2: EQUALITY‚ DIVERSITY AND RIGHTS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE This unit investigates how equality‚ diversity and rights are central to the effective operation of health and social care services. The unit explores discriminatory practice and its potential effects on patients/service users; the promotion of anti discriminatory practice by‚ for example‚ legislation and codes of practice‚ and the application of this to the health or social care workplace. The knowledge and skills gained from
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Work in Adult Social Care (QCF) Unit 5: Awareness of the Role and Responsibilities of the Adult Social Care Worker Assignment title Role and Responsibilities In this example assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. Criteria reference To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the student is able to: Task no. Evidence 1.1 Identify main responsibilities of an adult social care
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Unit 523 Managing 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
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be transmitted in the saliva‚ seminal fluid or the blood. Prevention methods including hand washing‚ the social care worker’s and others’ personal hygiene. The preventions methods of infection control are: * Hand hygiene is decontamination of the hands by either washing or the application of alcohol hand rub products. The importance of hand hygiene in the prevention of cross infection particularly in healthcare settings. The way you should wash your hands are: * Wet hands under continuous
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P2- Describe Discriminatory practice in health and social care Unit 2- Equality‚ diversity and rights in health and social care. M. Ugiagbe O.Chowdhury Infringement Infringement of rights is when we are not respecting an individual’s rights and not letting them practise their religion or culture. This may then lead an individual feeling devalued and unhappy‚ which can then affect . their health. Covert abuse of power Covert abuse of power is when an individual uses a hidden power to discriminate
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Communication - a Social Interaction? What is communication? In his text ‘Kommunikation als soziale Interaktion’ Roland Burkart tries to answer this question. He describes communication as a reciprocal communicative interaction between at least two beings‚ with the intention of exchanging a meaning though a medium.1 One of the conclusions he reaches is that complete understanding is never possible. To fully understand how he reaches this conclusion we need to look at his model of communication
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Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings. There are different legislations that govern the use of medication within social care settings: The Medicines Act 1968 The Misuse Of Drugs Act 1971 The Safer Management of Controlled Drugs 2006 The Data Protection Act 1998 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005 Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Access to Health Records Act
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Health care professional or health care provider involves numerous interfaces and is the development of multidisciplinary team working health care practices varies in level in educational and occupational training. Working together for a common purpose – to improve safety of the patient and that is essential in building relationships at work. Communication is integral in building a patient-provider relationship through mutual trust and understanding that increases the chance of a pleasant and risk-free
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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 2 - PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment‚ you will investigate standards that influence adult social care practice. You will look at examples of these standards and how they affect the role of social care workers. Personal development and reflective practice are important for social care workers‚ and you will be completing tasks that cover these concepts. You will look at the different ways that this is done‚ how you
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Foundations in Nursing Practice NPCG1014 Submission Date: 03/11/2014 Student Number: 23478594 Word Count: 548 The role of Communication in Adult Nursing Following the publication of the Francis report in 2013‚ which highlighted many failings within many areas of the healthcare service‚ these failings were brought to light through an investigation of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS trust but could easily be applied to NHS trusts across the country. As a result of this report and other similar failings
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