Promote Good Practice in Handling Information in Health & Social Settings PWCS 38 – Understand How to Handle Information in a Social Care Setting Identify the legislation and codes of practice within your care of environment that relate to handling information. Legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in social care settings e.g. Data Protection Act 1998‚ Freedom of Information Act 2000‚ The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (and subsequent amendments in 2006 and 2008)
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Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role? A 1.1 Duty of care is a legal obligation for each individual in the health and social care setting that requires them to adhere to a standard of reasonable care. Ensuring they don’t put their service users or themselves in any danger. In the workplace there are policies and procedures‚ agreed standards‚ codes of practice and other legislation a care worker should follow. In a care workers job role you would be responsible
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partnership in health and social care or children an young people’s settings 1.1. Identifies the features of effective partnership working Any information that is shared with other partnerships is for the benefit of the child and their family‚ by partnerships working together and gathering all the information together it builds a bigger picture of the child’s lifestyle . Each partnership may see different things in their visits to the family or when the child goes to settings and clinics. So by all
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Outcome 1: Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings. 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. Under this Act‚ the employer‚ the workers and the individuals being supported have responsibilities to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace. Your employer should display a copy of this Act
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HSC 024 : Principles of safeguarding and protection in Health and Social Care 1.1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse: is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm Sexual abuse: consists of a sexual act that is forced on one person by another. Sexual abuse can occur between two or more people of any age‚ but it particularly affects children‚ as children can never legally
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PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE IN HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS LEARNING OUTCOME 1 UNDERSTAND REQUIREMENTS FOR HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS The following are current legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care. They also summarise the main points of legal requirements for handling information. • THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998 – The Data Protection Act 1998 is a piece of legislation which defines
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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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all the time‚ wherever we may be‚ often without even realising it and sometimes without intending to. Interpersonal skills are those skills that enable us to interact with another person‚ allowing us to communicate successfully with them. Good communication skills are vital for those working in health and social care as they help them to: develop positive relationships with people using services and their families and friends‚ so they can understand and meet their needs develop positive
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A principle for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s setting. SHC 34 Outcome 1 To have a duty of care means providing care and support for individuals within the law and also within the policies‚ procedures and agreed ways of working of the Employer. A negligent act could be unintentional but careless or intentional that results in abuse or injury. A negligent act is breaching the duty of care. If an individual has evidence that you have been
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1. Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role Within the school as a learning support assistant I have a duty of care to the children. I need to ensure that the children are in a safe environment and that they feel happy in that environment. 2. Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals I have a duty of care to report any concerns I have about a child‚ that may come from there home situation. This must be reported immediately
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