standards of care are set out by the Quality Care Commission to enable the safety and care of all people who receive care. Legislation must be followed at all times to ensure your service operates in a legal and safe manner. Failure to comply with legislation can result in an unsafe environment that has a negative effect on the well-being of service users‚ staff and other stakeholders‚ therefore there must be systems in place to ensure compliance. Important legislations that relate to the care sector are
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Work Placement Portfolio On Health And Safety. This is a summary of how my placement at field house‚ meets health and safety to make sure that the working environment if safe for staff and residents also visitors. Food Safety Act‚ This act ensures that nothing extra is included in food‚ or remove anything from food or treat food in any way this could damaged to the health of people eating. It should be served to the quality which consumers would expect their food to be‚ that all food is labelled
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Provide information about a range of factors which may affect children’s health and well-being at differing times in their lives Include evidence of the effects of these factors on children’s health There are many factors that affect children’s health these can be social‚ psychological and physical factors. Neglect is when a parent or carer of a child does not care or provide for a child adequately. When looking after children physical‚ emotional and educational well-being must be paramount
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Unit 2 Principles of Personal Development in Adult Social Care settings. Name of Candidate: Learning outcomes | Assessment criteria 1.1 | | Question: Identify standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out.National Minimum StandardsNational Occupational StandardsGood codes of practice and adhering to these codes of practice are a requirement.The policies of the organisation‚ How the structures work and the people who manage or supervise you. | 1. understand
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546 the role of the health and social care worker 1. Understand working relationship in health and social care. 1.1 Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship’ The difference between a working relationship and personal relationship is that a working relationship is where you are placed with other people and work as part of team where each individual is working following professional codes of conduct‚ towards the achievement of shared aims and objectives
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Kara Hooper – 08/11/14 Unit 503 1.1 – Explain models of practice that underpin equality‚ diversity and inclusion in own area of responsibility It is important to understand the positive values of equality and diversity in my role as all service users are vulnerable whether physically or mentally. Caring for others and engaging with them engaging in decisions in relation to their life‚ health and wellbeing exercises a certain amount of power over the vulnerable adult. This has the potential to be
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Business Plan Prepared: 24/08/2014 DIMENSION Business Plan 2014 Table of Contents Business Plan Summary ........................................................................... 3 The The The The Business ....................................................................................................... 3 Market .............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Future .............................................................. Error! Bookmark
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Unit 13 –Dementia Awareness 1) 1.1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a set of symptoms that affect the way people think and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This
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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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UNIT 4: DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LIFE STAGES P2 – Describe the potential influences of five life factors on the development of individuals. The development of individuals can be affected by a number of life factors which include genetic‚ biological‚ environmental‚ socio economic and lifestyle factors. All these life factors have a large variety of influences which will affect individuals and how they develop through the life stages. The first life factor is the genetics of an individual
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