Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace Student Name: Lecturer: Group: Health and Safety This essay will show an understanding of how health and safety legislation is implemented in the workplace and its impact on customers and the work of practitioners. I will do this by; analysing health and safety priorities and risk assessments‚ discussing the encountering of dilemma’s in the workplace and by analysing the effects of non-compliance and a positive
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Edexcel GCSE 2009 Health and Social Care Unit 4: Health‚ Social Care and Early Years in Practice Practical support to help you deliver this Edexcel specification Scheme of work This scheme of work has been produced to help you implement this Edexcel specification. It is offered as an example of one possible model that you should feel free to adapt to meet your needs and is not intended to be in any way prescriptive. It is in editable word format to make adaptation
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often physical problems present that are not always so apparent‚ but can have a real impact on daily life. Functional -relates to the individual’s ability to carry out day to day tasks‚ ie dressing‚ washing‚ and cooking. It does not solely mean the physical ability but also can mean concentration‚ motivation for doing tasks. Cognitive- The cognitive effects of a brain injury affect the way a person thinks‚ learns and remembers. Different mental abilities are located in different parts of the brain
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Task 2 Legislation (P2) (M1) The Government produced the legislation ‘Manual Handling regulations 1992’; they produced this legislation to help protect staff and service user from harming themselves. In health and social care settings managers produce a policy to help prevent accidents and harm coming to their staff and the service users who come into the hospital. To help control the legislation certain lifting techniques of patients were banned due to future problems with back problems of staff
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UNIT 4222-306……………... Unit Outcome Assessment details 4222-306 Outcome 1 Point 1 Point 2 Point 3 Point 4 Outcome 2 Point 1 Point 2 / 5 Point 3 Point 4 Point 5 see point 2 Point 6 Outcome 3 Point 1 Point 2 Identify legislation relating to health and safety
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Unit 206 understand the role of the social worker Outcome 1understand working relationships in social care settings 1.1 explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship There are many different personal relationships that we have within our lives and we act differently to each of those it may be from a family relationship or a work friendship. It is the same with our working relationship with the individuals that we meet‚ some over step boundaries and turn into
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Unit 10 – Discussion I have analysed and calculated the results of my research questionnaire I will now discuss upon the effectiveness of my questionnaire and if in fact I have supported or contradicted my research hypothesis “Teenage girls aged 15-19 years old are unaware of the signs and symptoms and consequences of anorexia nervosa.” Explanation of findings In my second question‚ I asked the participants to define anorexia in the best way that they could. Reflecting on the question‚
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Information should only be shared to the necessary people e.g. other teachers‚ parents‚ social workers‚ health visitors head teacher or manger. Information shouldn’t be shared with your friends and family or other children or people it doesn’t concern or to any one out side the setting If confidential information needs to be kept then it must be on a password protected computer or locked away and only the appropriate people can accesses it also it must not be left on the desk for every one to
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Unit 3- supporting children E1- identify FIVE(5) pieces of legislation. There are many different legislations that influence working practices in a setting for children‚ all of which are to ensure that children and kept safe and well at all times. One legislation is Protection Of Children Act 1999‚ this act was put into place to ensure everybody working with children are suitable to do so‚ this can be done by ensuring staff and volunteers have completed a Criminal Records Bureau. (CRB) Another
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generally is responsible for the health and safety of staff in the work environment. AC2.1 – Outline current legislation and regulatory body standards which are relevant to the prevention and control of infection. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations The Food Safety Act The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) There are regulatory bodies such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
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