agreed ways of working Page 6 – 9 Section 3: Understanding your role in the wider care sector Page 9 – 12 Section 4: Career pathways in the care sector Page 12 – 15 Section 5: Issues of public concern in the care sector Page 16 – 17 Assessment Questions Page 18 – 29 The assessment questions will cover all the criteria for the ERR unit: Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health and social care of the Level 2 Award in ERR. Where criteria have been covered is outlined in the
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT La’Kesha Wright HCS/405 09/16/2012 Sherida Douglass Introduction The role of financial management in health services primary role is to secure the financing need to meet an organization operating objectives. The role of the financial manager is to plan for‚ acquire‚ and utilize capital to maximize the efficiency and value of the organization. Four Elements “The four elements of financial management are: planning‚ controlling‚ organizing and directing‚ and decision
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Health Care America has a highly developed health care system‚ which is available to all people. Although it can be very complex and frustrating at times‚ it has come a long way from the health care organizations of yesterday. Previously‚ most health care facilities were a place where the sick were housed and cared for until death. Physicians rarely practiced in hospitals and only those who were fortunate could afford proper care at home or in private clinics. Today the level of health care
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discuss the structure of organized public health in the United States. Public health activities are performed at many levels from local to national to global. The organizations and agencies devoted to public health at these different levels share many of the same functions including dis- ease surveillance‚ policy development‚ and provision of access to health care. Local health departments are the point of contact with the individual residents‚ and care and data collection occur primarily at that
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How Much Will Free Health Cost? If you were to ask any American if he or she would like to receive free health care for the rest of their life‚ I am pretty sure they’re answers would all be the same. With governors in more and more states‚ such as Massachusetts and California‚ recently throwing proposals to legislature and presidential candidates in the upcoming 2008 election pitching their ideas for a universal health system‚ why don’t we just give the people‚ what some believe‚ is their right
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The rising costs of college textbooks. In 2004 the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) along with the Oregon student public interest research group (OSPIRG)‚ jointly released a study called “Ripoff 101: How the current practices of the textbook industry drive up the cost of college textbooks.” A survey polling the most widely assigned textbooks at 10 public universities in California and Oregon‚ and interviews were done with 156 faculty members and 521 students on the cost
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In the journal article‚ Memo to Child Care Workers on Their Role in Group Homes‚ it is stated that‚ “a list of qualifications for a child care worker could resemble the qualifications of sainthood” (Ernest Hirschbach‚ 1976‚ p.686)‚ which creates a certain positive image in the mind of the reader when trying to understand the child and youth care professional role. These workers are found in various settings of work‚ all striving to help children and youth that are in need to improve with resilience
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Democrats are the leading voice when it comes to healthcare reform. They argue that it is necessary to help reduce the cost of healthcare in America. The United Sates spends more on healthcare than any other nation. Even with Medicare and Medicaid‚ there are still almost 50 million people without healthcare coverage. They see reform as a way to provide nearly 30 million new people with health insurance. They also refute the argument that healthcare is a free market issue. There is no other service that
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Interest Groups and Political Action Committees Interest groups influence the American government very heavily and have become motivation for public policy. An interest group is an organized group of individuals‚ who together‚ support and try to publicly persuade the government to adopt certain policies. All interest groups are different‚ varying in size‚ purpose‚ unity‚ influence‚ and resources. They can range from mass membership‚ to labor unions‚ to large corporations. Interest groups have been
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Health Insurance First off I would like to state my opinion that health care is a right‚ not a privilege. Most Americans have the same view as me and believe that everyone should have health care. One of the reasons Obama was elected was because of his view on health care. In the 2009 study it states that there were 18‚000 deaths from preventable illnesses that could have been treated by doctors if they had proper health care coverage. In perspective‚ that’s six times the number of people
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