Describe how incorrect handling and moving techniques can damage the skin. Identify a range of interventions that can reduce the risk of skin breakdown and pressure sores. Describe the changes to an individual skin conditions that should be reported. It is important to avoid or prevent the vulnerable areas or where sores has already formed. Regularly changing position or moving helps to prevent pressure sores developing in a vulnerable areas or to relieve already existing ones.
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Understanding Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work 1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law. Almost every aspect of employment is covered by one or more laws‚ including: the handling and storage of information‚ equal opportunities‚ grievance procedures‚ health and safety‚ holiday entitlements‚ maternity/paternity pay‚ minimum
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General Social Care Council Goldings House 2 Hay’s Lane London SE1 2HB Codes Of Practice For Social Care Workers 020 7397 5100 www.gscc.org.uk © Copyright General Social Care Council 2010 Web and print-friendly version Introduction What are the codes? This document contains agreed codes of practice for social care workers and employers of social care workers describing the standards of conduct and practice within which they should work. This introduction‚ which is
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Quality Nursing Care (i) Table of contents PAGE 1. Introduction 1 2. Definition / Explanation of quality care 1 3. The Elements of quality care 1 4. Quality assurance and risk management
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Is SG-Secure the Way to Go? For SG-Secure‚ there is indeed two sides of the story. SG-Secure can be understood as an avoidance to the fundamental issues of terrorism. Politically engage the would-be terrorists and understand what do they want and what are they unhappy about. SG-Secure can also be understood as an opportunity to turn the threat of terrorism as an act of catalyst to social resilience. Perhaps what we could do moving on is to take a balanced view of resilience. Resilience as an imagined
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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Task 1 (LO 1): Essay 800 words Write an essay on the importance of partnership working in the efficient delivery of public health services. You must include the following into your discussion to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of multi-agency collaboration. • Roles of various local‚ national‚ international‚ and voluntary organisations • Epidemiological considerations such as geographical distribution of health
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provide evidence of a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of the principles for duty of care in health‚ social care or children and young people’s settings. By completing all tasks within the assignment‚ the candidate will provide evidence that meets the Learning Outcomes and assessment criteria for Unit 054‚ Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings. Tasks There are three tasks to this assignment. A Short answer questions B
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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 3 - PRINCIPLES OF DIVERSITY‚ EQUALITY AND INCLUSION IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment you will consider best practice in promoting diversity‚ equality and inclusion which does not discriminate against others. You will look at relevant legislation‚ codes of practice and regulations governing adult social care and consider the consequences for a variety of people if these are not followed. You are asked to consider your own
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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 4 - PRINCIPLES OF SAFEGUARDING AND PROTECTION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of safeguarding adults. You will describe different types of abuse‚ the signs and symptoms associated with them and what to do if you are aware of or suspect an individual has been abused or you note unsafe practice. You will research failings in care services and explore how best practice can help to keep
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Answers to Unit 9 1)There are different uses of foster care placements and amongst them the main ones are as follow: *EMERGENCY-where children need to stay somewhere safe for a few nights‚ *SHORT -TERM-cares look after children for a few weeks /months while plans are being made for children’s future‚ *SHORT BREAKS-for disable children‚with special needs or behavioural difficulties who stay for a while with a family so they parents/carers can have a break‚ *REMAND-for young people remanded
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