standards of care are set out by the Quality Care Commission to enable the safety and care of all people who receive care. Legislation must be followed at all times to ensure your service operates in a legal and safe manner. Failure to comply with legislation can result in an unsafe environment that has a negative effect on the well-being of service users‚ staff and other stakeholders‚ therefore there must be systems in place to ensure compliance. Important legislations that relate to the care sector are
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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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CU2546 - The role of a Health and social care worker Performance Criteria 1.1 Difference between working and personal relationship The difference between a working relationship and a personal relationship is that:- A working relationship has boundaries‚ professional codes of conduct‚ employer policies and procedures‚ you should be friendly but have a different approach you should treat the customer with equality and you would know your role and responsibilities and you should not share personal
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In my opinion respect is a feeling of regards for a person; it can extend to place‚ or a religion. When it comes to respect it is a two way street in order to receive respect‚ one must also give respect‚ and therefore one cannot exist without the other. In my world respect is something that is given lightly you have to put in the work to earn it. One might thing that they holding a position of power that he or she deserve respect‚ but that is not the case one may show the proper courtesy to the
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safeguarding and protection in health and social care Level 2 Unit Ref A/601/8574 Unit Credit Value 3 1. Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical Sexual Emotional/psychological Financial Institutional Self neglect Neglect by other Physical abuse is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Sexual abuse is sexual activity that is deemed
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Unit 306 Promote and Implement health and safety in social care 306.1 – Understand own responsibilities‚ and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety What it represents: All workers have the right to work in places where risks to their health and safety are properly controlled. Health and Safety is about stopping you getting hurt at work or ill through work. It is the employer’s responsibility to manage Health and Safety but employees must help too. The company I work for
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P2: Describe the Origins of Public Health Policy in the UK from the 19th Century to the Present Day. 1837- The law started registering births‚ marriages and deaths and began to notice differences in areas. This was because of diseases going round and many people were dying. They wanted to figure out where about the illnesses were most common. 1848- The Liberal government brought the Public Health Act into law. 1849- Unfortunately‚ a massive amount of 10‚000 people died from the disease cholera
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safeguarding and protection in Health and Social Care. Know how to recognise signs of abuse. 1.1) Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse Sexual abuse Emotional/psychological abuse Financial abuse Institutional abuse Self-neglect Neglect by others 1.2) Identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse. 1.3) Describe factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse. Know how to respond to suspected or alleged abuse. 2.1) Explain the actions to
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For example a leaflet‚ letter or appointment cards. These are all ways which communication can be written. An example of this in health and social care is a receptionist sending a client a letter telling them their appointment has been changed or cancelled. And advantage of this type of communication is it can be done 24/7‚ it can be formal or informal and also it can be sent in different forms/ways to suit the person receiving the communication. Although
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to compare and contrast my own definitions of health and illness compared to the definitions I would provide for a group of low socio-economic people living with a disability. I was told to use the Gibbs Reflective Cycle (1998)‚ for this exercise. I decided to focus on Indigenous Australians living with a disability for an example of a low socio-economic class. Step 2 My first thought on this reflection task was that I the definition of health and illness that I would provide for myself compared
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