Discrimination is the treating of a person‚ group or family less favourably because of their protected characteristic or because people ‘think’ a person or group may have a protected characteristic. A protected characteristic is a particular quality a person or group possesses which is recognised by law as needing to be protected. There are many different types of discrimination which include: • Direct discrimination - this is treating someone less favourably to their face or in a way that the
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Childhood The childhood development of the individual followed the normal development patterns that are expected. In the childhood stage the individual development changed rapidly and their ability to be active and learn new skills improves on a daily basis. During childhood a child will grow steadier compared to an infant. A child’s body and organs size grows at a steady pace. By the age of 6 a child’s head will be 90% of a full adult size even though the rest of a child’s body has a lot more to
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Health and social care services should be readily available to everyone within the UK‚ although people with learning disabilities may find access to such services extremely difficult‚ even in today’s society. This assignment looks at the issues surrounding access to health care services and aims to address the differences between health education and health promotion. It also highlights the legislation around health and social care and the importance for nurses to understand the inequalities in provision
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For example a leaflet‚ letter or appointment cards. These are all ways which communication can be written. An example of this in health and social care is a receptionist sending a client a letter telling them their appointment has been changed or cancelled. And advantage of this type of communication is it can be done 24/7‚ it can be formal or informal and also it can be sent in different
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P1 – Explain the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care setting. Effective communication is a way to interact and give each other information without any misunderstanding or confusion. It’s a way of building relationships and trust between a professional and a service user. Health and social care professionals have to communicate professionally to make sure that the service users have a clear understanding of what is being said and to make
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Unit 11 Safeguarding. P1) Describe forms of abuse which may be experienced by adults. Physical Abuse - Is a form of abuse which may be violent towards another person who this person may be vulnerable and might not be able to protect themselves. Examples of this may be; cuts‚ bruises‚ and possible broken bones. The long term effects that physical abuse could have are mental illness‚ scared of people coming near them‚ loose self-esteem and confidence‚ and may become vulnerable. Sexual Abuse-
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Health and social care guide to communication Communication is an interactive two way process of giving and receiving a message‚ such as exchanging ideas or information it can be a mixture of verbal and non-verbal and formal and informal methods. Communication is important to master to become an effective health and social care professional because you need to be able to listen to people to understand their needs because if you don’t listen to them properly wrong information can be taken also
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Unit 5: Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings Unit code: M2c 1 Understand partnership working 1.1 Identify the features of effective partnership working The policy of person-centred care has become a mainstay of efforts to reform health care in the UK. Government policy is now built around this core concept‚ a major aspect of which is enabling individuals to participate in decision-making about their care at every level. By concentrating
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isolated her. Without anybody else to interact with other than her step father‚ Ann was in denial about her living situation & the level of care she was giving. Quite often people don ’t see how much their doing when theres nobody there to point it out. This evidentially meant Ann would receive no real support until she was at "breaking point". In the first stages of caring Ann was new to her role‚ so she didn ’t feel the emotional stress quite as much a someone who had been caring for a long time‚
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HEA 9083 LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE LEARNING OUTCOMES 1 Good leadership is vitally important in the current climate of health and social care. Leadership skills will be needed to drive forward an ever changing structure and service development as set out in numerous development plans and Government white papers (Department of Health‚ 2003‚ 2008‚ 2009‚ 2011. Leadership Academy‚ 2012). The style of leadership required to carry out such tasks is frequently debated and lamented‚ but it would
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