Understand health and safety in social care settings Performance Criteria 1. Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings 1.1. Identify legistation relating to health and safety in social care setting Current legislation and subsequent amendments may include: · Health & Safety at Work Act The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. Under this Act
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prejudice which resonates in the town. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ prejudice is demonstrated through racism‚ social status‚ and sexism to show the negative effects of stereotyping. Prejudice is greatly expressed through racism in many instances throughout the book. In the town of Maycomb‚ there is an indirect sense of discrimination. While no one outrightly says it‚ everyone looks down upon black people and wants nothing to do with them. Scout and Jem‚ being young‚ innocent kids‚ do not understand
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Disability Discrimination Act: The disability discrimination act promotes equality for all people involved; it ensures that nobody whom has a disability can be treated unfairly because of their disability and the things they’re unable to do. The disability discrimination act applied to housing‚ training‚ transport‚ goods‚ facilities and service. They apply to these things because they ensure that nobody can be discriminated against or treated differently because of their disability in relation
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LEVEL 2 CERIFICATE IN PREPARING TO WORKING IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE ASSESSMENT 1 WORKING IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE QUESTION 1 EXPLAINE HOW A WORKING RELATIONSHIP IS DIFFERENT FROM A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP They both apply in different sphere; the first determination refers to work related aspects e.g. professional codes of conduct‚ employer policies and all relevant procedures according to which ’’we needs to perform our daily duties’’‚ as the second one applies to private life. In our ’working
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Effects of Social Media on Young Adults Looking at the average Millennial‚ one would see him toting all his smart devices and would wonder if Millennials are ever disconnected – from technology or from each other. The Millennial Generation‚ more than any other generation‚ feels the need to be constantly linked to each other. For young American adults aged 18-32‚ technology is their life; virtual reality has come to supersede physical reality. In what seems like every second of every day‚ teenagers
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Health&Social Care (adult) Advanced Diploma including Dementia Pathway Unit CU1572 Support Use of Medication in Social Care Settings 1.1. There are four acts that governs the use of medication in social care settings. a.) The Medicine act 1968 -governs the manufacture & supply of medicines. This requires that the local pharmacist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. He or she can only do this on the receipt of a prescription from an authorised person eg a doctor.
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P1: explain potential hazards and harms that may arise from each in a health or social care setting. Hazard number 1: Doors being left open. Doors are being left open is a big hazard because it opens a various amounts of hazards such as the children walking through the nursery alone without supervision. Having a doors open can also allow people to come into the nursery which jeopardizes the safeguarding of the nursery. The nursery overcomes this by having code locks on all entrances of the nursery
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Emotional abuse is when a child’s basic needs are not met and they are consistently exposed to emotional cruelty. This could be calling them names by the child’s parents or carer‚ being accused of causing an accident or an event that has happened. They are made to feel guilty about it even if it was not their fault. They are not shown affection on day-to-day bases but only when the parent feel they have earned it by doing what they want. Parents can also be overprotective of the child and stop them
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THE EFFECTS OF CHILD CARE 1 A variety of changes in the world have demanded an increase in the need for child care. Some of theses changes include migration‚ poverty‚ and urbanization. These economic and societal changes are forcing more and more woman into the workforce. Among these are young women and mothers. From the 1970’s to the 1990’s there was a major increase in the need for child care. In March of 1970‚ 26% of mothers with children under the age of 2 were working outside the home. By
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Unit 2 – introduction to personal development in Health‚ Social care or Children’s and Young people’s settings. 1.1 Key Responsibilities: * To support individuals in their home and in the community. * To support service users to ensure that their physical‚ social‚ emotional and intellectual needs are met. * To support the personal development of each service user‚ ensuring that they are treated as an individual with their own unique support needs. * To ensure that the dignity and
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