QCF Level 3 Health and Social Care Promote Equality and Inclusion in Health and Social Care Putting it as simple as possible‚ diversity means variety or difference. We see this in everyday lives‚ supermarkets have a diverse range of foods‚ and clothing stores have a diverse range of clothes. When using the word in relation to people it can be used to describe a wide range of things‚ ranging from their age‚ gender‚ physical attributes‚ skin colour‚ their needs‚ backgrounds‚ culture and beliefs
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ride a bike or lift an elderly person properly within a care home setting. A quality is something that an individual has; it is part of an individual’s personality. A quality comes naturally to each individual. An example of a quality would be having patience or being a kind and caring person. As health care professionals everyone needs various skills and qualities but it has been said that communication is the most import one for a health care professional. Abraham Maslow studied the needs of humans
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Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young peoples setting (SHC 32) 1.Understand what is required for competence in own work role 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role. In my current role as a senior care assistant it’s my duty to maintain standards of care within the organisation by following guidelines set out from the organisations that inspect and govern the home. As a senior/shift leader it is my duty to ensure that staff
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Unit 4- Development through the life stages. M1 Task. The Nature and Nurture debate The nature and nurture debate is a debate on whether aspects of your life such as; gender‚ sexuality‚ illness‚ intelligence‚ personality‚ etc. is determined by your genes you get from your parents (nature) or if it is influenced by the environment you are brought up in (nurture). For example‚ you place a monkey and a young child in the same environment would that have an effect on their personality. A biological
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The nature vs nurture debate has been around for many centuries which argues about the role for heredity and environment in human development. Theorists in the past have argued that all humans are born with instincts which we have in life although other theorists have argued that the way we have been brought up‚ environment‚ culture around us are influential in what defines our personality traits and characteristics an example of nature vs nurture debate is the gay gene. The nature side of the debate
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assessment is a plan put in place to reduce the risk of harm occurring‚ it aims to identify potential risks to the health‚ safety or security of a care practitioner. Risk assessments have to be held under the health and safety at work act and Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999. It is a lawful document and if not carried out care organisations can face prosecution. The HSE (health and safety executive) can request risk assessments at any time to make sure they are being done and are up to
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PYSCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ELINOR THOMAS This is an information booklet explaining the main psychological perspectives‚ the approaches to these perspectives and I will finally evaluate and compare two approaches. Within Health and Social‚ there are fie different main Psychological Perspectives: Behavioural: This perspective is a basic theory that our behaviour‚ personality‚ habits and some of our characteristics are shaped or learned form our surrounding environment. This perspective focuses
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Unit: 504: Develop health and safety and risk management policies procedures and practices in health and social care (M1) 1.1 - Explain the legislative framework for health‚ safety and risk management in the work setting. The Health and safety at Work etc. Act 1974 is the major piece of the health and safety legislation in Great Britain. It provides the legal framework to promote‚ stimulate and encourage high standards. The Act‚ when first introduced‚ provided an integrated system dealing with
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1.1+1.2 It is important to maintain good personal hygiene so not to cause any infections as may lead to health problems e.g. if to don’t brush your teeth it may cause in infection in your mouth and this could lead to eating problems and possible malnutrition. It can also have an effect on a person’s confidence and also social life this may lead to social isolation due to people not wanting to associate with them. If you don’t have good hygiene this may cause cross contamination leading to other
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Unit 229 Undertake agreed pressure area care Describe the anatomy and physiology of the skin Pressure sores or decubitus ulcers are the result of a constant deficiency of blood to the tissues over a bony area such as a heel which may have been in contact with a bed or a splint over an extended period of time. The surface of the skin can ulcerate which may become infected – eventually subcutaneous and deeper tissues are damaged besides the heel‚ other areas commonly involved are the skin
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