On the second Social Work Competency‚ purpose to appreciate diversity‚ as well‚ use it in practice by asking questions addressing biases and using the knowledge to understand better the sociocultural environment of the clients. Apply and Communicate Knowing that diversity is an essential component of every individual life. Explaining to the participants that I have to understand the fact and improve this knowledge at every level of practice. For instance‚ at the agency‚ at lunchtime‚ a participant
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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORT For an Old Care home there are some underlying principles of support that need to be applied to ensure that the patients and people living in the care home are looked after for in a dignified way. These principles are: - Respect for privacy and Dignity – This principle ensures that the old people have a right to lead their life in their own dignified way that they choose to. They dress up in the way they want to‚ eat the way they want to and
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discrimination that could potentially occur within a health and social care maybe that a member of staff is constantly giving someone less attention and not meeting their needs or even purposely serving them last because they do not agree with their religious beliefs. However covert is a more closed and covered up type of discrimination where it is harder to prove that the person has discriminated against another at all‚ in a health and social care setting an example of this maybe if job applications
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PWCS 024 Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care. Complete the table below and give 4 possible signs or symptoms for each (PWCS 024 1.1‚1.2) Type of Abuse | Signs and symptoms | Physical Abuse | Signs – bruises‚ cuts‚ burnt‚ broken bones‚ open wounds…Symptoms – withdrawn‚ aggressive behaviour‚ emotionally disturbed… | Sexual Abuse | Signs – bruises‚ vaginal or anal bleeding‚ infections… Symptoms – withdrawn‚ agitated‚ angry‚ aggressive‚ nervous‚ humiliated… | Emotional/psychological
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CONFIDENTIALITY THE HISTORY OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE. One of the oldest documents we can find about confidentiality is the Hippocratic Oath what was written in the 4th century BC. We all know that nurses are not taking this oath‚ but we are bound to the same confidentiality regulations as doctors and other health professionals including social workers. Untrained or ancillary workers should not have access to patient’s records and there is no need for them to know certain confidential
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Social Institutions: Health Care Heather Richardson SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology Dr. Christine Nortz Social Institutions: Health Care America has a highly developed health care system‚ which is available to all people. Although it can be a very complex and trying subject‚ it has come a long way from the health care systems of yesterday. Most health care facilities of yesterday‚ the sick were housed and cared for until death. Doctors rarely practiced in the hospital setting and
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governing body of the process of making it by the acts of Parliament. Legislation in health and social care is health and safety. You need to ensure that there is always safe practice when providing care or help. There are policies and regulations that you have to follow to make sure you are safe at work as well as service users and others around you‚ this is to help protect the public. An example of legislation is the Care Standards Act 2000‚ regulations are the rules you have to follow‚ where you work
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communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context for a new member of staff (using a hospital or care home setting) to include: Communication: text messaging‚ written‚ oral‚ signing‚ technology. Interpersonal interaction: language‚ non-verbal (choose 2 issues under each heading from unit specification page 3). Effective communication The role of effective communication is important in any work setting especially in any health care setting. Effective communication is when
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Reflective Account “End of Life” Last year 23 September 2012. I had a resident called “Mrs X” she was a 72year-old widowed living at ---‚ a Nursing Care Home. She’s not a religious type of person as she was Atheist. She has lived in the home for the past two years‚ and during that time I was assigned as her key worker. Mrs X had One Son and 3 grand daughters they are all regular visitors to the home. She has recently been diagnosed with renal failure‚ and her life expectancy is only a couple of
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In any health and social care setting communication is extremely important. The way we communicate with people depends on the situation and the environment; there are different types of health and social care settings some of these include‚ residential nursing homes‚ hospitals‚ doctor’s surgery and schools and many more. There are a huge range of people that use these services and we call these the service users‚ each service user has different needs that must be met. Health and social care professionals
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