BTEC Apprenticeship Assessment Workbook Level 2 Health & Social Care 2. SAFEGUARDING As a health and social care worker you have an important role in protecting individuals from harm and abuse. You must also be able to look after your own well-being and that of others. 2 KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING These activities assess your knowledge and understanding of things that affect your own well-being as well as the policies and legislation concerning abuse. Task 1 It is important to
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Learning outcome 1.4 – Explain ethical dilemmas and conflicts that can arise when providing care‚ support and protection to users of HSC. Alternatively explain what you would do if you are in any of the following situations‚ and show your understanding of what a dilemma is. You need to use this case scenarios in order to answer LO 1.4. 1. A pregnant woman is killed from injuries sustained in a car wreck‚ but the foetus may still be able to sustain life by keeping the mother on life support
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visible and non-visible factors‚ for example‚ personal characteristics such as background‚ culture‚ personality‚ and work-style‚ size‚ accent‚ language and so on. A number of personal characteristics are covered by discrimination law to give people protection against being treated unfairly. The ‘protected characteristics’ are race‚ disability‚
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went to St Georges Residential Home‚ while I was there I witnessed how important and how effective communication can be in terms of a health care setting. In extreme cases it could be a matter of life and death. For example if a senior carer is giving tablets to a service user and they don’t watch them taking them this will affect the service user in terms of health and medical reasons. All these service users need is some company. Environmental factors effecting communication – Factors like setting
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Welcome to your new role in Social Care. It is one in which you will make a difference to the lives of the people you work with. You will be looking after vulnerable people‚ who may need help physically and/or emotionally. To help you do this there is a set of values and principles that you must adhere to. The principles and values – Individuality Everyone is different the way we live‚ the way we have our tea or coffee‚ when we choose to eat or drink. What we would like to be called. Check
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behavioural/psychological changes may manifest as; • Anxiety‚ stress‚ confusion or general resignation from normal daily activities • Social withdrawal and isolation • Uncharacteristic manipulative‚ uncooperative and aggressive behaviour • Fearfulness and signs of loss of self-esteem • Loss of appetite or overeating at inappropriate times • Inability of the vulnerable person to sleep or tendency to spend long periods in bed Indicators of physical abuse are: • Unexplained falls or minor injuries •
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Samantha Reeder. Work in Partnership in Health and Social Care. Understanding Partnership Working There are many advantages to partnership working. The main advantage being‚ that when all partnerships work together it enables the service user to have a better quality of life and sustain authority and freedom over their own lives. Good Partnership working between individuals and health and social care providers will encourage compliance with care as well as promote a positive outlook with a
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of creation (The concept of stewardship in health policy‚ 2000). At its best stewardship can provide an establishing principle for power in society exceeding economics to base itself on common interest (The concept of stewardship in health policy‚ 2000). It can also bolster the sense of social purpose in the community among sector administrators and help restore a sense of trust and legitimacy to the role of the state (The concept of stewardship in health policy‚ 2000).
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dealing with the suspected abuse. To stop this from happening is to have awareness of the causes and taking direct action to minimize the effect. Creating procedures that should be followed in the future and ensure that all the adults are informed. Ensure that all adults are aware of the action that should be taken‚ and do an annual review that should be taken.
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of children. It is a basic requirement of my job role to communicate with individuals and their families‚ other members of staff on a daily basis. Communicating with other staff members ensures effective team working and continuity of care. It also ensures any health and safety issues are recognised and reported. All carers attend hand over at the beginning of each shift and also complete communication books after attending an individual‚ thereby keeping other staff informed and aware of current situations
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