Standard 8 - Understanding health and safety in adult social care settings Standard purpose and aims This standard is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to‚ working in a social care setting. It introduces knowledge and understanding of areas of health and safety required to work in a social care setting. Main area Roles and responsibilities relating to health and safety in the work setting/situation Outcome: 1.1 Be aware of key legislation relating to health and safety in your work setting/situation
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Discussion Question #1: Choose any current social problem that interests you and explain it from each of the sociological perspectives as explained in the two part presentation and the assigned article. The current social problem that interests me is healthcare in the United States. I see physicians and healthcare institutions raking in large sums of money for the care that they give patients‚ whether the care is good or bad. This cost of this care is out of reach for us‚ unless we are lucky
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Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care By Andrew Ryan Hanley Types of Abuse Physical: Physical abuse is deliberate physical force that may result in bodily injury‚ pain‚ or impairment. Both old and young people can be physically abused. Physical abuse includes the smashing of furniture and personal belongings‚ being pushed or shoved‚ being held against your will‚slapped‚ bitten‚ kicked‚ pinched‚ punched‚ choked or ducked under water‚ threatened or hurt with
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Management and leadership are equally important in the successful delivery of health and social care services‚ in some aspects the roles are very similar‚ however they do require different skill sets‚ outlooks and behaviours. Management is a process of managing the activities of the organisation. Leadership is influencing and encouraging a team toward a shared goal. Managers require some leadership skills in order to encourage service delivery to have the intended outcome and leaders need the
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Unit 15 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings 8 Understand how to promote environmental safety procedures in the social care setting 8.4 Explain the importance of having an emergency plan in place to deal with unforeseen incidents Having an emergency plan in place‚ helps people to deal with things in an emergency. It lays out what should be done and how things should be handled. The idea behind an emergency plan is to meet specific needs. In the event of a fire or gas leak‚ it lays
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Candidate assessment record Page No: Use this form to record details of evidence (tick as appropriate):- Observed by assessor Candidate statement Skills test Witness testimony Question (oral/written) Assignments Professional discussion Product Projects RPL Simulation Case studies Assessor: Location: Candidate: Reg No: Witness: |Date evidence gathered:
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Writing Styles In Health And Social Care There are three different styles of writing in health and social care; journalistic‚ Scientific and reflective. Each is different in terms of style‚ presentation‚ format‚ language and structure. Journalistic writing is in the style of formal writing and is descriptive as it is describing what has happened so the audience can understand fully. It is often in the format of paragraphs of the relevant sections and includes headlines and subheadings which could
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BTEC HEALTH AND SOCIAL LEVEL 3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ABUSE BTEC HEALTH AND SOCIAL LEVEL 3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ABUSE Physical Abuse * Hitting * Slapping * Pushing * Kicking * Misuse of medication Signs and symptoms: The person can be very inactive there will be a noticeable change on the person’s appearance. For example bruising in unusual places such as thighs or under the arms. Secret falls or major injuries that they won’t tell you about. Bruises or
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5th edition London‚ Saunders Elsevier Department of Health (2004) Appendix 2: Core Dimension 2 Personal and People Development NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework. http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4107980.pdf [20/01/2011] Freshwater D (2003) Counselling Skills for Nurses‚ Midwives and Health Visitors. Philadelphia‚ Open University Press Hargie O‚ Dickson D and Tourish D (2004) Communication
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misused to control a person resulting in harm‚ neglect or risk of harm. Where an individual are imperiled to abuse‚ behavioural/psychological changes may manifest as; • Anxiety‚ stress‚ confusion or general resignation from normal daily activities • Social withdrawal and isolation • Uncharacteristic manipulative‚ uncooperative and aggressive behaviour • Fearfulness and signs of loss of self-esteem • Loss of appetite or overeating at inappropriate times • Inability of the vulnerable person to sleep or
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