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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• Continued reform and improvement of health and social care is expected to continued to be a societal and governmental priority . This is likely to lead to further changes in the way that services are governed‚ funded and structures. • The Authority has witnessed good practice and seen improvements in the care and support provided to many of the most vulnerable adults and children in residential care. For many services further improvements are required to ensure that they meet National Standards
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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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ASSIGNMENT 204 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children ’s and young people ’s settings Task A Dear friend I have heard that you would like to work as a care worker and need to know more about “duty of care”. I wish to help and want to try clarify the term to you as much as I can. “Duty of care” is a phrase used to describe the obligation in your role as a care worker. You owe duty of care to your patients/service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and
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ON HEALTH CARE DELIVERY‚ POLICY AND OUTCOME Concept 1.1 HEALTH This concept is taken from module 1. Subtopic 1 titled- health‚ wellness and illness. Definition of health:- Parker(2005) states that health is multidimensional. Traditionally‚ health has been defined in terms of the presence or absence of disease. Nightingale define health as a state of being well aid using every power of the individual possess to the fullest extent: who takes a more holistic view of health. it defines health as a
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legislations relating to health and safety in a social care setting are - Health and Safety at work Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation 1981 include amendment on 2009 The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 Communicable diseases and infection control Working Time Regulations 1998 Care Standard Act 2000 Control
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I am writing this report to explain how recent laws promote anti discriminatory practise in an health and social care environment. The first act I am going to talk about is the equality Act 2012.this act promotes anti discriminatory practise as is this act it protects people that are living in the UK from any form of harm or discrimination. These are the 9 characteristic that this act covers: age disability gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity
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LO1 Understand perceptions of health‚ disability‚ illness and behaviour 1.1 analyse concepts of health‚ disability‚ illness and behaviour in relation to users of health and social care services 1.2 assess how perceptions of specific needs have changed over time 1.3 analyse the impact of legislation‚ social policy‚ society and culture on the ways that services are made available for individuals with specific needs LO2 Understand how health and social care services and systems support
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Assignment 055 Task A When looking after children you have a duty of care to them‚ this means it is your responsibility to keep the child safe and free from harm. The younger the child the greater the duty of care is‚you need to be vigilant and pay attention to keep children safe. Mentally risk assessing situations as they arise will help you see any potential dangers to the child and help you plan to avoid any risk. You also need to be aware of a child’s feelings and help them develop them
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O35: Manage Induction in health and social care or children and young people’s settings. 1.1 Explain why induction is important for practitioners‚ individuals and organisations Induction is a process which starts when a new member of staff is brought into an Organisation. However it is not restricted to new staff. Internal appointments may need a period of induction to help them adjust to new tasks in a changed working environment. Through induction organisations are able to maintain and improve
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