It is extremely important that anyone who works with children and young people fully understands and complies with safeguarding procedures. Although this is generally taken for granted as being vital to the job‚ there does occur situations where professionals‚ for whatever reason‚ fail to follow procedures or‚ in some cases‚ actually inflict harm or abuse on a child or young person. This might involve allegations that the professional has: • Behaved in a way that has harmed‚ or may have harmed‚ a
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“Why Mental Illness Should Be Better Taught In Schools” How well is mental illness taught in school? Not well enough considering how many teens suffer from mental illness. According to a teen mental health website‚ ¨The statistics are staggering‚ 1 in 5 young people suffer from a mental illness‚ that’s 20 percent of our population but yet only about 4 percent of the total health care budget is spent on our mental health” (TeenMentalHealth.org). No money or time is being spent on the importance of
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My first responsibility is towards the children in my care. If I have any concerns‚ I will report them following the Birmingham child protection procedure. The Children Act 1989 and the EYFS state that the registered person must comply with local child protection procedures. I will support all children by: Providing a caring‚ safe and positive environment. Encourage self-esteem and self-assertiveness. Reporting any
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Most of the common accidents at work can be prevented provided both employees and employers consider it as their duty to prevent accidents at their work place. Employers are required to perform risk assessment for probable accidents that could happen and adapt necessary methods to prevent accidents in the health and safety procedures practiced by them. Employees must strictly follow the health and safety measures adapted by their employers and help to avoid accidents at work. Slips‚ trips and falls
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terms “chemical accident” or “chemical incident” refer to an event resulting in the release of a substance or substances hazardous to human health and/or the environment in the short or long term. Such events include fires‚ explosions‚ leakages or releases of toxic or hazardous materials that can cause people illness‚ injury‚ disability or death. While chemical accidents may occur whenever toxic materials are stored‚ transported or used‚ the most severe accidents are industrial accidents‚ involving major
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Toyota Products Liability Lawsuits Regarding Sudden Acceleration An automobile accident involving a Lexus (subsidiary of Toyota) vehicle resulted in the deaths of four people in California on August 28‚ 2009. Mark Saylor took his car into the Bob Baker Lexus dealer in El Cajon‚ CA to have it serviced and they provided him a loaner 2009 Lexus. While Saylor was driving the Lexus loaner it suddenly accelerated and he couldn’t control the car. One of the three other occupants in the car called
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Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Imagine waking up tomorrow feeling dizzy‚ nauseous‚ and your ears just will not stop popping. What is wrong? After about two weeks of experiencing this all the time‚ you go to doctor after doctor trying to find out what in the world is wrong with you. Soon‚ you find your self at an otolaryngologist‚ a doctor that specializes in the inner ear. He finally diagnoses you with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL). When I was ten years old‚ after going to
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Explain the procedures for carrying out a risk assessment in a selected workplace situation. Design a blank template to record risk assessment information (P4). Procedures for carrying out a risk assessment at STC: 1) Identifying potential hazards: Identifying the hazards involves searching for potential objects and situations that could cause harm to employees and students of South Thames College. Students‚ employees and visitors can also provide valuable information on hazards that were
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Uncertainty in illness is present for both acute and chronic illnesses and can be described as a cognitive stressor‚ a sense of loss of control‚ and a perceptual state of doubt which is dynamic in nature. Illness uncertainty can be associated with poor adjustment‚ but often needs to be evaluated as a threat to have its deleterious effect. For example‚ illness uncertainty in pain populations is related to increased sensitivity to pain and reduction in tolerance of painful stimuli. Illness uncertainty
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Traffic Accidents The world of today has a lot of accidents for many reasons‚ such as car accidents‚ fire accidents‚ or water accidents. Accidents are very common in big cities as there are many modes of transport and road are narrow and overcrowded. We hear of them and read about them in newspapers almost daily. There are few causes of traffic accidents. In Malaysia‚ one of the surest means of putting into practice the "Rakyat Diutamakan" (People First) policy of our prime minister is through
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