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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1. What duty of care means in children and young people settings? Duty of care is a requirement to exercise reasonable care‚ attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to the harm of other people. ‘The fundamental obligation that anyone working in child care‚ whatever the type of service and whatever their role‚ is to keep children safe.’ (Marilyn Hopkins LLB‚ Dip.Ed.. (March 2006). DUTY OF CARE. Available: http://www.rch.org.au/emplibrary/ecconnections/CCH_Vol9_No1_March2006
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Communication Research Methods Worksheet Read the assigned articles from the Handbook of Media and Communications Research located in your Electronic Reserve Readings for Week One. Use these articles to answer the following questions about communication research: 1. Why is it important to be familiar with research about communication and the methods used to perform this research? The most common research methods are: literature searches‚ talking with people‚ focus groups‚ personal interviews
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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Task 1 (LO 1): Essay 800 words Write an essay on the importance of partnership working in the efficient delivery of public health services. You must include the following into your discussion to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of multi-agency collaboration. • Roles of various local‚ national‚ international‚ and voluntary organisations • Epidemiological considerations such as geographical distribution of health
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Assignment 206: Understand the role of the social care worker. Task A – Short Answer Questions Ai Explain three differences between a working relationship and a personal relationship. * A working relationship involves spending time with senior members of staff‚ colleagues and service users and the time spent together is strictly professional and boundaries must not be crossed. However a personal relationship involves enjoying a social life‚ spending time with family and friends and completing
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Factors that can enhance and inhibit communication Communication can be influenced either in a positive or negative way by variety of factors. An Individual using the service could be inhibited if the factors are not supportive. For example‚ if there was too much noise in an environment it could drown out a conversation. If positioning is correct and the environment is convenient then communication can be enhanced. In positioning sitting arrangements should be put into consideration when communicating
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Communication skills are used within care settings to engage within a better conversation. They consist of physical attributes which make conversation and discussion more effective by conveying interest in what the carer/professional is saying. My first example of a communication skill is body language. Body language is the conscious and unconscious use of physical bodily positioning in order to convey attitude and emotion. Open body language would consist of sitting with a straight back with hands/arms
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Assessment and Care Planning of the Adult in Hospital Hospitalisation has a big impact on a person’s life. When dealing with people in hospital health care professions use care planning to make sure that an individual’s needs are met and that there is an on-going personalised plan for the duration of the stay‚ however long or short this may be (National institute of clinical excellence[NICE]‚ 2010). During this essay I will be following a patient that has been on my clinical placement. I will be
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Communication refers to the degree to which the patient heard‚ kept informed through understandable terms‚ afforded social interaction‚ and time during consultation and provided psychological and non-technical information (Tucker‚ 2002). If communication is good‚ which includes information from the service provider to the patient on the type of care he or she will receive‚ uncertainty is alleviated that will increase the patient’s awareness and sensitivity of what to expect‚ then patient satisfaction
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Adrian – Mihai Constanciuc 2.1 compare the strengths and limitations of a range of assessment methods with reference to the needs of individual learners Direct observation in the primary source of gathering evidence within NVQs as it is the most appropriate way of presenting naturally occurring evidence. You’re watching the candidate carry out his routine work but on the other hand the candidate may perform for you or become very nervous with you watching. Performance evidence demands
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