1 Know how to recognise signs of abuse A Define the following types of abuse and identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse The Department of Health has defined abuse as “Abuse is a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights by any person or persons” (No Secrets 2000). There are many different types of abuse and individual cases of abuse usually involve a different combination of these different types. (i) Physical abuse Refers to hitting‚ slapping‚ scratching
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Rights of a service user at the Sutton Primary Care Trust. Name: Service: Provider: Date 15th June 2013 BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care ------------------------------------------------- Assessor: Kofi Freeman Amponsa-Dadzie Contents Rights Welfare Equality Act Data Protection Act Age Discrimination Sexual Orientation Religious Beliefs Privacy Respect and Dignity People who come to the Sutton Primary Care Trust use our services on a day to day basis
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1 Unit outline Communication in health and social care Care workers require effective communication skills in order to work with the diverse range of people they meet in health and social care settings. This unit will introduce you to: different forms of communication factors that affect communication in care settings ways of overcoming barriers to effective communication. You will have the opportunity to observe and discuss the communication skills of others and to practise and refine your
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Task 1- P1‚ P2 and M3 Public health is looking at the health of a community and population. It looks at factors affecting the health of community such as: diets‚ age‚ sex‚ working conditions and social class. The World Health Organisation (WHO) monitors the health of the world and promotes the importance of preventing communicable and non-communicable diseases in order to give people healthier lives. There are strategies set in place to help improve public health. The main for that I will be talking
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Social inequalities in contemporary society Learning Outcomes: 1) Explore the nature of contemporary society 2) Analyse how social inequalities influence the life chances and health of individuals To completely understand our changing society‚ we must look at the history of change we have gone through. To do this we must identify the changing factors
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Colette Addison The role of the health and social care worker Outcome 1. 1. A working relationship differs from a personal relationship in lots of ways. Firstly working relationships are formal‚ with policies and procedures put in place to protect everyone involved. They are bound by a contract of employment and have codes of practice that must be adhered to. In a working relationship professionalism and responsibility are foremost in your job role. Other things such as trust‚ communication and encouragement
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(C1) It is important for childcare practitioners to consider the individual care and learning needs of every child within their care‚ which will allow them to plan a challenging and enabling environment which supports all areas of learning and development. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) states that: “Every child is a unique child” and will therefore not always learn in the same way or at the same time. A child with special educational needs should have an Individual Learning Plan (ILP)
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In this assignment I will be discussing the influences on different dietary intakes and how it affects the health of a person‚ I will also recommend how to minimise negative influences in a health and social care setting. Health factors resulting in specific nutrient needs‚ influencing the dietary intake: The way in which you feed yourself is very important as after you eat or drink‚ your body breaks down the sugars in your blood and turns it into glucose. The glucose then travels through your
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PROCESS UNIT 1: COMMUNICATING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ORGANISATIONS CATHERINE CARLIN Contents Introduction 3 1.1 4 1.3 8 1.4 9 2.1 12 Conclusion 14 Introduction In this assignment the writer is going to focus on how communication is important in health and social care settings. In the first section of the assignment the writer will explore in detail what communication is‚ the methods of communication that are used in health and social care settings and a communication theory
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functionalist view on health and illness comes from the work of Talcott Parsons. In line with the functionalist approach to society‚ he added that for society for function properly all of its members need to be healthy. Talcott Parsons said that illness was a form of deviance‚ and the members of society who where ill performed the sick role in society. Parsons said that is people in society declared themselves as ill then they developed new specific rights. They became exempt from certain social obligations
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