How policies and procedures promote health‚ safety and security in a health and social care setting Employer’s role in a care setting The employer’s position is to supervise the health‚ security and safety of all the staff‚ visitors‚ volunteers to the grounds of the building and also its service users. Employers may assign accountability for health and safety to the employees‚ health and safety agents‚ administrators and the service users as well. But‚ it is still the employer’s job to have
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Effective Financial Policies and Procedures A medical financial policy outlines the goals set by the medical facilities to provide quality care. In having a financial policy‚ the facility is informing their patients of the financial obligation that the patient has to the facility. Some facility objective is to provide services that are cost-effective which is essential since society is affected negatively from the economy (Valerius‚ 2008). In the event that a patient is uninsured‚ the patient
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1) Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. There are several key pieces of legislation that impact on how schools manage the health and safety of both their employees‚ and others who come into contact with the school e.g pupils‚ support workers and parents. These pieces of legislation are: The Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 This act places the responsibility of ensuring the health and safety and welfare of employees
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DEFINITION OF CHILD ABUSE An abused child is any child‚ up to the age of 18‚ who has suffered from‚ or is believed likely to be at risk of‚ physical injury‚ neglect‚ emotional abuse‚ sexual abuse or verbal abuse. (Source: www.yesican.org) It is recognised that that it is abuse when someone inflicts harm or fails to prevent it. Children may be abused in a family or in an institutional or community setting‚ by those known to them or by a stranger‚ for example‚ via the internet. Child abuse can have major
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implement policies and procedures to support the safeguarding of children and young people. 1. Understand the impact of current legislation that underpins the safeguarding of children and young people. 2.1 (CCLD Unit 2 – Support policies and practice to safeguard children and ensure their inclusion and well being). 2.2 (CCLD Unit 2 – Support policies and practice to safeguard children and ensure their inclusion and well being). 2.3 (CCLD Unit 2 – Support policies and practice
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which the media challenged policy makers and practitioners to identify and respond to abuse and violence. Critique some of the ways in which Irish society responded to institutional abuse and give some practice or policy examples that can help prevent child abuse. Violence can be described in various forms‚ but certainly one the most serious forms of violence are that towards children. Different kinds of abuse exist including sexual‚ physical and emotional abuse‚ which create a difficult
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1.3 Describe factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse There are certain factors that have the potential to make individuals more vulnerable to abuse. These include: Not enough trained staff Staff being under stress/personal issues Mental awareness of individual i.e. dementia Greed of the carer If the carer was abused themselves; may make it more likely for them to become an abuser Communication difficulties Individuals that do not have good support networks i.e
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Introduction to Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Car or Children and Young Peoples Settings UNIT 5 1.1 Being a support worker means I have a responsibility of duty of care‚ which I am to adhere to at all times. This responsibility is a legal obligation as part of my job role. If these standards of care are not met I can put the service user/s in jeopardy of harm. The duty of care should be my self acting in the best interest of the individual at all times which should not be detrimental to the
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SHC 34.2 Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals Having a duty of care should guarantee the safeguarding of children in my care. Risk Assessments – carrying out and reviewing risk assessments for all of the activities we do and places we visit ensures that thought and concern is given to how we do things every day‚ this way I ensure risks concerning equipment‚ venues and activities are minimised and therefore reducing the risk of injury or harm
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Implementing policy and procedures Instructions: Complete the following. 1. Gather feedback on your policy/procedures document. (2.8‚ 3.7‚ 5.7) a. Write down the feedback and the suggestions made. (minimum of 2) Not specific enough with the retiring of equipment Borrowing procedures was unclear b. How will you respond to each of these suggestions? Broke it down and decided one point into two to explain ropes and alloy materials as separate items. Reviewed borrowing procedures and simplified 2.
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