IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Standards & Guidelines for Resolution & Learning 1 April 2009 SUMMARY Complaints in Health and Social Care: Standards and Guidelines for Resolution and Learning replaces the existing HPSS Complaints Procedure 1996 and provides a streamlined process that applies equally to all health and social care (HSC) organisations. As such it provides a simple‚ consistent approach for staff who handle complaints and for people raising complaints across all health and social
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fall. The referral was made to social work for transition planning and emotional support regarding hospital admission. Before meeting with Mr. L I reviewed his chart for medical and social history which revealed that he had a previous stroke and been managing well at home for the past 80 years. I thought this would be a great way for me to build a report with him and utilize the strengths based perspective to guide my intervention. This approach reminds the social worker to build on the individual’s
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College London HND Health and Social Care Management Principles of Health and Social Care Practice John Egharevba INTRODUCTION This essay is about the principles of practice in health and social care. It is going to discuss how it is applied when dealing with person-centred care with users of health and social care services‚ and it will also analyse how policies‚ legislation‚ regulation and codes of practice are applied in health and social care settings when providing care for service users
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Understand health and safety in social care settings (ai) a list of key legislation are COSHH‚ RIDDOR‚ manual handling regulations‚ health and safety (first aid) regulations‚ health and safety at work act‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health‚ Food Safety Act 1990 and Food Hygiene Regulations (aii) All of the above mentioned legislations are crucial part of health and safety. Every piece of legislation describes not only clear guidance of responsibilities but also how should we maintain health
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medication to individuals and monitor the effects 1- Understand legislation‚ policies and procedures relevant to administration of medication. Legislation: Health and Social Care Act; the Medicines Act and The Misuse of Drugs Act. Guidelines could include the Nursing Midwifery Guidelines for the management of medicine administration - registered nurses have to abide by this set of guidelines and for paid carers‚ the General Social Care Council’s Code of Conduct will have something which could relate
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Chapters 2 and 3 Allison D. Foushee Anderson University Abstract This essay further explains the different social philosophies and some examples of what some individuals believe in regards to the health care reform and the changes that have taken place in society. This essay briefly explains the characteristics of each philosophy/theory. Also‚ some human service professionals such as Katherine have been able to experience some of what children and families experience in another country
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Employment responsibilities and rights in health‚ social care or children and young people’s settings Unit Purpose This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings in the health‚ social care or children and young peoples settings The unit covers Statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers Awareness of own occupational role and how it fits within the sector Agreed ways of working with employer Career pathways and progression
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Different types of abuse. Indicators of abuse. Factors that may lead to abuse. Physical: To cause physical pain and injury to another person‚ making them physically suffer from harm. Signs for physical abuse would be quite easy to spot as you can look for marks on people such as bruising‚ bite marks‚ burn marks or even fractures. Another indicator could be that the marks on their body are repetitive say for example they have bruising on their body and then a couple of weeks later they have more
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Banking Regulation Financial regulation relates to laws and rules that govern what financial institutions such as banks‚ brokers and investment companies can do. These may be set though legislation or be stipulated by the relevant regulatory agency‚ for instance the FSA in the UK . Regulation is needed to ensure consumer’s confidence in the financial sector . It does this by providing smaller retail clients with protection against potential losses and by protecting consumers against monopolistic
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Public Health? The definition of the term has changed over the centuries. For instance the 19th century definition is vague compared to the definition of the term in the 21st century. The 19th century version states that it is the science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life and promoting health through organized community effort. The 20th century definition is as follows: The substance of public health is organized efforts aimed at the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. The
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