Discrimination is the treating of a person‚ group or family less favourably because of their protected characteristic or because people ‘think’ a person or group may have a protected characteristic. A protected characteristic is a particular quality a person or group possesses which is recognised by law as needing to be protected. There are many different types of discrimination which include: • Direct discrimination - this is treating someone less favourably to their face or in a way that the
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Discussion Question #1: Choose any current social problem that interests you and explain it from each of the sociological perspectives as explained in the two part presentation and the assigned article. The current social problem that interests me is healthcare in the United States. I see physicians and healthcare institutions raking in large sums of money for the care that they give patients‚ whether the care is good or bad. This cost of this care is out of reach for us‚ unless we are lucky
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Understanding employment responsibilities and rights in health and social care settings. 1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law. The law in the uk covers the following aspects: minimum wage‚ hours worked‚ sick pay‚ coshh‚ riddor‚ discrimination‚ health and safety‚ holiday entitlements and pay‚ redundancy and dismissal‚ training‚ disciplinary procedures and union rights.1.2 List the main features of current employment legislations. Equalities‚ (The Equality act 2010) equal opportunities
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A guide for social care workers How the environment promotes well being To promote good wellbeing through the environment that service users live in is really important as it includes the surroundings that they live in and also the personal property of the service users. Some examples of how to do this are; Consulting with the service user on how they would like their room to be decorated and where they want their own personal belongings. Ensuring that any cultural needs are met whether this
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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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HSC 025: The role of the health and social care worker. 1.1 A personal relationship can come under three categories‚ family‚ sexual and friendships. A working relationship is different from a personal relationship. A family relationship is a relationship that you would have with parents‚ grandparents‚ siblings and children. Depending on the type of family they can be close or distant. Family is one where you get most of your influences from and as you grow up they play a large role in the
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Accountability This essay is about accountability in health and social care setting. Accountability requires the individual practitioner to take responsibility for their actions and the outcomes. The essay looks at the different areas of accountability such as‚ principles of care‚ delegation; four ethical principles. In this essay record keeping will be discussed. (RCN ‚2008) defines accountability as taking responsibility for the actions done by a health care worker or omissions in their daily work and
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Unit 15 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings 8 Understand how to promote environmental safety procedures in the social care setting 8.4 Explain the importance of having an emergency plan in place to deal with unforeseen incidents Having an emergency plan in place‚ helps people to deal with things in an emergency. It lays out what should be done and how things should be handled. The idea behind an emergency plan is to meet specific needs. In the event of a fire or gas leak‚ it lays
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Unit 1- D1: Explain how communication skills can be used in health or care environment in effective communication Communication is much more than just talking; it the means of getting the message across through obtaining information‚ giving information‚ ideas shared‚ opinions and views. (buzzle.com‚ 2010)However it is important to have a good communication between service users and the service providers which then helps to build a good relationship. There are four types of communication which
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BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Care Assignment 1‚ Unit 19 Sociology‚ Georgina Reed Introduction In this assignment I will be explaining the concept of an unequal society‚ be describing social inequalities that exist in society‚ also I will be discussing the impact of social inequalities on groups in society. Finally I will evaluate the impact of social inequalities in society. P1 We live in a society that is very unequal‚ in a way that people get treated differently depending
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