UNIT 6: UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL CARE WORKER Unit 6: Unit code: QCF Level 2: Credit value: Understand the role of the social care worker A/602/3113 BTEC Specialist 1 Guided learning hours: 9 Unit aim This unit is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to working in social care settings. It provides the knowledge required to understand the nature of working relationships‚ working in ways that are agreed with the employer‚ and working in partnership with others. Unit
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Palliative Care and Hospice Care: The Principles and Goals They Set The principles of palliative care and hospice care have similar goals that may often come together in an effort of providing the best care for a patient. Palliative care is holistic care of an individual with a chronic life debilitating condition whereas hospice care is for those with a terminal condition who have been diagnosed with 6 months or less to live. Palliative care usually will begin prior to the hospice care and continues
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The Duty of Care Policy in Western Australia for Primary School’s INTRODUCTION: A Brief Outline The policy that will be examined is the Duty of Care policy . The purpose of this report is to analyse the Duty of Care policy of the Western Australian Department of Education.. This policy will be discussed in the context of the Local Primary school in Western Australia. Three scenarios will be illustrated in relation to the Duty
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What are the issues facing young people leaving care? How might these issues be successfully resolved? Children and young people enter the care system for numerous reasons‚ some of which include a parent’s inability to cope or because of problems in the family. Most of these children will return to their family after a brief stay‚ however‚ many will be expected to leave care and begin living independently between the age of 16 and 18 (Stein and Wade‚ 2000). Past research (for example Barnardo’s
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al .2009). Vowden‚K.‚Vowden‚P.and Posnett‚J.(2009). The resource cost of wound care in Bradford & Airdale PCT in the UK. Journal of wound Care 18(3):93-102. 2) Beldon (2010) highlights the lack of knowledge‚ individualised wound assessment and the construction and maintenance of effective management plans by nurses is seriously deficient. Beldon‚ P. (2010). Is wound management training in primary care good enough? British Journal of Community Nursing 15(9‚Suppl):S28. 3) A wound
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There are so many problems with our society’s health care. Everyone wants to find a solution‚ but no one has been able to come up with one yet. Many different things have been tried‚ but none have put a cease to the exorbitant costs‚ which most believe to be the main problem. Out of everything tried‚ the most recent and popular system is known as managed care. Managed care is the most common form of health insurance in the United States‚ and provides more a cost efficient coverage
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OBAMA CARE Obama Care and health care reform is the same thing. The official name for "Obama Care" is the Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act‚ a bill signed into law to reform the health care industry. Some aspects of Obama Care health care reform are already enacted. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law March 23‚ 2010. Over 100 million Americans have already benefited from the new health care law. The Obama Care insurance requires that all insurance
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The United States health care system can be somewhat complicated and often have some barriers or limitations to care. The continuum of care is one of the concepts that is applied to prevent the limitations within the system. Continuum of care is defined as: A range of services developed and organized to address the variety of needs individuals have as they age. This concept recognizes and considers the availability and extent of short-term and long-term care systems and services in
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PREVENTATIVE CARE Community health centers offer preventive care to patients to help stop health problems before they start. CHCs comprehensive care often includes providing “dental‚ vision and behavioral health services‚ community-centered services and care integration - including health education and case management” (NCSL). Nearly three-quarters of children who are treated at CHCs receive all recommended immunizations by their second birthday. As of 2010‚ immunizations‚ physicals‚ and other
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Day Care Beneficial Is day care beneficial for children under the age of five? Should one parent stay home with children for the first few years of life? Develop a thesis statement about some aspect of the day-care-versus-home issue and support it in your argumentative essay. Nationally‚ the employment rate of mothers with children under the age of five has increased throughout the world. If both a mother and a father are employed‚ who will care for their young children? Normally‚ some families
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