1 Unit SHC 34: Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role SHC 34 1.1 Having a “duty of care” means it is my responsibility to provide care and support to individuals within the policies and procedures and agreed ways of working as set out by my employer and within the law. It is about avoiding injury and abuse from
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Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice Professional development must be viewed as a continuous process where knowledge‚ understanding and skills are being updated and improved to meet the ever-changing demands of the service and the service users. Legislation‚ research and enquiry findings‚ government policies‚ initiatives and guidance all impact on how care is delivered. As a manager we are responsible for ensuring we are up to date with all the changes that affect
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Module 2: Rights and Responsibilities of Service Users and Providers Topic 8: Legislation to protect all groups (Note: You can only use this once on the exam) Learning intentions: Investigating the legislation that protects all groups covered Breaking down the key features of the legislation Assessing the ways in which the legislation addresses their needs Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the legislation To consider how a range of care workers would use anti-discriminatory practise Success
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s Disease can be divided in two main groups infections and non-infections. Infectious diseases are diseases that can be spread or transmitted from one organism to another. Non – infectious diseases cannot‚ be spread from one person to another. Infectious Diseases Infectious diseases are generally caused by microbes known as pathogens. Pathogens invade the host and can cause changes in the body that stop parts‚ or all‚ of the body working correctly. Pathogens contain antigens that are made of
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Dementia awareness 1.1 The term ‘dementia’ is used to describe a number of symptoms including memory loss‚ problems communicating and reasoning. It also affects a person’s ability to perform every day activities such as washing‚ dressing‚ cooking and generally caring for themselves. 1.2 The key functions that are affect by dementia include: * Frontal lobe- This part of the brain is responsible for problem solving‚ making decisions‚ controlling behaviour and emotions * Temporal
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Table of contents Introduction Health and safety legislation at Upperchurch community childcare and detailed check list. Role and Responsibilities of childcare worker Indoor and outdoor safety at Upperchurch community childcare including signs and symptoms of an unwell child. Overall well being of child in Upperchurch community childcare menu’s for one day Critical evaluation of health and safety issues at Upperchurch community childcare. Conclusions Recommendations Bibliography
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The main points of health & safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer are to protect employees from or reduce the risks of harm‚ illness or injury in the work setting. They also ensure the work setting is a safe environment to work in and employees are properly trained to fulfil their job role and equipment is safe to use‚ properly maintained and employees are trained to use it. Policies and procedures such as medication‚ fire safety‚ COSHH‚ moving and handling‚ are all included in
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standard q Good time keeping and attendance q Knowledge of health and safety issues in the workplace q A practical and active individual who enjoys problem solving and logical thinking Work Experience Lotus Press ltd Poole‚ Dorset Apprentice- NVQ 3 Print Litho Graphic December 2008 – 7th September 2010 q Learning all machinery‚ and producing the finished product q Basic graphic design (creating the product and editing) q Dealing with statements‚ Maintaining accurate records of
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NVQ Assignment Unit 401 – Effective Communication in Business Task 1 The purpose of communication is to achieve common understanding or to create new or better awareness‚ effective communication demands that you convey your message successfully throughout the organisation. It is essential for the sender to understand the scope‚ and for the recipient who must understand the purpose‚ it is the responsibility of the communicator to ensure that the purpose is clearly identified. The purpose of communication
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Alison Sutton Task A Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/manager within your service. You need to update your staff hand book to reflect current employment law A1- identify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this. * Internet * Union reps * Policies and procedures Once you have identified a reliable source of information A2- list three aspects of employment covered by law * Minimum wage * Training * Holiday entitlements
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