should be for my height… I really don’t care.” However‚ her employer thinks that she should care. Ms. Raymond’s employer told her that if she didn’t lose weight‚ either on her own or through a wellness program‚ her premiums on her insurance plan would be increased by fifty dollars a month. However‚ is this practice legal? According to the same article on Observer.com‚ “Penalizing employees for pounds is perfectly legal. Under provisions in the Affordable Care Act‚ 2014‚ employers can charge employees
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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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Communication is a very important aspect of health and social care. There are four very important things that need to be taken into consideration to make sure communication with anyone is successful. The four key aspects are to prevent misunderstanding‚ meet individual needs‚ build a relationship‚ and developing self-esteem. Any misunderstanding can be prevented by clear speech‚ appropriate language‚ matching verbal and non-verbal communication‚ checking understanding and asking questions. A good
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Unit 1 assignment Understanding employment rights 1. The information that should be shown on your pay slip is: Your wages before deductions (gross wages) Either a total amount or an itemized breakdown of any fixed deductions. Any variable deductions broken down (tax) Your wages after deductions (net wages) National insurance amount Pay rate Additional payments (overtime) Tax codes National insurance number Employees name Employers name 2. If any of your personal information changes
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HSC 025: The role of the health and social care worker. 1.1 A personal relationship can come under three categories‚ family‚ sexual and friendships. A working relationship is different from a personal relationship. A family relationship is a relationship that you would have with parents‚ grandparents‚ siblings and children. Depending on the type of family they can be close or distant. Family is one where you get most of your influences from and as you grow up they play a large role in the
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Unit 15 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings 8 Understand how to promote environmental safety procedures in the social care setting 8.4 Explain the importance of having an emergency plan in place to deal with unforeseen incidents Having an emergency plan in place‚ helps people to deal with things in an emergency. It lays out what should be done and how things should be handled. The idea behind an emergency plan is to meet specific needs. In the event of a fire or gas leak‚ it lays
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Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings. Task Impending changes to supervision‚ and performance management . What is a supervision ? A supervision is a regular meetings with an independent person with training‚ skills‚ and knowledge to help you to reflect on your work practice with a goal towards improvement. Professional supervision happens outside of the workplace and is a confidential relationship. At
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Standard 6 Principles of safeguarding in health and social care Your N ame: Workplace: Start Date: Completion Date: Contents 1. Recognising signs of harm or abuse 2. Ways to reduce likelihood of abuse 3. Responding to suspected or disclosed ab use 4. National and local context of protection from harm and abuse 5. Questions CIS Assess ment Induction Work book – Six Page 2 of 21 Standard 6 Principles of safeguarding in health and social care 1. Recognising signs of harm or abuse
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PRESENTATION AIMED AT SOCIAL CARE WORKERS 163830011176000 Bi. Define direct and indirect discrimination. Direct discrimination is intended by an individual usually due to a person’s background culture‚ personality‚ race‚ disability‚ gender‚ religion‚ sexual orientation and age. Indirect discrimination is when there is an organisation that applies a provision or a practice which disadvantages people of a particular group defined by‚ race‚ disability‚ gender‚ religion‚ sexual orientation and
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caring for. It is a basic requirement of my job role to communicate with individuals and their families‚ other members of staff on a daily basis. Communicating with other staff members ensures effective team working and continuity of care. It also ensures any health and safety issues are recognised and reported. All carers attend hand over at the beginning of each shift and also complete communication books after attending an individual‚ thereby keeping other staff informed and aware of current situations
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