Discrimination Diversity‚ Equality and Inclusion To understand what discrimination is‚ we first have to understand the meanings of diversity‚ equality and inclusion within our society and social health care. Diversity outlines difference and variety; we are all different we have characteristics that make us individual‚ these come from and include: race‚ religion‚ age‚ gender‚ beliefs‚ appearance‚ abilities‚ talents and sexual orientation. These characteristics give us our uniqueness in society
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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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Poor hand washing; Studies have shown that poor hand washing techniques are most common among health care staff. Areas that are frequently neglected are the finger tips‚ palms of the hand and thumbs. Having a correct hand washing technique in place is important as it cuts down the risk of the spread of harmful micro- organisms. Using liquid soap and water removes most of the transient organisms and is adequate for most purposes. Using an alcohol rub is useful‚ when there are no washing facilities
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describing How your personal preferences‚ attitude‚ heritage and beliefs might impact on working practices. How to ensure that your own practices is inclusive and respect the belief’s‚ culture‘s ‚value’s‚ an preference’s of 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
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at least five (5) culturally competent care to actively partake in the multicultural health care setting. Now days‚ multicultural populations in other states were offering new challenges in the provision of culturally competent care by critical care nurses. If the provision of the best possible care for all patients is the goal‚ critical care nurses must have expertise and skill in the delivery of culturally appropriate and culturally competent nursing care. Nurses must be cultural competent before
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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 it is at establishing
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Unit 39- Support Use of Medication in Social care Settings A)1.1 The Medicine act 1968 Governs the manufacture & supply of medicines. This requires that the local pharmacist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. He or she can only do this on the receipt of a prescription from an authorised person eg a doctor. According to the law (The Medicines Act 1968) medicines can be given by a third party‚ e.g. a suitably-trained care worker‚ to the person that they were intended
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PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE 1. Understand how to reflect on practice in adult social care 1.1 Reflective practice is the ability to constantly monitor one’s own performance in a given role and make adjustments where necessary. For me as carer‚ reflective practice is particularly important because no two cases will ever be the same and it is vitally important to remain reactive and reflective at all times. Reflective practice has been demonstrated to have significant
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Guide to qualifications and standards in adult social care 2014/15 This guide details all the current adult social care qualifications recommended by Skills for Care. The qualifications have been developed in partnership with employers‚ people who need care and support‚ carers‚ learning providers‚ sector experts‚ awarding organisations and other key organisations within the adult social care sector. Skills for Care strongly believes that‚ when delivered well‚ these qualifications
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Unit 1 Promote Communication in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Communication is a central part of everyday life for most people and is particularly important when you work in a care setting. Communication means making contact with others and being understood. We all communicate continuously‚ through a two-way process of sending and receiving messages. These messages can be: verbal communication‚ using spoken or written words. Non-verbal communication‚ using
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