Unit 3 health and safety Describe how key legislation in relation to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care delivery. Health and social care settings are covered by specific legislation and laws from the government to enable the care setting is operating the optimum way. Acts like the Health and safety at work act (1974) this act applies to all workplaces and it pull all the laws together so that all organisations were covered by the same legislation. However there are
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CT301 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings        3.3 Reasons may include: To comply with health and safety legislation‚ To preserve life‚ To minimise the consequences of injury and illness‚ To treat injuries and illnesses effectively. 4.1 Routes of infection may include: Blood circulation‚ Digestive‚ Respiratory‚ Body fluids. 4.2 Own health or hygiene might pose a risk by e.g.: Causing a serious infection‚ Causing illness‚ Causing
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1. Understand why effective communication is important in adult social care setting 1.1 identify the different reasons people communicate People communicate in different ways to help social interaction. Communication is not just though words it can also be though touch‚ facial expressions and body movement as well as written electronic messages. 1.2 Explain how communication affects relationships in an adult social care setting Relationships are important within a social care setting
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Accountability This essay is about accountability in health and social care setting. Accountability requires the individual practitioner to take responsibility for their actions and the outcomes. The essay looks at the different areas of accountability such as‚ principles of care‚ delegation; four ethical principles. In this essay record keeping will be discussed. (RCN ‚2008) defines accountability as taking responsibility for the actions done by a health care worker or omissions in their daily work and
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incident which is a ‘whistle blower who has reported that one of the members has been abusing the residents with dementia when the flooding was discovered’. The first priority when working with this incidents and emergencies is to confirming the safety of people and review the policies and policies and procedures that follow the serious incident. The response to this situation is to investigate the incident e.g. dealing with the suspected abuse. To stop this from happening is to have awareness of
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fall. The referral was made to social work for transition planning and emotional support regarding hospital admission. Before meeting with Mr. L I reviewed his chart for medical and social history which revealed that he had a previous stroke and been managing well at home for the past 80 years. I thought this would be a great way for me to build a report with him and utilize the strengths based perspective to guide my intervention. This approach reminds the social worker to build on the individual’s
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The Publisher assumes no responsibility for errors‚ omissions‚ or damages‚ cause by the use of these programs or from the use of the information contained herein. Chapter 4Ethical Behavior and Social Responsibility : Schermerhorn - Chapter 4 3 Chapter 4Ethical Behavior and Social Responsibility Planning Ahead What is ethical behavior? How do ethical dilemmas complicate the workplace? How can high ethical standards be maintained? What is corporate social responsibility? What is Ethical Behavior
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Unit 4: Principles for implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Learning Outcome 1 1.1 It is very important for me to have a duty of care within my work role. To have a duty of care means that‚ within my role as a Domiciliary Care Team Leader it is my duty to provide the best possible within all aspects of my role: as I am responsible for the welfare of myself and of others. For example: maintaining confidentiality‚ reporting concerns and allegations
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“Assessment is a crucial responsibility for Social workers in all settings” What is an assessment? “An assessment involves discussions with staff from social work‚ health or housing. The purpose is to look at what your needs are and how best these needs can be met.” (www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Care_Support) I intend to look at the assessment aspect of Children within Social work. Social workers cover a vast field but it is without doubt one of the most common and work providing areas
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What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974? The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 sets out the general day to day activities within the Workplace‚ that employers or employees may face when they are working. It outlines the possible hazards and risks within the workplace‚ and ways to minimise that risk or prevent the incident from recurring. This health and safety law has been reviewed in 1994 and again in 1999 and says that good management and common sense is what is needed to be able to
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