Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings – Unit 208 1.1 List legalisation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting The settings in which you work are generally covered by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA). This Act has been updated and supplemented by many sets of regulations and guidelines‚ which extended it‚ support it or explain it. The regulations most likely to affect your workplace are shown in the following diagram. The Health and Safety at
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medication in social care settings OUTCOME 1 1. The main legislation is the Medicines Act 1968. there area vast amount more that have a direct impact from that in the social care setting‚ these are as follows; ➢ The medicines act 1968 ➢ The misuse of drugs act 1971 ➢ The Children act 1981 ➢ The data protection act 1998 ➢ The care standards act 2000 ➢ The health and social care act 2001 ➢ The health act 2000 ➢ Health and safety at work
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The communication cycle was discovered by Argyle in 1972. The cycle consists of six areas‚ all of these six areas are important during communication‚ if any of these areas of the cycle are disrupted then the receiver would not understand or may interpret the message wrongly. The first stage to this cycle is to have a starting idea or the code of the message; in this stage the mind processes on how the sentence is going to be told‚ such as the tone of the voice and also what words will need to be
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the concepts of health‚ disability‚ illness and behaviour and also investigate how health and social care services and systems support individuals with specific needs and look at different approaches and intervention strategies available to support individuals with specific needs‚ lastly will explain what challenging behaviour is and explain strategies available for those working with people with specific needs LO1.1 Health is defined as a state of complete physical‚ mental and social wellbeing and
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Graded Unit- Development Stage- Louise Morgan The activity that I helped a service user complete was baking cakes. The activity was developed using person centred planning social care model. The service user to whom I will be again changing the name of to Lauren‚ following Data Protection act 1998. By following the person centred approach Lauren was empowered by making her own choices‚ she feels in everyday living that she does not get to make a lot of choices about the way she lives because she
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In this essay I will analyse the concepts of health‚ disability‚ illness and behaviour in relation to users of health and social care services. I will take a look into how perceptions of specific needs have changed of time. I will also include the impact of legislation‚ social policy society and culture on the ways that services are made available to individuals with specific needs. This will include me analysing the needs of individuals with specific needs‚ explain the current system for supporting
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in a health or social care setting there are many items of legistlation and guidelines which are used in health and social care in order to protect and safeguard the health and well being of all of those who work and are treated in the health and social care sector. These items of legislations work by preventing the spread and threat of infection through the use of hygienic and clean practices. Legislation‚ regulations and guidance that govern infection prevention and control: Health and
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Understand health and safety in social care settings Performance Criteria 1. Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings 1.1. Identify legistation relating to health and safety in social care setting Current legislation and subsequent amendments may include: · Health & Safety at Work Act The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. Under this Act
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Unit 1: Developing Effective Communication in Health and Social Care P3 There are a number of barriers to effective communication in health and social care. One of these is environment. If the environment gets in the way of effective communication‚ then the receiver may not understand the message that is being given to them. An example of environmental factors in a health and social setting would be a busy hospital being uncomfortably busy or loud. If a patient is in a busy ward and cannot
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is a barrier for a person who doesn’t fully understand their basic rights to health care‚ like not knowing how to access health care when they are sick. For example: when phoning their GP surgery because they are not feeling well‚ and they don’t get an answer‚ or another alternative‚ this will result In that person not accessing health care‚ or calling the emergency services. How to overcome this barrier All health care staff has a duty to service user to make sure they are able to access emergency
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