Understand potential hazards in Health and Social Care Assignment Introduction In this unit I will explain six potential hazards in a Health and Social Care setting. These hazards in the Health and Social Care setting can all affect the people working in that environment; there are a lot of hazards which can be found in every surface of the setting. In a residential or day care setting‚ much is done to ensure that service users‚ and therefore staff as well‚ are protected from harm. The group of users
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Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care‚ Unit 5. There are many forms of abuse but are usually classified under five main headings‚ physical‚ sexual‚ psychological‚ financial and institutional. Signs of possible abuse can come in physical forms‚ such as bruises‚ cuts‚ burn marks‚ etc; emotional signs like flinching‚ crying and any other changes in the normal behaviour of the client. Although these are signs of abuse it is in no way conclusive evidence of such. Warning
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P1 I am going to identify and explain six potential hazards within a health or social care setting and discuss the health‚ safety and security risks to the service users arising from the hazards I identify. A hazard is something that could cause harm and a risk is the chance‚ high or low that someone could be harmed by that hazard. A health risk is a risk leading to an illness‚ a safety risk is a risk leading to a personal injury or damage to equipment and buildings and a security risk is a risk
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Running Head: Specific Needs Specific Needs in Health and Social Care [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Specific Needs in Health and Social Care Task 1 As a service worker there are a number of identified demands that the client is proposing or the family of the client which is dealing with East London care home. Mr. Park was analysed and related to his disabilities‚ various suitable concepts of health were introduced within his treatment. There are many socioeconomic
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Teaching and Learning in Schools P1 The age range I have chosen is 3 – 7 years‚ and I have chosen communication as the main area of development for this age range. The main stages of communication development are verbal communication‚ where children of this age range start to use their language skills much more effectively; non verbal communication such as eye contact‚ facial expressions‚ body language‚ gestures‚ sign language and tone of voice. These too are often effective ways for younger children
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Unit 204 - Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Outcome 1: Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1 Define the following types of abuse. Physical abuse:- Physical abuse is defined as any physical force or violence that results in bodily injury‚ pain‚ or impairment. It includes assault‚ battery‚ and inappropriate restraint. Sexual abuse:- Sexual abuse refers to any action that pressures or coerces someone to do something sexually they don’t want to do. . It can also
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Unit 18 Assess the Individual in a Health and Social Care Setting As a part of my role I go out and assess potential residents that are looking to be admitted to the Home where I work. The usual process is that someone telephones or visits‚ whether it be a Social Worker‚ a family member‚ a Health Care Professional from Hospital or the perspective resident themselves. We have an assessment form for this stage we call a Resident Enquiry form‚ basic details are asked of the potential resident and contact
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Unit Title: Unit sector reference: Level: Credit value: Guided learning hours: Unit expiry date: Unit accreditation number: Understand health and safety in social care settings PWCS 27 2 4 40 31/08/2015 R/602/3179 Unit purpose and aim This unit 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. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand
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QCF Level 2 Unit 4222-201 Introduction to communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s setting (SHC 21) Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 – Understand why communication is important in the work setting 1. Identify different reasons why people communicate • People communicate so job the job can be done properly‚ by communicating this can also improve relationship and promote team work. At work I speak to my colleagues during work so the job can be
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someone or if they have committed a crime. It would be necessary to breach confidentiality in order to safeguard a child if the child was being abused; the duty of care for a child is of the upmost importance. Any information should be passed quickly and confidentially to the appropriate professionals like the local CAF officer or Social
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