Unit 5 Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in health and social care 1.1‚ 1.2 Physical Abuse Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation‚ pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm.. Physical abuse includes... * Hitting / slapping / kicking * Pushing * Pinching * Force feeding * Burning / scalding * Misuse of medication or restraint * Catheterisation for the convenience of staff * Refusing access to
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Effective communication is very important for all health and social care environments. Effective communication is defined as using verbal speech or non-verbal speech (e.g. sign language) to get another person to acknowledge and understand the point you are trying to get across. Talking slowly‚ clearly and in simple terms is an example of effective communication. (Yourdictionary‚ 2015) Communication involves passing information on and exchanging information with other people. There are different
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The serious failures to protect individuals from abuse were striking even more so knowing that 38 safeguarding alerts were raised about 20 patients from the unit from as early as 2006. There were many accounts of poor practices by the owners‚ Castlebeck. Their priorities were to make profits before taking responsibilities and good care for their patients at the hospital. The local authorities such as South Gloucestershire council can only acknowledge the findings. The patients were put at risk
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In this task‚ I am required to explain the factors that positively influence communication and relate them to a health and social care or early years setting. In order for me to gain the best marks possible‚ it is important for me to do some thorough research‚ which will enable me to put forward some strong points‚ in relation to positive communication. Environmental Factors Environmental factors are all about the way in which we differ from each other. Everyone receives information in their own
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Unit 8. P1. The Psychological Perspectives A perspective is basically a view that includes specific assumptions about human behaviour. Contemporary psychology covers six perspectives including Behaviourism‚ Social learning‚ cognitive‚ psychodynamic‚ humanistic and biological. There can be several different theories within an approach however they all share common assumptions. Behaviourism Behaviourism is a leaning theory that has scientific evidence to support it. Behaviour is observable which
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P5 – An explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of complementary therapies in maintaining health and well-being. Acupuncture Advantages Acupuncture is used for a large range of conditions and some individuals combine acupuncture with their treatment. Acupuncture has a range of advantages and is usually treated for common conditions such as: • headache and migraine • chronic pain‚ including neck and back pain • joint pain • dental pain • post-operative pain
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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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Define the term ‘Duty of Care’ The duty of care is a general legal duty on all individuals and organisations‚ to avoid carelessly causing injury to persons. It requires everything to be done to protect health and safety of others at the workplace. Health and social care organisations have what is called a duty of care towards the people they look after‚ this means that they must do everything they can to keep the people in their care safe from harm. It is not only the care establishment that needs
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Music and drama: in health and social care we have various individuals who have various needs in terms of providing services for them. However‚ service providers use music and drama in order for clients to be able to express themselves. The force of music‚ particularly singing help dementia clients to be able to communicate because they use it as a point expressing themselves. For example‚ in Stone End Day Centre where I did my placement‚ the staff used music and drama to be able to communicate with
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Unit 4- Development through the life stages. M1 Task. The Nature and Nurture debate The nature and nurture debate is a debate on whether aspects of your life such as; gender‚ sexuality‚ illness‚ intelligence‚ personality‚ etc. is determined by your genes you get from your parents (nature) or if it is influenced by the environment you are brought up in (nurture). For example‚ you place a monkey and a young child in the same environment would that have an effect on their personality. A biological
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