HOMELESSNESS DEFINITION Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are unable or unwilling to acquire and maintain regular‚ safe‚ and adequate housing‚ or lack "fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate night-time residence. The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country to country‚ or among different entities or institutions in the same country or region. The term homeless may also include people whose primary night-time residence is in
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Unit 4222-209 Handle information in health and social care setting (HSC 028) Outcome 1 Understand the need for secure handling of information in health and social care Identify the legislation that relates to the recording‚ storage and sharing of information in health and social care The Data Protection Act 1998 covers anything relating to a person‚ medical records‚ social service records‚ credit information‚ local authority information. There are eight enforceable principles: Personal
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increased risk of complications and the need for extra equipment and staff. http://news.aol.co.uk/bigstorynews/fat-pregnant-women-burden-on-nhs/article/20070307070509990004 (17/04/08). The study found out that obese pregnant mothers need more one to one care‚ which can have an impact on waiting tomes for the patients. This also means that the NHS will have to spend a lot of money for these services. I chose this topic because my younger sister she overweight. By comparing the information
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the role of the social care worker Written Questions 1. Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship. (1.1) • In working relationship there is a hierarchy or chain of command: i.e. you take instructions from a manager because you have agreed to do this and they are your professional superior and supervisor. They are responsible for ensuring you do your job as per your job description. This is not the case in a personal relationship. • In social care
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may effectively contribute to working with others and why this is important in health and social care This essay will describe the key policy drivers for collaborative working in health and social care and the importance of effective collaborative working. It will also relate to and discuss my personal experience of collaborative working. Also‚ it will outline the roles of different members within health and social care teams. Finally‚ how my own reflection on personal ability in collaborative working
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Adult Social Care (QCF) Unit 5: Awareness of the Role and Responsibilities of the Adult Social Care Worker Assignment title Role and Responsibilities In this example assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. Criteria reference To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the student is able to: Task no. Evidence 1.1 Identify main responsibilities of an adult social care worker
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Explain the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care setting. Skilled communication plays a huge role in health and social care such as psychotherapy‚ counselling‚ medical and health care. Effective communication and interaction play an important role in the work of all health and social care professionals. For example‚ care professionals need to be able to use a range of communication and interaction skills in order to work inclusively with people
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Careers With-in Health and Social Care There are many careers with-in the Health and Social Care Sector which require different levels of experience and qualifications. Below is a list of some of the careers and their explanations and levels of experience and qualifications you need before you can carry out these roles. The list I have provided is not exhaustive and there are also many other careers that you can do within the Health and Social care sector but I hope it gives evidence that I have
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There are many theories that tend to explain different aspects in human development. According to Encarta Encyclopedia‚ 2006‚ these are system of assumptions based on limited information or knowledge‚ devised to analyze‚ predict‚ or otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena. In line with the definition‚ theories remain as conjectures explaining certain occurrences‚ but never will it attain the grounds earned by laws and principles as universal truths. In Developmental
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CU254 Causes and Spread of Infection 1. Understand the causes of infection. 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria – a single cell micro-organism that gets its nutrition from its surroundings and can only be seen under a microscope. Viruses - are disease producing agents far smaller than bacteria. They are enclosed in a protein coating which makes them more difficult to destroy. Fungi – are included in the plant kingdom but are quite different
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