General Social Care Council Goldings House 2 Hay’s Lane London SE1 2HB Codes Of Practice For Social Care Workers 020 7397 5100 www.gscc.org.uk © Copyright General Social Care Council 2010 Web and print-friendly version Introduction What are the codes? This document contains agreed codes of practice for social care workers and employers of social care workers describing the standards of conduct and practice within which they should work. This introduction‚ which is
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CU1532 promote equality and inclusion in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1Diversity: Diversity is where no two people are the same‚ we all have characteristics that make us unique: age‚ culture; disability (mental‚ learning‚ physical)‚ education‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ language(s) spoken‚ marital/partnered status‚ physical appearance‚ race‚ religious beliefs‚ sexual orientation. Equality: Equality mean no matter how different we are we have the right to be treated the
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References: Axia College. (2008). Communication Skills for Health Care Professionals. Retrieved March 18‚ 2010‚ from Axia College‚ Week Three‚ Chapter 4‚ HCA/230
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In his book The Fifth Discipline‚ Peter Senge emphasizes his model of a "learning organization‚" which he defines as "an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future." A learning organization excels at both adaptive learning and generative learning. Senge describes five disciplines that are necessary for a learning organization. "Learning organization" is a catchphrase covering the ideal of an organization built on vision‚ teamwork‚ openness‚ flexibility‚ ability
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1.3 understanding how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social care workplace 1.1 Review systems‚ policies and procedures for communicating information on health and safety in the health and social care workplace in accordance with legislative requirements 1.2 Assess the responsibilities in a specific health and social care workplace for the management of health and safety in relation to organisational structure. 1.3 Analyse health and safety priorities appropriate
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Bullet point 1: Health&well-being: Health and well-being can change over time and vary between different cultures and life stages. Health and well-being can be described as the absence of physical illness‚ disease and mental distress. This is a negative definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being can be described as the achievement and maintenance of physical fitness and mental stability. This is a positive definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being as a result
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References: Barbash‚ M.D‚ G.‚ & Giled‚ Ph. D.‚ S. A. (2010‚ August). New Techonolgy and Health Care Cost. Retrieved from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1006602 Stanford Hospital and Clinics. (2012). Robotic Assisted Surgery. Retrieved from http://stanfordhospital.org/clinicsmedServices/clinics/urology/robotic_surgery.html?utm_sourc
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Issue Paper: Disparities in Access to Healthcare According to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)‚ health disparities are defined as “population-specific differences in the presence of disease‚ health outcomes‚ or access to healthcare” (2013). In the United States‚ health disparities are a well-known problem among ethnic minorities such as African Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ Native Americans‚ and Latinos. Studies have shown that these groups have a higher prevalence of chronic
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| Delivering Bad News: Helping your patients retain dire details | Modern Medicine Oct 1‚ 2009 | | The purpose: This article focuses on providing healthcare professionals with suggestions that will help their patients remember important information immediately after receiving bad news. Although nurses usually don’t deliver the bad news‚ they are often in the room when it is given and are often the person that has to give the patient instructions immediately afterward. Research supports
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suffers from dementia. This would also affect their social life because no one would want to associate with someone who regularly forgets what is happening around them. If the individual is taken to a residential home it becomes easier for them because care workers would be helping the person to try and recollect their memories if they can. The self-esteem of an individual who is having difficulties in hearing‚ seeing‚ tasting‚ smelling and so on can be affected because they do not have all the senses
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