Principles of diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings. 1. Understand the importance of diversity‚ equality and inclusion. 1.1 Explain what is meant by a) Diversity b) Equality c) Inclusion d) Discrimination Diversity The Oxford dictionary defines diversity as “a range of different things”. Difference is usually meant by this. To recognise diversity is to acknowledge that even though people have things in common‚ one must understand they are unique and different. Many
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Social care values and principles and their influence in practice INTRODUCTION In this essay I will explain the importance and relevance of values to social care‚ while describing how they impact on care practice. I will also offer my interpretations of ‘Social Justice’ and ‘Individual Worth’‚ considering the influence of psychology and sociology on these social care values. IMPORTANCE AND RELEVANCE OF VALUES In social care‚ ‘values’ can be regarded as particular types of beliefs that people
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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORT For an Old Care home there are some underlying principles of support that need to be applied to ensure that the patients and people living in the care home are looked after for in a dignified way. These principles are: - Respect for privacy and Dignity – This principle ensures that the old people have a right to lead their life in their own dignified way that they choose to. They dress up in the way they want to‚ eat the way they want to and
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legally known as Swindon Primary Care Trust Note: This document is electronically controlled. The master copy is maintained by the Clinical Governance Department. If this document is printed it becomes uncontrolled. Bed safety rails policy and procedures Operational Issue 3 Approved 12/07/2011 Expiry 11/07/2013 Page 1 of 27 Document Control Purpose Owner Author Applies to Implementation date Date of review Expiry date Link to Care Quality Commission (CQC) Essential
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CT307 Understand Person-Centred Approaches in Adult Social Care Settings Person centred planning is crucial to providing quality care and support. It helps support workers find out what is important to the person they support and enables services/support plans to be built around what matters most to that individual. Person-Centred values • Treating people as individuals • Supporting people to access their rights • Supporting people to exercise choice • Making sure people have privacy
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|Assignment 055 Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings | | | |Task A | |1 |What does duty of care mean in children and young people settings? | | |Duty of care can be defined as "an obligation‚ recognised by law‚ to avoid conduct fraught with unreasonable
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Explain the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context. The role of effective communication is very important in a health and social care unit as‚ without it‚ it will be very hard to communicate with the clients. But also communication is the process of sharing information‚ thoughts and feelings between people through speaking‚ writing or body language. Effective communication extends the concept to require that transmitted content is received
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The Role of Communication and Interpersonal Interaction in Health and Social Care Effective communication is the sending of information through verbal or non-verbal means that has not broken down at any of the key points of communication. The key points of communication are as follows: 1. Information is sent 2. Information is received through one or more of the five senses 3. Information is interpreted and understood 4. Information is returned 5. Information is received 6. Information is interpreted
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1: COMMUNICATING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ORGANISATIONS Scenario You have been asked to create an information pack for health and social care students about the importance of communication in working with adults. Your pack should include information about a range of communication methods‚ both verbal and non-verbal. It should also include advice about how to identify the different communication needs of individual‚ some of the barriers to effective communication and how these can be overcome
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Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work roleI work in adult residential care for individuals with learning disabilities and mental illnesses. All residents should be supported and enabled to live in an environment which is free from prejudice and safe from any type of abuse. My responsibilities under the duty of care are to do everything reasonable within the definition
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