ASSIGNMENT 204 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children ’s and young people ’s settings Task A Dear friend I have heard that you would like to work as a care worker and need to know more about “duty of care”. I wish to help and want to try clarify the term to you as much as I can. “Duty of care” is a phrase used to describe the obligation in your role as a care worker. You owe duty of care to your patients/service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and
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The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c 7) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the National Health Service in England to date.[1] It proposes to abolish NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs). Thereafter‚ £60 to £80 billion of "commissioning"‚ or health care funds‚ will be transferred from the abolished PCTs to several hundred "clinical commissioning groups"‚ partly run by the general practitioners
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ref:-Y/501/0598 Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects 1- Understand legislation‚ policies and procedures relevant to administration of medication. Legislation: Health and Social Care Act; the Medicines Act and The Misuse of Drugs Act. Guidelines could include the Nursing Midwifery Guidelines for the management of medicine administration - registered nurses have to abide by this set of guidelines and for paid carers‚ the General Social Care Council’s Code of Conduct will have
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5th edition London‚ Saunders Elsevier Department of Health (2004) Appendix 2: Core Dimension 2 Personal and People Development NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework. http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4107980.pdf [20/01/2011] Freshwater D (2003) Counselling Skills for Nurses‚ Midwives and Health Visitors. Philadelphia‚ Open University Press Hargie O‚ Dickson D and Tourish D (2004) Communication
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Learning outcome 1.4 – Explain ethical dilemmas and conflicts that can arise when providing care‚ support and protection to users of HSC. Alternatively explain what you would do if you are in any of the following situations‚ and show your understanding of what a dilemma is. You need to use this case scenarios in order to answer LO 1.4. 1. A pregnant woman is killed from injuries sustained in a car wreck‚ but the foetus may still be able to sustain life by keeping the mother on life support
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Contents Page 2 – Introduction Care Practice and Provision Page 3 - Overview and AO1 Page 5 – AO2 Page 6 – AO3 Page 8 – AO4 Page 9 – Case Studies Anatomy and Physiology in Practice Page 12 – Overview Page 13 – Revision Schedule Child Development Page 16 – Overview and AO1 Page 17 – AO2 Page 19 – AO3 Page 20 – AO4 Page 23 – Case study General Page 32 – References Page 33 – Coursework Mark Schemes Page 41 - Glossary Page 45 – Keeping track – record your marks here! Page 46 -
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Group communication assessment Our group communication scenario was based in a youth centre. I was a new youth worker and had to encourage members of the group to join in a game and make them enthusiastic about playing. How effective my communication skills were based on the group environment‚ my voice‚ my body language and effective listening skills. I managed to do all of these effectively and appropriately. Setting a good environment for the group was the task which I found easiest. I began
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Assignment 1: • INTRODUCING WRITING FOR COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL ACTION In my first Semester of Master of Arts in Community Development in the subject Unit of COD545 Community Development Theory and Practice I need to work on Assignment on Volunteer service provider at Community development organization. I am trying to contact and build relationships with‚ NGOs and convincing to them for volunteer service which I can provide to them during their community outreach project implemented for the development
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Contribute to health and safety in health and social care Level: 2 Credit value: 4 UAN: R/601/8922 Unit aim This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to carry out their work safely. 1Understand own responsibilities‚ and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety in the work setting 1.1 identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting Health and
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study‚ individuals/ citizens and social care practitioners can use from the sociologists theories and from being in society as they know it. It will explain the reasons why as human beings living within the social world‚ act differently in different circumstances and why not everyone holds the same beliefs and values. Defining Sociology According to Giddens “Sociology is the study of the human social life‚ groups and society‚ its subject matter
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