and various amendments cover the legal management of medication. While care staff are not expected to have detailed knowledge of the legislation‚ they do need to be aware of the legal difference between types of drugs and the legal framework that allows them to handle medicines on behalf of the service user. The following is a list of legislation that has a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting. * The Medicines Act 1968 * The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
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Unit 3- supporting children E1- identify FIVE(5) pieces of legislation. There are many different legislations that influence working practices in a setting for children‚ all of which are to ensure that children and kept safe and well at all times. One legislation is Protection Of Children Act 1999‚ this act was put into place to ensure everybody working with children are suitable to do so‚ this can be done by ensuring staff and volunteers have completed a Criminal Records Bureau. (CRB) Another
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1 promote communication in health‚ social care or children and young people’s settings (ShC 31) Chapter 1 aC 1.1 1.2 What you need to know the different reasons people communicate how communication affects relationships in the work setting aC What you need to do 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.3 Demonstrate how to establish the communication and language needs‚ wishes and preferences of individuals Describe the factors to consider when promoting effective communication Demonstrate
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Equality and Diversity What is meant by? Diversity Equality Inclusion Discrimination Diversity Diversity means that there are many different variations of things such as different beliefs‚ cultures ways of living and that everybody is different and we are all unique. Everybody has different likes‚ dislikes and this is why we should all respect each other’s wishes and choices and basic human rights. Equality Equality is treating everyone as equals regardless of their race‚ gender
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Social workers – A social worker will give support and guidance to children and their parents or carer’s to ensure that the correct specialist support is in place to achieve a positive outcome and well being for the child. Speech and language – a language therapist works with children and their parents together both in the home and the school environment. Parents can then work with their child at home and alongside the school to help the child develop in this area. This will make a positive impact
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Page 1 Jade Bartley Unit 201: Introduction to communication in health and social care 25.6.14 Q1) Identify the different reasons why people communicate? There are many reasons why people communicate‚ one reason why people communicate is to greet one and other and by greeting someone we are showing we take interest to who that person is and prompting them to further conversation and interaction and welcoming them into our lives. Another reason to why we communicate is to express our
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Discriminatory practices in health and social care Discriminatory practice in health and social care happens for many reasons including some important factors that are normally the cause of discriminatory practice for example a person may be discriminated against because on the basis of their diversity. One important discriminatory practice is because of culture. A person’s Culture is important to them and identifies who they are in the world. It is developed within the social group they are raised in
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SHC 31: Promote Communication in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting. 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate. People communicate for various reasons: to build and maintain relationships to get and/or share information or knowledge to gain reassurance and/or acknowledgement to voice needs‚ wants‚ preferences‚ ideas‚ thoughts and feelings to socialise to understand and be understood
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Unit 3- health and wellbeing Definitions: Health and wellbeing meanings come in three forms-holistic‚ positive and negative. Health and wellbeing’s meaning cannot be fixed because health means different things to different people‚ and your intellectual thinking of health can change from day to day; depending on your experiences you go through. Literally the word health comes from an old English word meaning “the state of being hale‚ sound or whole‚ in body mind or soul”. This tells us that our
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legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting- 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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