was an alcoholic. This may have caused her to act out in a violent manner whilst being in a state of intoxication causing physical abuse towards Daniel. 3. When Daniel arrived at school with a broken arm it was ‘too readily accepted by professionals as accidentally caused’. This finding shows that Daniel was both neglected and physically abused. His injury shows signs of physical abuse by his mother
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2010) Environmental influences- The environment that people are brought up influences are a great deal and money and social class. The area the people may live affect the access to health care provision. In the health care professionals must do their best to provide the same level of care‚ regardless of the environment. (Stretch and Whitehouse‚ 2010) Health and well-being- The health and well-being influences the way we develop‚ how people are seen by others‚ and how we feel about ourselves. If people
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for giving care and fulfilling the needs of the person or persons they are visiting or whom are in the care home they work for.Residential therapists help to get people as mobile and independent as they can‚ also asses and implement any help or aid that the person may need.Health visitors can have a varied role from checking if mum and baby are doing well when returning from the hospital and checking on the elderly or any one no longer needing to stay in hospital but still needing some care if a wound
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1.3 understanding how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social care workplace 1.1 Review systems‚ policies and procedures for communicating information on health and safety in the health and social care workplace in accordance with legislative requirements 1.2 Assess the responsibilities in a specific health and social care workplace for the management of health and safety in relation to organisational structure. 1.3 Analyse health and safety priorities appropriate
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account qcf health and social care level 2 or 3 unit 2 personal development study aid or guidance notes A Reflective account‚ which addresses the subject of personal development‚ within the role of a social care worker. You could use this learning resource as a guidance/reference aid‚ in producing your own reflective account. This explains understanding of your personal development‚ training‚ and support available within your role. EXAMPLE REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT I have been employed as care worker
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When talking about health it is not just about the overall condition of a person whether physical or non-physical such as psychological‚ spiritual and social well-being and not just the absence of illness or disability. Health can also be the ability to manage and adjust to different situations and achieve optimistic holistic understanding. Health inequalities is the dissimilarities of a well-being status among person or groups‚ as measured by factors such as lifespan‚ death or sickness. It also
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The World Health Organization (2011) defines social determinant of health as conditions of everyday life in which people are born‚ grow‚ live‚ work and age. It includes the system and circumstances that are beyond the control of an individual. With reference to my study about Chelsea‚ lack of family support is a problem. She is home alone mostly. Occasionally children come to visit but stay for couple of days and leave. She has always loved the company of her family and felt depressed when the husband
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trends of health and ill health among different social groupings. I will talk about each pattern and trend in its own paragraph‚ Social class‚ Gender‚ Ethnicity‚ Age and Geographical location. I will talk about the links between these to health issues. I will back these up through the use of evidence such as statistics. I will then conclude what I have found out. Firstly I will talk about each pattern and trend. Social Class Social class helps to deter the reasons for individual’s health and ill
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