Legislation At my work experience placement‚ the supervisor asked me to check policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security to see how they link legislation and guidelines. The main points of the following pieces of legislation and how there have a positive effect on the service delivery within your work experience setting. COSHH stands for control of substances hazardous to health regulation. COSHH is for using chemicals or other hazardous substances at work can put people’s
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this unit. The learner will: 1. Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 2. Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care 3. Know how to respond to complaints Duty of care is the obligation to exercise a level of care towards an individual‚ as is reasonable in all the circumstances‚ to avoid injury to that individual or his property. The duty of care is therefore based on: the relationship of the different
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long term misunderstanding. Outcome 2 2.1 The ways to establish communication and language needs is by asking the individual yourself or by observing them. You can find out information by looking at their care plans or person centered plan. You can ask a care professional for example social workers‚ G.P’s advocates‚ family members and ask people who know them. 2.2 The factors to consider are the individual needs‚ preferences‚ beliefs values and culture. The environment is a big factor which
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It allows for us to understand the person we are communicating with clearly. In health and social care this is a very important factor. Before communicating with service users about their health or social care‚ it is essential that they have a full understanding‚ as a break down in understanding can cause a lot of distress and anxiety to the service user. It also allows for the career to think about
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Unit 3 – Supporting Children E1 – Five pieces of current legislation: Human Rights Act 1998 United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child 1989 Children Act 1989 Children Act 2004 Disability Discrimination Act 1995 E2 – Each piece of legislation has affected the protection and the rights of children and their families in settings‚ as different policies and procedures stem from all of them. “The Human Rights Act 1998 came in to force in October 2000 and had a big
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LEVEL 2 CERIFICATE IN PREPARING TO WORKING IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE ASSESSMENT 2 PERSON-CENTRED APPROACHES IN SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS QUESTION 1 DEFINE THE TERM ‘PERSON-CENTRED VALLUES’. The underlying purpose of “Person-centred values” is to ensure that the individual needing care is placed at the very centre of the decision making process about their life‚ the services and support they want and need. QUESTION 2 EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF USING PERSON-CENTRED VALUES WHEN WORKING
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Reanna Gallagher BMC121336065 Sara Dudley Unit 3: Health‚ Safety and Security ‘Carry out a risk assessment in a health and social care setting. Assess hazards and make recommendations to minimise risks.’ Hospital Activity Hazard Likelihood Severity Controls. How can these hazards be avoided Cooking/ food preparation Someone could cut themselves whilst cutting veg. 2 1 To avoid injuries all staff should be properly trained on how to use the equipment appropriately and how to deal with an injury
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When bullying is suspected or alleged it is important to follow your work place settings policies and procedures to ensure you correctly support the child/young person and their families. Children have the right to know they are protected by law and there is also support available for parents/carers whose child/young person is the victim of bullying. If I had a disclosure made to me regarding any form of bullying I would initially make it clear to the individual that I was there to support them
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NVQ Level 4 Unit 48 Project on Management Management styles are characteristic ways of making decisions and relating to subordinates. This idea was further developed by Robert Tannenbaum and Warren H. Schmidt (1958‚ 1973)‚ who argued that the style of leadership is dependent upon the prevailing circumstance; therefore leaders should exercise a range of management styles and should deploy them as appropriate. Management skills can be learned and developed. Management skills involve the importance
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relating to health and safety in a social care setting- 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 of exposure
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