Principles of Health and Social Care Practice This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. Learners will consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce‚ including strategies that can influence the performance of others. Module Contents 1 Understand how principles of support
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diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings Task B A) The equality act is a legislation that is in place to ensure that people are given equal rights and opportunities regardless of their age‚ gender‚ disability‚ reace‚ religion or belief and sexual orientation. This legislation promotes diversity‚ equality and inclusion by making it a requirement that they are commonly practiced and incorporated into the health and social care setting making it illegal to discriminate against
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Introduction to Duty of care in Health‚ Social care or children’s and young people’s setting. • To keep individuals safety‚ welfare and interest within the environment • To keep individuals free from harm • To give a choice Working with patients with Dementia‚ duty of care is a key concept. Some times the patient can be confused and violent. Firstly I would introduce myself to the patient and I would ask them if I could take their bloods while I am asking the patient for their consent
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Unit 39- Support Use of Medication in Social care Settings A)1.1 The Medicine act 1968 Governs the manufacture & supply of medicines. This requires that the local pharmacist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. He or she can only do this on the receipt of a prescription from an authorised person eg a doctor. According to the law (The Medicines Act 1968) medicines can be given by a third party‚ e.g. a suitably-trained care worker‚ to the person that they were intended
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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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UNIT 209: HANDLE INFORMAION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS OUTCOME 1: Understand the need for secure handling of information in health and social care settings 1.1.Identify the legislation that relates to the recording‚ storage and sharing of information in health and social care A medical record in paper or electronic format provides a written account of a patient’s medical history‚ containing information about diagnosis‚ treatment‚ chronological progress notes and discharge recommendations
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Hollywood is a part of American culture therefore I believe that Hollywood indeed is very important in today’s pop culture. Many children‚ teens‚ and young adults in today’s society keep up to date with what is going on in Hollywood; when the next movie is coming out‚ what new songs are being played‚ etc. People even keep up to date with celebrities. Social media makes it possible to keep a look out on what our favorite celebrities are up to. Reality shows have also used Hollywood’s film industry
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influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out (AC1.1)? As a care worker there are standards that influence the way my role is carried out. The General Social Care Council (GSCC) outlined the Codes of practice that health and social care professionals must follow. We have a duty of care to provide our service users and you must meet the required standards. Health and Safety at work Act (1974) – The understanding of the health and safety act and putting it to good practice will ensure that
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Alcoa’s Core Values in Practice BUS 250 Alcoa’s Core Values in Practice The Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) was founded in 1888 as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company. In 1907‚ they changed their name to Alcoa and had strong values based culture. “In 1985‚ Fred Fetterolf‚ then president‚ decided the company needed to document the values that all employees must live by: Integrity; Environment‚ Health‚ and Safety; Customer; Accountability; Excellence;
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current legislation and codes of practice that relates to handling information in my work place are: Data Protection Act – Records keep on my service user has always been kept in a secure place for example his medication records which are store in a lock cupboard. The documents about my service user have only be used for the purpose they were collected. My service user care plan and other documents are normally only available to those who need to see them for example social workers‚ doctors etc. The
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