Unit 10 Legislation to protect children The Human Rights Act 1998 which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights came into force in England and Wales in 2000. It allows everyone the right to a fair trial‚ and to seek protection of their rights worldwide through the European Court of Humans rights in Strasbourg. Personal information and privacy are protected by the DATA Protection Act 1998. It frees people from slavery and degrading treatment or punishment. THE Children Act 1989 The
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What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974? The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 sets out the general day to day activities within the Workplace‚ that employers or employees may face when they are working. It outlines the possible hazards and risks within the workplace‚ and ways to minimise that risk or prevent the incident from recurring. This health and safety law has been reviewed in 1994 and again in 1999 and says that good management and common sense is what is needed to be able to
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Unit 208 Outcome 1 1) Identify legislations relating to general health and safety in a health and social care work setting. The legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings are: The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) Food Safety Act 1990 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 Personal
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these responses safety‚ security‚ seeking help‚ serious injuries and alerting for help and have them in this order because they are in order of top priority to help the casualty who has been hit by a car outside the residential care home. I chose to have safety as top priority response as it is really important that the casualty and your safety is the number one priority in dealing with the accident if it is on a dangerous and busy road for example. I then chose to have security as the next response
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Biomedical model of health: The biomedical model of medicine has been around since the mid-nineteenth century as the predominant model used by physicians in diagnosing diseases. According to the biomedical model‚ health constitutes the freedom from disease‚ pain‚ or defect‚ thus making the normal human condition "healthy". The model’s focus on the physical processes‚ such as the pathology‚ the biochemistry and the physiology of a disease‚ does not take into account the role of social factors or individual
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Developing Effective Communication in Health and Social Care settings Communication is very important in any health and social setting because doctors‚ nurses‚ carers and teachers need to communicate with patients and service users as professionally and as effective as possible. This helps to give the service user the highest quality of care. CONTEXTS TO COMMUNICATION One-to-one Communication When conversing with an individual one-to-one‚ it is important to be relaxed‚ polite and try to create
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1 Unit outline Communication in health and social care Care workers require effective communication skills in order to work with the diverse range of people they meet in health and social care settings. This unit will introduce you to: different forms of communication factors that affect communication in care settings ways of overcoming barriers to effective communication. You will have the opportunity to observe and discuss the communication skills of others and to practise and refine your
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Health and safety in social care – it’s not just a jobsworth! The mission : The prevention of death‚ injury and ill health to those at work and those affected by work activities. • Shocking failures – it’s why we need to obey the law We know it’s an extremely important aspect of care. We know there’s been a lot of debate about how to improve it. We know there have been high-profile cases where it’s failed miserably. But do we really understand what safeguarding means on a day-to-day basis for
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Legislation that relates to general health and social care setting are the Health and Safety Act‚ The Management of Health and Safety Work Regulations‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)‚ Manual Handling Operations Regulations‚ The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)‚ Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (PPE). The main points of the health and safety policies and procedures identify significant risks in relations to the work place and
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Health policy Chapter 7‚ pg.177-202 The chapter begins with describing Canada’s health-care system as a jumble of confusion that sometimes contains conflict elements and practice. For example doctors work on a fee-for service base and are similar to business persons however business owners differ as they are not paid directly by those whom they provide service nor can they can determine what they can charge. Doctors get the benefit from the provincial government as they are reimbursed for the
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