Assignment 306 Understand health and safety in social care settings Task A Presentation You have been asked to contribute to an induction day for new staff. You are to prepare a presentation about Health and Safety. It must include the following: Ai A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting. Task A A1. • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • Medicines Act 1968 • Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 • Hazardous Wastes Regulations 2005 • Personal Protective Equipment
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Indirect Tax Indirect taxes include value added tax‚ a range of excise duties on oil‚ tobacco and alcohol and fuel duty. VAT is levied on the sale of goods by registered businesses. Businesses add VAT to the price they charge when they provide goods and services to business customers - and non-business customers. There are different VAT rates‚ depending on the goods or services that are being provided. At the moment there are three rates: standard rate – 20%‚ reduced rate - 5 %‚ zero rate -
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O 8 Unit 7: sociological perspectives for health and social care Functionalism was a dominant perspective during the 40’s and 50’. It is best understood by comparing society to the human body as they believe everything has a function‚ for example‚ people in society have to work together like organs in order to deal with problems and ensure that society is running positively. Talcott Parsons believed that one of the main role of an institution is to be governed by norms to ensure that the people
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P1- Describe the characteristics and causes of challenging behaviour Challenging behaviour is behaviour outside of the expected norms for a person’s age‚ that is disruptive and difficult to manage and can cause harm. The individual exhibiting the behaviour is likely to suffer from a learning disability or a mental illness or may have had a difficult upbringing. Challenging Behaviour | Characteristics | Triggers | Tantrums | Tantrums are typically characterized by stubbornness‚ crying‚ screaming
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LEVEL 2 CERIFICATE IN PREPARING TO WORKING IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE ASSESSMENT 4 SAFE WORKING PRACTICES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS QUESTION 1 LIST FIVE KEY PIECES OF LEGISLATION WHICH RELATE TO GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN A SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS. 1. Health and Safety at work Act 1974 (HASAWA) ‚ it ensures that the employer‚ the employee have responsibilities to ensure that a good level of safety is attained in the workplace‚ and there should be a copy of this act on the
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The team which is dispatched are a doctor and a nurse or two of each. On the scene there will already be paramedics‚ police and fire services. When the doctors and nurses are dispatched they will leave the hospital with limited airways‚ breathing and circulation equipment. On arrival at the scene they should stay together and report to the Medical Incident Officer (MIO) or the Ambulance Incident Officer if a MIO is not present. They would then be updated and sent to the Casualty Clearing Station
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Unit 2 Principles of Personal Development in Adult Social Care settings. Name of Candidate: Learning outcomes | Assessment criteria 1.1 | | Question: Identify standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out.National Minimum StandardsNational Occupational StandardsGood codes of practice and adhering to these codes of practice are a requirement.The policies of the organisation‚ How the structures work and the people who manage or supervise you. | 1. understand
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organisations. Good communication skills is inessential to those who work within the Health and Social Care sectors ‚ as it allows them to develop a positive relationship‚ share‚ provide and receive information with service users‚ as well as their colleagues and other Health Care professionals. In order for communication to be effective‚ it has to have its context. Context is the situation in which communication can occur. There are different types of context that surrounds communication; these are one to
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Unit 054 Principles for implementing duty of care in health and social care or children’s and young people settings Outcome 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice Part One Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. The key points as outlined in the text book‚ surrounding my duty of care at work include helping children as they develop: * The ability to foresee and cope with potential dangers. * More robust immune systems. * Empathy. * Communication
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Unit 302 Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s setting 1.1 Obtain a copy of your job description to submit as evidence and describe your duties and responsibilities. My duties and responsibilities as a foster carer are many‚ i must have child A best interests at heart at all times‚ i provide a safe and stimulating environment for child A to develop to the best of her ability‚ to keep her safe from harm and abuse. I must make sure all her appointments
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