Health and Social Care and the harm that may arise from the hazards Anisa Khan Introduction For this assignment I am going to produce an information booklet for new employees. Within this information booklet I will be explaining potential hazards and the harm that these hazards may arise in health and social care settings. My chosen service user group is the elderly infirm. The working environment in which I will be identifying the hazards is a care home for the elderly
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Unit 141 Professional practice in children’s care learning and development Outcome 1 Understand the values‚ principles and statutory frameworks that underpin service provision in children’s care‚ learning and development It is my understanding that in my continued professional development‚ as manager of my setting it is my role to ensure that myself and every member of the staff and management committee understand the values‚ principles and statutory framework that underpins service provision
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Unit 3 M1 In this assignment I am going to describe how health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures promote the safety of individuals in a health or social care setting. Firstly‚ all health and social care settings should have fluent staff training; this is to ensure that all staff is actually aware of the policies‚ safety legislation and procedures they will have to follow when working in the health and social care setting. The manager should go through all potential procedures that
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discrimination act 1995 (DDA) 3. Children act 2004 4. Human rights act 1995 5. Equality act 2006 E2 The children act 1989 has influenced some settings by bringing together several sets of guidance and provided the foundation for many of the standards practitioners sustain and maintain when working with children. The act requires that settings work together in the best interests of the child and form partnerships with parents or carers. It requires settings to have appropriate adult to child ratios and
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hierarchy. He felt that at a different point in time‚ humans would fulfil each level of
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1 promote communication in health‚ social care or children and young people’s settings (ShC 31) Chapter 1 aC 1.1 1.2 What you need to know the different reasons people communicate how communication affects relationships in the work setting aC What you need to do 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.3 Demonstrate how to establish the communication and language needs‚ wishes and preferences of individuals Describe the factors to consider when promoting effective communication Demonstrate
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Communication and Sensory Loss ( units 301& 393) Explain the methods of communication used by individuals with hearing loss Individuals with hearing loss may use a variety of methods to communicate‚ depending on their preference. Often individuals may compensate for hearing loss by relying on their sight or responding to cues from others‚ therefore non verbal and written communication methods can be used. Non verbal methods include the use of eye contact‚ facial expression‚ touch‚ gestures
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Understand potential hazards in Health and Social Care Assignment Introduction In this unit I will explain six potential hazards in a Health and Social Care setting. These hazards in the Health and Social Care setting can all affect the people working in that environment; there are a lot of hazards which can be found in every surface of the setting. In a residential or day care setting‚ much is done to ensure that service users‚ and therefore staff as well‚ are protected from harm. The group of users
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Level 3 Diploma for Children & Young People’s Workforce Unit 54: Principles for implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Setting. By Kerry Derbyshire. Kerry Derbyshire Unit Number: 4227 - 054 What is a “Duty of Care”? 1.1 Preventing mistakes and accidents Preventing mistakes and accidents As a child care provider we are expected to have a Duty of care within our work setting‚ we are all given the appropriate attention‚ watching for
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Teaching and Learning in Schools P1 The age range I have chosen is 3 – 7 years‚ and I have chosen communication as the main area of development for this age range. The main stages of communication development are verbal communication‚ where children of this age range start to use their language skills much more effectively; non verbal communication such as eye contact‚ facial expressions‚ body language‚ gestures‚ sign language and tone of voice. These too are often effective ways for younger children
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