Understand health and safety in social care settings Performance Criteria 1. Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings 1.1. Identify legistation relating to health and safety in social care setting Current legislation and subsequent amendments may include: · Health & Safety at Work Act The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. Under this Act
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Communication is an essential tool a carer can use to meet the needs of children. It is a basic requirement of my job role to communicate with individuals and their families‚ other members of staff on a daily basis. Communicating with other staff members ensures effective team working and continuity of care. It also ensures any health and safety issues are recognized and reported. Individuals communicate with carers to express their needs and preferences and to ensure they are met. As a carer I would
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Personal centred care means that the patient is an equal partner in their planning of care‚ and that his or her opinions are taken into consideration and respected. Whilst planning and delivering the patients care their consideration and involvement needs to be a part of the process (REF). There has been a significant amount of research that has looked into what is important to patients and how to provide excellent personal centred care to ensure the patient receives the best care (REF2). Within
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Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking‚ writing‚ or using some other medium. With in all health and social care settings workers have to talk to service users. It’s important that they are communicated to in the correct way to way and they are made to feel accepted and respected. Verbal communication Verbal communication is getting across a message‚ idea‚ or feeling through the use of mouth. Verbal communication is the main way of communicating face-to-face. The
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communicate effectively with others. Communication can be defined as an event of giving and receiving information. Interpersonal skills‚ ability to develop a positive and trusting relationship and being able to show empathy determines the quality and effectiveness of interaction with others. Through Communication we engage with service users and be able to form assessments‚ conduct interviews‚ take up decision making and problem solving activities‚ draw and implement care plans and evaluate our effectiveness
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Debra Whiteside 197008 Factors that may influence equality of opportunity for individuals Social Factors Many social factors influence the equality of opportunity. These are just a couple of examples of social factors that may influence the equality of opportunity for individuals. Whatever your religious belief may be ever body socialises with their peers when they come together to worship and pray to their chosen god in. All members of the same religion whether they are Buddhist‚ Catholic
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Health Care Communication University of Phoenix Health Care Communication HCS 320 March 17‚ 2013 Communication is a basic‚ root function of living. Communication happens with words‚ without words‚ using symbols‚ gestures‚ sounds‚ and drawings. Sometimes getting the idea across to the receiver of the communication is a difficult task when there are communication barriers such as different languages‚ cognitive ability‚ and disability. Communication is an essential tool that needs constant
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SHC31: Promote communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s setting. 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate. Effective and consistent communication with a setting is vital; it ensures the needs of all parties within the organisation may be catered for according to their unique and individual sets of requirements. For instance if we were to adopt the ‘catch all’ philosophy it is evitable that may children would be sidelined and their particular set of needs
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CU1515- Introduction to Communication in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Setting. 1.1- Identify different reasons why people communicate. People can communicate in many different ways‚ verbal (talking)‚ Written (email‚ memo‚ posters)‚ body language/gestures (the way they react when been given information)‚ their facial expression‚ eye contact‚ sigh language and behavior. People communicate to one another on a day to day basis. People may communicate to each other for different
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NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN ARABS CULTURE The Arab world is a term to define all of the Arabic-speaking countries stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east‚ and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast. It consists of 22 countries and territories with a combined population of some 325 million people spanning two continents. The Arabic language forms a unifying feature of the Arab World. Though different
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