UNDERSTANDING DUTY OF CARE 1.1 ) Duty of care is a legal responsibility that carers and support workers have‚ we have an obligation to provide care to the people we support and to our colleagues. Making sure they are safe from harm‚ abuse‚ and neglect. As regards my own work role‚ I have a responsibility to raise concerns about suspected abuse‚ violence‚ unsafe practices and poor working conditions. 1.2 ) They are both out to support or look out for the wellbeing of the people we support or care for. They both
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may effectively contribute to working with others and why this is important in health and social care This essay will describe the key policy drivers for collaborative working in health and social care and the importance of effective collaborative working. It will also relate to and discuss my personal experience of collaborative working. Also‚ it will outline the roles of different members within health and social care teams. Finally‚ how my own reflection on personal ability in collaborative working
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more specialist care. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability and affects how they see the world around them. People with Autism have said that the world around them can feel like a mass of people‚ places and events‚ which they struggle to make sense of. They also find it hard relating to people‚ understanding them and taking part in everyday family life and social events. People with Autism have difficulties with the following; social communication‚ social interaction and social imagination
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Based Assignment M3.23 | Review of health and safety roles and responsibilities • Two pieces of legislation relating to health‚ safety and welfare at work are identified The most important piece of Legislation with relevance to Health and Safety in the workplace is The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. A large number of Regulations have been made under this Act including: • The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 as amended 2003.
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January 19‚ 2010 Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression Depression is defined as a feeling of sadness‚ feeling blue‚ unhappy‚ and miserable or down in the dumps. True clinical depression is defined as a mood in which feelings of sadness and anger interfere with your everyday life for an extended period of time. The news article dated January 12‚ 2010 in the New York Times‚ Titled; Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression reports that antidepressant drugs used for the
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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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Communication in health and social care Seeing‚ hearing Feelings Expression Feeling Expressing oneself Seeing‚ hearing Understanding Understanding Communication cycle Idea occur- think of something you want to communicate e.g. pass on info or persuade someone to do something. Message coded- think how you are going to say what you are thinking. Message sent- send the message verbally or otherwise. Message received- the other person sees/hears your message. Message is decoded
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Assignment 1: • INTRODUCING WRITING FOR COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL ACTION In my first Semester of Master of Arts in Community Development in the subject Unit of COD545 Community Development Theory and Practice I need to work on Assignment on Volunteer service provider at Community development organization. I am trying to contact and build relationships with‚ NGOs and convincing to them for volunteer service which I can provide to them during their community outreach project implemented for the development
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Standard 1 Role of the health and social care worker | Questions: |1.1 Know your main responsibilities to an individual you support | What are your main responsibilities to the individuals you support and in your role? 1. Maintain contact with the clients to make sure that they are alright. 2. Prompt clients to live independently and maintain a tenancy. 3. Supporting
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to compare and contrast my own definitions of health and illness compared to the definitions I would provide for a group of low socio-economic people living with a disability. I was told to use the Gibbs Reflective Cycle (1998)‚ for this exercise. I decided to focus on Indigenous Australians living with a disability for an example of a low socio-economic class. Step 2 My first thought on this reflection task was that I the definition of health and illness that I would provide for myself compared
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