Understand health and safety in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting Health and Safety at work Act 1974 - An Act to make further provision for securing the health‚ safety and welfare of persons at work‚ for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 - any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting‚ putting down
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Promote Good Practice in Handling Information in Health & Social Settings PWCS 38 – Understand How to Handle Information in a Social Care Setting Identify the legislation and codes of practice within your care of environment that relate to handling information. Legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in social care settings e.g. Data Protection Act 1998‚ Freedom of Information Act 2000‚ The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (and subsequent amendments in 2006 and 2008)
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Principles of diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings Understand the importance of diversity‚ equality and inclusion What is Equality? Equality is about making sure people are treated fairly and given fair chances. Equality is not about treating everyone in the same way‚ but it recognises that their needs are met in different ways. Equality focuses on those areas covered by the law‚ namely the key areas of race‚ gender‚ disability‚ religion or belief‚ sexual orientation
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PRINCIPLES OF DIVERSITY‚ EQUALITY‚ AND INCLUSION IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS. ASSIGNMENT 303 Ai Diversity: It is about difference‚ and its value is the richness and variety that different people bring to society. There are so many ways in which people differ from each other. Examples are: Appearance-ability Gender-Talent Race-Beliefs Culture Equality: -Promotion of individual rights. It is about treating people fairly‚ regardless of their differences by ensuring
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PWCS 31 Principles of communication in Adult Social Care Settings Identify four different reasons why people communicate. Explain how effective communication can affect relationships in an adult social care setting between: Colleagues and other professionals: Individuals using the service and their carers Using the table below‚ identify three ways of finding out the communication and language needs of an individual. For each method‚ describe how effective
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individuals. I have read all my Code Of Practices‚ policies and procedures are very important and will show my employer how I work to these guide lines. all my mandatory training is up to date‚ extra training is always regularly up dated‚ I also understand my main duties and responsibilities of my own job description‚ so I can carry out my job role to a high quality standard. Thankfully we are all very different‚ but how ever in my work I cannot allow any of my previous experiences‚ personal attitudes
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Principles of communication in adult social care settings. Ai) Identify four different reasons why people communicate. the expression of feelings and needs participating in social situations making choices building and maining relationships Aii) Explain how effective communication can affect in an adult social care setting between: a) collegues and other professionals b)individuals using the service and their carers Effective communication is essential in building a meaningful
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Patient confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ Carol Hathaway became aware of risky sexual behaviors that had led to a 14 year old girl having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and cervical cancer. Prior to finding this information out‚ Carol Hathaway had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about whatever the patient discussed with her. But upon realizing the high risk of the girl’s behavior‚ Carol Hathaway came to find herself in a dilemma of
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Maintaining Confidentiality Course 117 TWO contact hours By: Monica Oram‚ RN‚ BSN Upon completion of this course the reader will be able to achieve the following objectives: 1. Define confidentiality and related key terms 2. Define the concepts concerning confidentiality 3. Understand what is considered confidential information 4. Understand the outcomes of breach of confidentiality 5. Understand responsibilities as a healthcare worker with private and confidential information
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Credit value: 10 9 Values and planning in social care This unit looks at how social care services need to acknowledge the uniqueness of each individual‚ and plan and deliver support services in a holistic way to ensure that all the individual’s needs are met. By completing a range of activities you will develop an understanding of the diverse nature of the people who are receiving care and some of the ethical issues that can arise in health and social care settings. This will involve recognising the
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