Hazards in Health and Social Care and the harm that may arise from the hazards Anisa Khan Introduction For this assignment I am going to produce an information booklet for new employees. Within this information booklet I will be explaining potential hazards and the harm that these hazards may arise in health and social care settings. My chosen service user group is the elderly infirm. The working environment in which I will be identifying the hazards is a care home for
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Unit Title: Unit sector reference: Level: Credit value: Guided learning hours: Unit expiry date: Unit accreditation number: Understand health and safety in social care settings PWCS 27 2 4 40 31/08/2015 R/602/3179 Unit purpose and aim This unit is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to‚ working in a social care setting. It introduces knowledge and understanding of areas of health and safety required to work in a social care setting. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand
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The types of incidents and emergencies which are arising in section A‚ • Accidents in this section we can see that the accident has happened because a s they quoted ‘some this explains that one of the staff member was abusing one of the elderly person. • Fire is also accrued in section A in the accidents ‘The flooding has caused electrical and a fire has started the lower floor kitchen of the home and is a spreading quickly’ this shows that fire started in the resident’s floor. • Major disaster
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of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people settings. Task A Supervision Notes Ai) What is meant by ‘duty of care’. Health and social care organisations have what is called a duty of care towards the people they look after. That means that they must do everything they can to keep the people in their care safe from harm. It is not only the care establishment that needs to prioritise the safety‚ welfare and interests of the people using its services‚ but also the care workers
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(C1) It is important for childcare practitioners to consider the individual care and learning needs of every child within their care‚ which will allow them to plan a challenging and enabling environment which supports all areas of learning and development. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) states that: “Every child is a unique child” and will therefore not always learn in the same way or at the same time. A child with special educational needs should have an Individual Learning Plan (ILP)
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This assignment workbook will cover all the criteria for the technical certificate unit PWCS 31. Where criteria have been covered is outlined in the table below: |Assessment Criteria for PWCS 31 (tech cert) |Question it has been covered in | |PWCS 31 – 1.1 |Question 1 | |PWCS 31 – 1.2
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Health and safety in health and social care 1.1 ‘The legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings: The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) Food Safety Act 1990 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE) 1992 Manual Handling Operations Regulations
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1.1 & 1.2 - define the following types of abuse and the signs and symptoms associated with each. Physical abuse The term physical abuse is applied to the act of a person/s causing physical pain or injury to another person. The types of abuse that could be put into this category are: · Hitting · Slapping · Punching · Kicking · Pinching · Biting · Burning/Scalding The signs of physical abuse could include unexplainable marks to the skin including bruising‚ grazing‚ blisters from
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Ashleigh Goldie 401730 P2 – Explain different psychological approaches to health practice P3 - Explain different psychological approaches to social care practice In this assignment I am going to look at four different psychological approaches and how they can be linked to health and social care situations‚ two of the approaches will be linked to health care situations and the other two to social care situations. The first approach that I am going to link to a social care situation is the behaviourist
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CU254 1.1‚ 1.2. Bacteria Bacteria are single-cell organisms‚ they are living things that belong to a group of their own‚ and therefore they are not classed as animals or plants. They are usually only a few mm in length‚ can be spherical‚ rod or spiral shaped‚ contain a cell wall and normally exist together in millions. Bacteria can only reproduce asexually and does not contain a nucleus. Bacteria can be beneficial‚ but it can also be pathogenic (cause disease in humans). Examples of diseases
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