governing body of the process of making it by the acts of Parliament. Legislation in health and social care is health and safety. You need to ensure that there is always safe practice when providing care or help. There are policies and regulations that you have to follow to make sure you are safe at work as well as service users and others around you‚ this is to help protect the public. An example of legislation is the Care Standards Act 2000‚ regulations are the rules you have to follow‚ where you work
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In any health and social care setting communication is extremely important. The way we communicate with people depends on the situation and the environment; there are different types of health and social care settings some of these include‚ residential nursing homes‚ hospitals‚ doctor’s surgery and schools and many more. There are a huge range of people that use these services and we call these the service users‚ each service user has different needs that must be met. Health and social care professionals
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his mother’s impaired parenting skills as there is evidence of substance abuse as his mother was an alcoholic. This may have caused her to act out in a violent manner whilst being in a state of intoxication causing physical abuse towards Daniel. 3. When Daniel arrived at school with a broken arm it was ‘too readily accepted by professionals as accidentally caused’. This finding shows that Daniel was both neglected and physically abused. His injury shows signs of physical abuse by his mother
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Legislations Health and safety: It’s important for everyone to be in a safe environment so they can do daily tasks without feeling scared and uncomfortable of something will happen to them for certain so that’s why in every health care setting the health and safety at work act 1974 has been introduced so they can safe guard vulnerable patients in their care. Providers in health care settings need to provide some of the following services to ensure that the service users and the employees themselves
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Discrimination in Health and Social Care Discrimination has many meanings and involves numerous different ways people can discriminate against others. Discriminations can be as simple as someone making a judgment against someone else by the way they dress or the way they speak or it can be the people are discriminated because they choose to be different or have a disability‚ different colour of skin or religion. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person action based on prejudice. There are
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Jade L Warn Unit 68 March 2013 Move and postion individuals in accordance with their plan of care 1. 1.1 Before carrying out any moving and handiling procedure with a service user in my work setting I must take into consideration a few things to do with the anatomy and physiology of each person such as; · weight‚ height‚ body shape · if the individual is in any pain · service users
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PURPOSE AND ROLE OF RESEARCH IN HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE Research is wide and diverse. It may focus on people (eg. why men are more aggressive than women) on the structures of society‚ (eg. the family) or may study hidden structures (eg‚ memory). The word "research" has several meanings: 1. Research is a systematic‚ formal rigorous and precise process employed to gain solutions to problems and/or to discover and interpret new facts and relationships. (Waltz and Bausell‚ 1981‚ p.1). 2. Research
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Health and social care settings Everyone is an individual and when they need to use the health and social care services it is import they have access to the setting which precisely meets their needs‚ different setting are designed to do just that and the trained staff within those settings have the skills and knowledge to meet those particular needs. Key elements: If everyone who needed support turned up at the same place‚ things would become rather crowded; more importantly‚ not everyone would
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account qcf health and social care level 2 or 3 unit 2 personal development study aid or guidance notes A Reflective account‚ which addresses the subject of personal development‚ within the role of a social care worker. You could use this learning resource as a guidance/reference aid‚ in producing your own reflective account. This explains understanding of your personal development‚ training‚ and support available within your role. EXAMPLE REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT I have been employed as care worker
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Confidentiality Confidentiality is an important principle in health and social care because it functions to impose a boundary on the amount of personal information and data that can be disclosed without consent. Confidentiality arises where a person disclosing personal information reasonably expects his or her privacy to be protected‚ such as in a relationship of trust. The relationship between health and social care professionals and their patients/clients centres on trust‚ and trust is dependent
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