legislations relating to health and safety in a social care setting are - Health and Safety at work Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation 1981 include amendment on 2009 The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 Communicable diseases and infection control Working Time Regulations 1998 Care Standard Act 2000 Control
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Level 3 diploma for the children and young people’s workforce WE1 Task A Up to date knowledge of how laws affect day to work practices are an important attribute for staff working in children and young people’s settings. Produce an information sheet for use within your setting. The information sheet should: a) Outline current legislation within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people‚ including how • Inquiries and reviews where children have suffered harm or
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does the Act / policy / guidelines impact on your setting in your day to day work with children‚ young people and their families Which workplace policies and procedures does this link to? Children Act 1989 This act is to make sure that children’s welfare and developmental needs are met‚ including their needs to be protected from any sort of harm. It is also to make sure that children are looked after properly and are getting the correct care and protection that they need at all times. All children
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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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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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going to be explaining the potential effects of discriminatory practice on those who use the health and social care service. There are many outcomes of discrimination‚ these are marginalisation‚ disempowerment‚ low self-esteem and self identity- restricted opportunities‚ negative behaviours such as aggression or criminality. I will be defining each effect and relating it to a health and social care setting. Disempowerment Disempowerment is when people or a service user is discriminated against by
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administered by the government (Department of Health & Department of Children‚ Schools and Families). Anything that falls into the statutory sector means they have a legal duty to provide the services that they do (such as a school). Funding for services within the statutory sector comes from various forms of taxation (income tax‚ national insurance and council tax). Services are run by NHS Trusts and local authorities‚ they employ doctors‚ nurses‚ social workers‚ care workers‚ teachers etc. Independent
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A multi-professional team is needed for a holistic and comprehensive approach to health care to come into being. (Legg‚ Duncan & Mitchell‚ n.d.:59) In this essay I am going to outline comprehensive care and describe my profession specific role. I will discuss how my profession specific role fits into comprehensive care. Furthermore‚ I will describe my thoughts and feelings related to my profession specific role‚ as well as how these may impact my future behaviour as an Integrated Health Professional
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Model Assignment (Learner Extract) Issued September 2012 OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technicals in Health and Social Care Unit 1: developing effective communication in health & social care Please note: This OCR Cambridge model assignment may be used to provide evidence for the unit identified above. Alternatively‚ centres may ‘tailor’ or modify the assignment within permitted parameters (see Information for Teachers). It is the centre’s responsibility to ensure that any modifications
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Unit 50118195.CU1531- Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role. I work with clients with Autism and/or a learning disability‚ within a supported housing setting. My current job role is as a ‘care assistant’. I am responsible for providing support to the service user’s‚ which includes: personal care‚ assisting with meal preparation‚ assisting with medication‚ organising service
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