INTRODUCTION. Principles of support is an important element for a successful health and care setting‚ they are applied in health and social care to ensure that clients are cared for in the best possible way. This assay is going to define what principles are and how they are applied in health and social care sectors. It will also talk about protection of individuals from harm‚ person cantered approach‚ ethical dilemmas according to the scenarios given‚ implementation of policies‚ legislation‚ regulations
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208 part 1 1.1 Health and safety at work act 1974 - Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992(amended 2002)- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 - Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 - Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 - Food Safety Act 1990 Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 and Food Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations 1995 1.2 Health and Safety policies and procedures within the health and social care settings
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assessment is a plan put in place to reduce the risk of harm occurring‚ it aims to identify potential risks to the health‚ safety or security of a care practitioner. Risk assessments have to be held under the health and safety at work act and Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999. It is a lawful document and if not carried out care organisations can face prosecution. The HSE (health and safety executive) can request risk assessments at any time to make sure they are being done and are up to
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describe discriminatory practise in health and social care. In this part of my work I will be talking about the ways which discrimination is within a health and social care setting. I will be describing the following ways which will be culture‚ disability‚ age‚ race‚ cognitive ability‚ social class‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ health status‚ and also the family structure and status. I will try to describe each one and give an example of how it happens within a health and social care situation. Culture
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in provision‚ planning provision‚ informing policy or practice‚ extending knowledge and understanding‚ improving practice‚ aiding reflection‚ allowing progress to be monitored and finally examining topics of contemporary importance. Every single health professional who is involved when care planning use different research principles to identify the needs of each individual they are looking after. For example at my placement which is at a Nursery the staff need to make sure that every child has
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asked me to check policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security to see how they link legislation and guidelines. The main points of the following pieces of legislation and how there have a positive effect on the service delivery within your work experience setting. COSHH stands for control of substances hazardous to health regulation. COSHH is for using chemicals or other hazardous substances at work can put people’s health at risk so the law requires employers to control exposure
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Social care is conveyed by a wide range of associations and experts‚ and inside families and societies. Those that provide social care are the ones that work in the health and social care sector such as social workers‚ nurses‚ registered managers‚ supervisors and occupational therapist. Many people who provide social care aren’t paid. “Carers provide all sorts of practical support: help cooking meals‚ help with the washing‚ just keeping someone company; they also help with benefits and other financial
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CQC report (2012) outlined that in order to safeguard the health‚ safety and welfare of service users‚ there must at all times be sufficient staff levels for the purposes of carrying out regulated activities. Backing this up is research findings from Royal College of Nursing (2012) which summarized that staffing levels impact patient’s outcomes and experiences. Regulation 20 (1) (a) of The Residential Care Homes Regulations (2005) explains the registered person shall ensure that at all times suitably
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function of any part of a living thing. Health is the wellbeing of the organism. All our body functions‚ which are under the control of our genes‚ work together to maintain health. Difficulties in determining health and disease: Disease can cover a wide range of conditions including minor conditions‚ such as a cut finger or an ant bite‚ as well as the more obvious diseases like cancers. Health varies on a daily basis and is not just the absence of disease. Health varies with age and the susceptibility
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In this essay I will be analysing the communication and interpersonal interaction that took place in various sectors such one to one interaction‚ group interaction and how effective these skills and other elements in the health and social care setting such as the environment was being demonstrated. To demonstrate effective communicational skills one must use one to one interaction for example to communicate. This was done through acting skills such as hand gestures that can be used as a stimulus
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