Based Assignment M3.23 | Review of health and safety roles and responsibilities • Two pieces of legislation relating to health‚ safety and welfare at work are identified The most important piece of Legislation with relevance to Health and Safety in the workplace is The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. A large number of Regulations have been made under this Act including: • The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 as amended 2003.
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Unit 306 Promote and Implement health and safety in social care 306.1 – Understand own responsibilities‚ and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety What it represents: All workers have the right to work in places where risks to their health and safety are properly controlled. Health and Safety is about stopping you getting hurt at work or ill through work. It is the employer’s responsibility to manage Health and Safety but employees must help too. The company I work for
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professional conduct or medically unnecessary.” Health care fraud arises from an individual or group of individuals filing of a dishonest health care claim in order to turn it into a profit. Abuse; however‚ is harder for the investigator to identify and establish if the act was committed knowingly‚ willfully‚ and intentionally. Healthcare industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the US economy; almost 10% of the US’s national GDP is consumed by the health care industry. According to Forbes’s report
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January 19‚ 2010 Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression Depression is defined as a feeling of sadness‚ feeling blue‚ unhappy‚ and miserable or down in the dumps. True clinical depression is defined as a mood in which feelings of sadness and anger interfere with your everyday life for an extended period of time. The news article dated January 12‚ 2010 in the New York Times‚ Titled; Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression reports that antidepressant drugs used for the
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Communication in health and social care Seeing‚ hearing Feelings Expression Feeling Expressing oneself Seeing‚ hearing Understanding Understanding Communication cycle Idea occur- think of something you want to communicate e.g. pass on info or persuade someone to do something. Message coded- think how you are going to say what you are thinking. Message sent- send the message verbally or otherwise. Message received- the other person sees/hears your message. Message is decoded
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Task 2 Scenario As a manager of a health and social care organization i would like to present to you the effectiveness of the service when supporting people through significant life event. 1. Providing the right care and support * Rehabilitation and early supported discharge An element of the national stroke strategy is the implementation of early supported discharge (ESD). ESD provides a greater proportion of rehabilitation in the community rather than in hospital. It is not suitable
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may effectively contribute to working with others and why this is important in health and social care This essay will describe the key policy drivers for collaborative working in health and social care and the importance of effective collaborative working. It will also relate to and discuss my personal experience of collaborative working. Also‚ it will outline the roles of different members within health and social care teams. Finally‚ how my own reflection on personal ability in collaborative working
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Unit Task 048 Outcome 1.1 Separate document Outcome 2.1 All staff can protect themselves from allegations and complains within their everyday practice by following your settings policies and procedures. You should also avoid being alone in a closed room with a child and all staff and children should be marked on a register when they arrival and depart from the building. If a child is being collected late then 2 members of staff should stay with the child until the parent/carer arrives. When
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range of clients from homeless youth or adults‚ aged care and disability‚ unemployed people and more. Whichever type of client‚ legislative requirements will impact the ways employees and organisations interact with its client. The current legislation‚ regulations and ethical conditions are as follows: • Privacy act • Children and young people act • Disability services • Community services • Human rights • Equal opportunity • Work health and safety • United nations convention on rights of the
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of Care in Health and Social Care in Children and Young People Settings Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role Duty of care is defined simply as a legal obligation to : Always act in the best interest of individuals in care and others Not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm Act within own competence and not take on anything not believe we can safely do As a care worker‚ we owe a duty of care to the
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