Promoting diversity within a health and social setting and the effectiveness In this report I am going to outline The Mental Health Act alongside this‚ the procedures and codes of practise and how both of these aim to promote diversity and assessing the effectiveness of these measures in place. The Mental Health Act aims to safeguard the vulnerable‚ by ensuring they are treated fairly and equally by services and given permission to health care‚ for example hospital treatment if required. The
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would be a challenging care due to communication and language barriers. Throughout this care I was able to practice my basic nursing skills and learn the importance of nutrition and hydration‚ especially in elderly patients. E Prior to feeding Mrs. K‚ I was told by my colleague that she doesn’t eat much and it’s difficult to understand her needs. I initially felt nervous and uncomfortable to feed Mrs. K due to my previous observations of other staff members providing care for her. However‚ I carried
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Understanding Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work 1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law. Almost every aspect of employment is covered by one or more laws‚ including: the handling and storage of information‚ equal opportunities‚ grievance procedures‚ health and safety‚ holiday entitlements‚ maternity/paternity pay‚ minimum
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Social inequalities in contemporary society Learning Outcomes: 1) Explore the nature of contemporary society 2) Analyse how social inequalities influence the life chances and health of individuals To completely understand our changing society‚ we must look at the history of change we have gone through. To do this we must identify the changing factors
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Unit 4 Principles for implementing Duty of care in Health‚ Social care or Children’s and Young Persons settings. 1.1 Duty of care means that I provide care and support to individuals‚ within the law and also within the policies‚ procedures and agreed rules of my workplace It is about keeping Young peoples independence‚ to support and enable them to live within an environment free from prejudice and safe from abuse. All young people are entitled to their own opinions‚ choices and we should
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Unit 1 Promote Communication in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Communication is a central part of everyday life for most people and is particularly important when you work in a care setting. Communication means making contact with others and being understood. We all communicate continuously‚ through a two-way process of sending and receiving messages. These messages can be: verbal communication‚ using spoken or written words. Non-verbal communication‚ using
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IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Standards & Guidelines for Resolution & Learning 1 April 2009 SUMMARY Complaints in Health and Social Care: Standards and Guidelines for Resolution and Learning replaces the existing HPSS Complaints Procedure 1996 and provides a streamlined process that applies equally to all health and social care (HSC) organisations. As such it provides a simple‚ consistent approach for staff who handle complaints and for people raising complaints across all health and social
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Confidentiality Confidentiality is an important principle in health and social care because it functions to impose a boundary on the amount of personal information and data that can be disclosed without consent. Confidentiality arises where a person disclosing personal information reasonably expects his or her privacy to be protected‚ such as in a relationship of trust. The relationship between health and social care professionals and their patients/clients centres on trust‚ and trust is dependent
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policies and legislation relating to children and how these affect your practice. 1989 The Children Act States that the Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering‚ or is likely to suffer‚ significant harm’‚ section 47 The Welfare of the child is paramount regarding his/her upbringing. Parental rights duties and obligations are outlined. Provisions are made regarding fostering‚ adoption‚ child minding and day care. When making
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legally known as Swindon Primary Care Trust Note: This document is electronically controlled. The master copy is maintained by the Clinical Governance Department. If this document is printed it becomes uncontrolled. Bed safety rails policy and procedures Operational Issue 3 Approved 12/07/2011 Expiry 11/07/2013 Page 1 of 27 Document Control Purpose Owner Author Applies to Implementation date Date of review Expiry date Link to Care Quality Commission (CQC) Essential
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