Understand potential hazards in Health and Social Care Assignment Introduction In this unit I will explain six potential hazards in a Health and Social Care setting. These hazards in the Health and Social Care setting can all affect the people working in that environment; there are a lot of hazards which can be found in every surface of the setting. In a residential or day care setting‚ much is done to ensure that service users‚ and therefore staff as well‚ are protected from harm. The group of users
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Sade-Destini Francis BTEC Health and social care Level 3 Unit 21: Nutrition for health and social care P1: Explain concepts associated with nutritional health Nutrition is the selection of foods and preparation of foods‚ and their ingestion to be assimilated by the body. By practicing a healthy diet‚ many of the known health issues can be avoided. The diet of an organism is what it eats‚ which is largely determined by the perceived palatability of foods. Food: Food makes your body work‚ grow
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Task 1- P1‚ P2 and M3 Public health is looking at the health of a community and population. It looks at factors affecting the health of community such as: diets‚ age‚ sex‚ working conditions and social class. The World Health Organisation (WHO) monitors the health of the world and promotes the importance of preventing communicable and non-communicable diseases in order to give people healthier lives. There are strategies set in place to help improve public health. The main for that I will be talking
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Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care‚ Unit 5. There are many forms of abuse but are usually classified under five main headings‚ physical‚ sexual‚ psychological‚ financial and institutional. Signs of possible abuse can come in physical forms‚ such as bruises‚ cuts‚ burn marks‚ etc; emotional signs like flinching‚ crying and any other changes in the normal behaviour of the client. Although these are signs of abuse it is in no way conclusive evidence of such. Warning
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Unit 204 - Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Outcome 1: Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1 Define the following types of abuse. Physical abuse:- Physical abuse is defined as any physical force or violence that results in bodily injury‚ pain‚ or impairment. It includes assault‚ battery‚ and inappropriate restraint. Sexual abuse:- Sexual abuse refers to any action that pressures or coerces someone to do something sexually they don’t want to do. . It can also
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Unit 39- Support Use of Medication in Social care Settings A)1.1 The Medicine act 1968 Governs the manufacture & supply of medicines. This requires that the local pharmacist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. He or she can only do this on the receipt of a prescription from an authorised person eg a doctor. According to the law (The Medicines Act 1968) medicines can be given by a third party‚ e.g. a suitably-trained care worker‚ to the person that they were intended
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Unit 1 Developing effective communication in health and social care Task 1 Introduction In this report I will examine and explain effective communication by looking at the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care context‚ theories of communication‚ methods of communication (verbal‚ non-verbal and written communication)‚ communication
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Caring for children and young people unit 10- m2 Roles and responsibilities of two members of the children’s workforce in relation to looked after children and young people Foster carer The roles and responsibilities of a foster carer are to provide care for a foster child‚ to promote positive health care‚ to promote a positive view of the Childs family background‚ to promote a foster Childs own race‚ culture and religion‚ to promote education‚ to let Children & Young People’s Service
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Unit 80 Outcome 1 1.1 Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings. 1. Identify legislation that governs the use of medication in social care settings. The Medicines Act 1968 The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (and later amendments) The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 (and later amendments) The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)‚ COSHH The Mental Capacity Act (2005) The Access to health records Act (1990)‚ The Data Protection Act (1998) plus
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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 5 - INTRODUCTION TO DUTY OF CARE IN HEALTH‚ SOCIAL CARE OR CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SETTINGS ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment‚ you will demonstrate your understanding of what is meant by the term ‘duty of care’. You will consider the types of dilemma that you may arise in adult social care work‚ and find out where to get advice and support to handle these. You will look at how to respond to complaints‚ making sure you know and follow agreed procedures
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