someone mentions social work‚ people believe that a social worker helps an individual or family get assistance such as SNAP. Although social work is a helping profession that is not what a social worker does. There are many different professions in the social work field and some of them include advocacy and community organization‚ helping families or family member who are recovering from substance abuse‚ child welfare‚ developmental disabilities‚ public welfare‚ etc. The social work profession also
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L.O 1 A.C 1.3 – Analyse how national and local guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people. National legislation and guidance influence the development of local policies and procedures that affect everyday work with children and young people. Policies must cover the protection of all children and young people under the age of 18 and the content of the policy must be reviewed annually. |
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Unit 9. Promote Good Practice in Handling Information in Health & Social Settings PWCS 38 – Understand How to Handle Information in a Social Care Setting Identify the legislation and codes of practice within your care of environment that relate to handling information. Legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in social care settings e.g. Data Protection Act 1998‚ Freedom of Information Act 2000‚ The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (and subsequent amendments in
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A social worker It is the sole responsibility of the IASSW to critically develop and regularly update the working codes of ethics‚ to be consistent and in line with IASSW statement. It is also the role of this national organization to inform the respective social workers these codes or guidelines. A social worker is bound to act in accordance with these set ethical codes and guidelines current in his or her country. These will generally include more detailed guidance in all aspects of ethical
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Social stratification is still very much present in today’s society. Research proves that social inequalities can cause problems in society which include increases in: homicide‚ infant death‚ obesity‚ teenage pregnancies‚ depression‚ anxiety‚ teen suicide‚ and an increase in incarceration rates (Clark‚ 2009). With this being said‚ I will discuss three areas that have been plaguing the United States since the beginning of time. Racism‚ gender inequalities‚ and class advantage are the biggest issues
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sickness you can get from phytoplankton in Florida‚ and describe how you can get them. What symptoms led to the diagnosis of our patients? One type of sickness is ciguatera fish poisoning‚ which a food poisoning by eating a fish which include tuna or other type Another type is neurotoxic shellfish poisoning which is cause by different types of algae and is obtain when algae may be located on some shellfishes‚ which you digest 2. Explain how an HAB outbreak can have a devastating economic impact An
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report below contains a variety of different information‚ all of which is surrounding the concepts of equality; diversity and rights with relevance to Health and Social Care. I first shall be explaining the concepts of equality‚ diversity and rights in relation to Health and Social Care (P1). The concepts raised in this report are vital as they raise issues of which are essential when working within Health and Social Care settings such as residential care homes‚ children’s facilities and medical services
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Understand how to handle information in social care settings It is essential that in a social care environment information is collected‚ used and stored correctly. Current legislation requires everyone working in social care to maintain certain records and keep them secure. Most of the information is sensitive and therefore not available to the general public. Information that is sensitive is called Confidential. Examples of confidential records are :- * Care & support Plans * Risk
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Many individuals will enter the profession of social work because they are simply interested in ‘helping people’. This pretext however is not as straightforward as it sounds. Some may be motivated by a mission of working against child problems such as child abuse hence choosing the direct path of social work which involves strategies such as counselling‚ case management or the dispensing of emergency assistance‚ whilst others may still hold ideals of ‘changing the world’ thus choosing a more indirect
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O ’Neill 1 Warren O ’Neill Professor Scheckner CRWT 102-02 8 February 2013 Fighting Oppression in Immokalee‚ Florida: Days of Revolt Days of Destruction Days of Revolt was written by two war veterans‚ Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco. In this book‚ they basically describe and make readers feel like they are actually touring the most impoverished‚ physically and socially devastated areas in the United States. They offer very detailed and disturbing descriptions of life on the Pine Ridge Reservation
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