Standard 8 - Understanding health and safety in adult social care settings Standard purpose and aims This standard is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to‚ working in a social care setting. It introduces knowledge and understanding of areas of health and safety required to work in a social care setting. Main area Roles and responsibilities relating to health and safety in the work setting/situation Outcome: 1.1 Be aware of key legislation relating to health and safety in your work setting/situation
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BTEC Lv. 2 in Health and Social Care Unit 5: Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care Task 1: P1: Outline the functions of the main cell components P2: Outline the structure of the main tissues of the body P3: Outline the gross structure of all the main body systems. Cell (or plasma) membrane The electron microscope shows the cell membrane to be a phosphor-lipid-protein-bi-layer. Small‚ fatty molecules in bi-layers are the lipids. Larger protein molecules are inserted at intervals
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Outcome 1 1.1 list legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting. Manual handling operations regulations 1992 (as amended in 2002); Control of substances hazardous to health regulations 2002 (COSHH) Reporting injuries‚ Diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) Health and safety first aid regulations 1981 Management of health and safety at work regulations 1999 1.2 describe the main points of health and safety policies and procedures Risk assessment-
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required to facilitate person-centred assessment‚ planning‚ implementation and review. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand the principles of person centred assessment and care planning Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1.1 Explain the importance of a holistic approach to assessment and planning of care or support 1.2 Describe ways of supporting the individual to lead the assessment and planning process 1.3 Describe ways the assessment and planning process or documentation can be adapted
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depression. In rare cases‚ dementia-like symptoms can be caused by vitamin deficiencies or a brain tumour.If an individual is depressed‚ he or she will often lose interest in things that they used to enjoy. Depression commonly interferes with work‚ social and family life. In addition‚ there are many other symptoms‚ such as Continuous low mood or sadness• Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness• Low self-esteem• Tearfulness• Feelings of guilt• Feeling irritable and intolerant of others• Lack of motivation
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demonstrate: the implications of duty of care. understanding the support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise. the knowledge to respond to complaints. The implications of duty of care. Duty of care Health and social care organisations have what is called a duty of care towards the people they look after. That means that they must do everything they can to keep the people in their care safe from harm. It is not only the care establishment that needs to prioritise the safety
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little earlier than they could have saved her. In my community‚ there is a great need for health care. It includes the issues of proper sanitation‚ old age health services‚ child and maternal care. Many of the families don’t have enough knowledge to take care of their health. Some of them are not able to talk about health problems because of language barriers. Some of them still have cultural and social beliefs that prevent them from expressing their problems. One of the main goals is that I hope
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administered by the government (Department of Health & Department of Children‚ Schools and Families). Anything that falls into the statutory sector means they have a legal duty to provide the services that they do (such as a school). Funding for services within the statutory sector comes from various forms of taxation (income tax‚ national insurance and council tax). Services are run by NHS Trusts and local authorities‚ they employ doctors‚ nurses‚ social workers‚ care workers‚ teachers etc. Independent
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Certificate L3 Communication. Outcome 1. Understand why effective communication is important in adult social care settings. 1. Use the box on the left to identify people that you communicate with. Use the box on the right to state why you communicate with them. |Parents |To update them on service users weeks/days. | |GP’s |In case
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1.1 There are many different reasons why people communicate in adult social care‚ as well as communication being between varieties of different people within this setting. For example‚ it could be conversation between support workers‚ support workers to managers or other health care professional and anyone communicating with service users including family. Communication can also come in many different forms such as verbal‚ non-verbal‚ body language and facial expressions as well as others. One main
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