Social policy in the health and social care sector The aim of this unit is to enable learners to investigate the origins of social policies and their impact on health and social care services. Social policy relates to guidelines for the changing‚ maintenance or creation of living conditions that are conducive to human welfare. Thus social policy is that part of public policy that has to do with social issues. Social policy aims to improve human welfare and to meet human needs for education‚ health
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Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 - This means the employers have the responsibility for everyone on their premises; this can be the employees‚ workers from other organisations‚ visitors and service users. The employers must carry out risk assessments before opening. Their health and safety policy must be reviewed frequently. They must record all accidents or incidents. They must be responsible for safety equipment‚ information and training. They must have insurance‚ the liability insurance is compulsory
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Learning Outcomes: Demonstrates sensitivity in interactions with and provisions of information and support to individual patients/clients. Identify opportunities for health promotion and make best use of these either directly or through referral to other professionals or agencies. Contribute to the implementation of a programme of health care and health promotion that has been designed by a registered practitioner. Recently in the care home I reside in‚ an elderly patient became concerned
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EVIDENCE NO: DATE: 21st November 2013 IDENTIFY EVIDENCE TYPE DIRECT OBSERVATION REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT x QUESTIONS EXPERT WITNESS PRODUCT WITNESS TESTIMONY CANDIDATE NAME: Sharyn Morgan Evidence: It is important that children‚ young people‚ families and communities are free from victimisation‚ exploitation and abuse because it is written in the UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) which the UK signed in 1991. This states in Article
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Causes and spread of infection. Bacteria. These organisms are made up of just one cell. They have the power to divide so can multiply on their own. Some bacteria are harmless and can be of use in the aid of digestion and are found in the intestines. Other bacteria can be the cause of diseases. These bacteria have to find a way in to the body to be of harm and can make their way through the skin or be digested and attack our immune system. Viruses. These micro-organisms are very tiny. They invade
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safety at work act 1974 – An act to protect all persons at work relating to health and safety. Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 – An act covering any transporting or supporting of a load by hand or body force. Load is anything from pushing‚ lifting‚ pulling‚ carrying‚ moving and putting down. Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 – An act that requires employers and others to report any accidents or diseases in a work place. Care standard Act 2000 –
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In this assignment I am going to be explaining the factors that may influence communication and interpersonal in health and social care environments and also I am going to be explaining the strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome barriers to effective communication and interpersonal interactions. I will be including sensory deprivation‚ foreign language‚ jargon‚ slang‚ dialect‚ acronyms‚ cultural differences‚ distress‚ emotional difficulties‚ health issues and environmental
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Report to: Head of Finance Report From: Monaj Gurung Date: 23rd October 2012 Title: sources of internal and external finance for Waitrose Source of Finance All business needs money in order to operate properly. Finance simply means the management of some amounts of money. And source of finance is generally the place where money comes from. Example Waitrose gets money by selling their products to the customers and hence customers are the different classes Internal and External source of finance
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There are many factors that could affect communication‚ and they could be both positive and negative. There are physical factors which are: • Noise is important because it impairs your hearing‚ and the message cannot be received by a person. • Environment can also set the mood in the atmosphere‚ whether a private environment or an intimacy environment. • Space having enough space between the people you are talking to is important as you don’t want to be too close to them as this would make them
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council provides social care workers‚ Mangers and Social workers with a code of conduct for their practice. With registering with the NISCC the employee is agreeing to adhere by the standards set and take responsibility for their own professional development. Additionally the employer must provide the training opportunities and encourage staff to maintain the standards within the social care sector. If an employee fails to keep up with these standards they can become
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