of Care in Health and Social Care in Children and Young People Settings Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role Duty of care is defined simply as a legal obligation to : Always act in the best interest of individuals in care and others Not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm Act within own competence and not take on anything not believe we can safely do As a care worker‚ we owe a duty of care to the
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DRAFT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY. 01 APRIL 2003. DRAFT DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. PREAMBLE OBJECTIVES MANDATES DOCUMENTS PRINCIPLES DISCUSSION (POLICY MATTERS) 6.1 6.2 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Responsibilities of employer Responsibilities of employees 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 1 1 2 2 2 HEALTH AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES/COMMITTEES FIRST AID‚ EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES WORK IN ELEVATED POSITIONS PROVISIONING OF PROTECTIVE
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Task 1 – Health & Safety Policy Booklet Health and safety at work act The Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) 1974 secures the health and safety of people at work. This Act imposes a responsibility to the employer to provide a safe and healthy working environment for all their employees. The employee has a duty to work according to the legislation and provide systems of work that are safe and without risk to health. Control of Substances Hazardous To Health Regulations 1988
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B-TEC Health and Social Care Level 3 Year One. Unit 1 – Developing Effective Communication in Health and Social Care Unit Booklet 2011-2012 Student Name:______________________________ Please Note: You must keep this booklet safe. It is a requirement that‚ at the end of the unit‚ you will submit this booklet as evidence of your learning. A second copy of this booklet will not be given so if you lose it you must reprint it at your own expense and
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UNIT 209: HANDLE INFORMAION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS OUTCOME 1: Understand the need for secure handling of information in health and social care settings 1.1.Identify the legislation that relates to the recording‚ storage and sharing of information in health and social care A medical record in paper or electronic format provides a written account of a patient’s medical history‚ containing information about diagnosis‚ treatment‚ chronological progress notes and discharge recommendations
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Sheet 3: Health‚ safety and hygiene For this assessor visit‚ you will need to carry out a snack or mealtime routine in your placement. You will need to talk to your placement supervisor about this. Do this at least a week ahead of your assessor visit. Purpose: This visit will focus on your understanding of the Health and Safety and Food Management policies and procedures in your placement. You should be able to give your assessor a tour of the placement pointing out the relevant aspects. You
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Sharps- In a hospital health and social care setting needles are frequently being used in lots of different places and lots of them are actually used. It’s important to have a place where these used needles can be stored which is why now after a needle has been used it’s put into a ‘sharps box’. If all the sharps are kept in the box then it reduced the possible harm to service providers and users such as if a person was to come into contact with a used needle they could hurt themselves because it
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Unit 2 – introduction to personal development in Health‚ Social care or Children’s and Young people’s settings. 1.1 Key Responsibilities: * To support individuals in their home and in the community. * To support service users to ensure that their physical‚ social‚ emotional and intellectual needs are met. * To support the personal development of each service user‚ ensuring that they are treated as an individual with their own unique support needs. * To ensure that the dignity and
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left blank Health and safety in the engineering workplace affects all personnel‚ no matter what their involvement. Ensuring a healthy and safe working environment is not only the province of management - who are responsible for supplying the personal protective equipment and warning notices shown in the photograph; but also that of every individual. All staff and all visitors must use appropriate personal protective equipment and ensure that they are conversant with the safety warning notices
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built a foundation to help us understand health disparities and health equity‚ as well as why health equity is important for everyone. Considering that the United States spend more per capita on healthcare than any other developed nation‚ yet continues to have subpar overall health scores throughout our populations (David Squires‚ Chloe Anderson‚ U.S. Healthcare from A Global Perspective)‚ describes a deep-seeded health inequality‚ which results in fewer health benefits throughout. It has been researched
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