Deborah Stephenson IC01 Outcome1. Care workers have to always be aware of and report changes in the health conditions of the individuals that they support. They also have a responsibility to assist with keeping work areas‚ and equipment clean‚ tidy and free from infection hazards. They are also encouraged to maintain good personal hygiene for themselves as well as their service users. I.e. helping service users bathe‚ use the toilet and change remove and dispose of any soiled clothing. Another
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families. Children and young people under the care and supervision of a local authority are referred to as ‘look after children’. Those are children that are following the imposition of a care order by the court‚ or by agreement with their parents. The local authority has responsibilities and duties towards a child who is being looked after. Children that are being look after either remains at home with their families‚ receiving support from social work services to address the issue or they are
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working in health and social care as they help them to: develop positive relationships with people using services and their families and friends‚ so they can understand and meet their needs develop positive relationships with work colleagues and other professionals share information with people using the services‚ by providing and receiving information report on the work they do with people. Oral/verbal method of communication Effective communication is essential in all care settings
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assessment is a plan put in place to reduce the risk of harm occurring‚ it aims to identify potential risks to the health‚ safety or security of a care practitioner. Risk assessments have to be held under the health and safety at work act and Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999. It is a lawful document and if not carried out care organisations can face prosecution. The HSE (health and safety executive) can request risk assessments at any time to make sure they are being done and are up to
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UNIT 4: DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LIFE STAGES P2 – Describe the potential influences of five life factors on the development of individuals. The development of individuals can be affected by a number of life factors which include genetic‚ biological‚ environmental‚ socio economic and lifestyle factors. All these life factors have a large variety of influences which will affect individuals and how they develop through the life stages. The first life factor is the genetics of an individual
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Unit 13 –Dementia Awareness 1) 1.1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a set of symptoms that affect the way people think and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This
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Unit 4222-222 Suport individuals to eat and drink. 222-1 Be able to support individuals to make choices about food and drink. 1.1 Establish with an individual the food and drink thay wish to consume. 1.2 Encourage the individual to select suitable options for food and drnk. 1.3 Describe ways to resolve any difficulties or dulemmas about the choice of food and drink. 1.4 Describe how and when to seek additional guidance about an individual‚s choice of food and drink. It is important
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CU1516 | Introduction to Personal Development in Health‚ Social Care | Task link to learning outcome 1‚ assessment 1.1‚ 1.2 1.3 Assessment Criteria | Answers | 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own role | My duties and responsibilities is to meet the needs of the clients following policy and procedures which includes: personal care‚ assisting with meal preparation and planning‚ support emotional and decision‚ is my duty to report to my manager any changes
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discriminatory practise in health and social care. In this part of my work I will be talking about the ways which discrimination is within a health and social care setting. I will be describing the following ways which will be culture‚ disability‚ age‚ race‚ cognitive ability‚ social class‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ health status‚ and also the family structure and status. I will try to describe each one and give an example of how it happens within a health and social care situation. Culture is something
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state‚ the employers and the workers play in establishing the contemporary occupational health and safety regime? health and safety movement In the 1960s workers in the United States sought state laws to compensate their disabilities due to poor working conditions that lead to Black lung disease. The workers were successful and this win was instrumental in passing the 1970s United States Occupational Health & Safety act‚ and subsequent policies in other countries including Canada. This paper will
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