Understanding health and safety in adult social care settings Standard purpose and aims This standard 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. Main area Roles and responsibilities relating to health and safety in the work setting/situation Outcome: 1.1 Be aware of key legislation relating to health and safety in your work setting/situation 1
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PWCS 024 Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care. Complete the table below and give 4 possible signs or symptoms for each (PWCS 024 1.1‚1.2) Type of Abuse | Signs and symptoms | Physical Abuse | Signs – bruises‚ cuts‚ burnt‚ broken bones‚ open wounds…Symptoms – withdrawn‚ aggressive behaviour‚ emotionally disturbed… | Sexual Abuse | Signs – bruises‚ vaginal or anal bleeding‚ infections… Symptoms – withdrawn‚ agitated‚ angry‚ aggressive‚ nervous‚ humiliated… | Emotional/psychological
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703 on Health and safety in catering and hospitality Task A Regulations and responsibility Health and Safety Regulations aim to improve safety in workplaces‚ making employers and employees equally responsible for ensuring that they protect themselves and others from accident and injury. The regulations refer to such things as clean kitchens‚ safety guards on machinery etc.‚ If an employee is injured at work because of breaches of these rules then compensation can be awarded. Most health and safety
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Tina Kenny 15.09.14 Unit 520: Recruitment and selection within health and social care settings. Outcome 1: Understand the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care settings. 1.1 Explain the impact on selection and recruitment processes‚ in own setting of: 1.2 Explain circumstances when it is necessary to seek specialist expertise in relation to recruitment and selection. Answers: 1.1 & 1.2 In health and social care the recruitment and selection process is that‚ initial employment
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Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s setting 1.2 All practitioners have a duty of care all the children the setting‚ this also includes the staff. A duty of care is where a practitioner has to take care of them and not let them get harmed in any way. This will involve the children attention‚ watching out for hazards and preventing mistakes or accidents. If a practitioner has not met the duty of care required then they can be held accountable
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people in different ways some may live a fairly independent life‚ others may have accompany learning disabilities and need 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
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HEALTH AND SAFETY – OHS1 Health and safety is very important. In order to have a safer life we should be careful at every step that we take. Unfortunately it is not enough when only we are careful. Everyone around us should be careful as well for themselves and for the others. In that way everybody can have a better‚ healthier and safer life so nobody worries when they go outside. Health and safety is very important both in general and workplaces. In general‚ it is not possible to talk about a healthy
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Understanding employment responsibilities and rights in health and social care settings. 1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law. The law in the uk covers the following aspects: minimum wage‚ hours worked‚ sick pay‚ coshh‚ riddor‚ discrimination‚ health and safety‚ holiday entitlements and pay‚ redundancy and dismissal‚ training‚ disciplinary procedures and union rights.1.2 List the main features of current employment legislations. Equalities‚ (The Equality act 2010) equal opportunities
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HEALTH CARE ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - Code of Ethics Shrouder88 5/26/2014 The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System is built up of a number of hospitals‚ specialty facilities‚ and continues care facilities in New York‚ New Jersey‚ and Connecticut. According to NewYork-Presbyterian (2014)‚ most System members are academic affiliates of either Weill Cornell Medical College or Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. NewYork-Presbyterian understands the challenges
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heath and safety. This does not only mean creating a safe working environment for workers and staff‚ but also for people attending the event. It involves consistent educating and training of staff and taking events one step closer to making the risk less. It is imperative to involve the correct people to form a support system‚ people that understand all the requirements that make an event safe. Regardless of the importance of the client and whether the event is high-profile or not‚ if the health and safety
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