This means to apply laws in a health and social care setting. A legalisation in the work place informs employees what is and what is not legal practice. A law is the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which may enforce penalties. Regulations are the rules of work providers amongst the organisation in which you work for‚ it is important that we outline the difference and inform employee’s what is permissible and what is not
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Understand how to handle information in social care settings. 1.1 – Legislation that relates to handling information in social care settings are; Data Protection Act 1998‚ Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Health and Social Care Act 2008 – Essential standards. Codes of practice that relates to handling information in social care settings include; General Social Care Council (GSCC)‚ Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the local or internal Codes of Practice such as code of practise
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Health Care Setting In hospitals‚ clinics‚ and other healthcare settings‚ health educators often work one-on-one with patients and their families. They teach patients about their diagnoses and about necessary treatments or procedures. They also teach the patient about lifestyle changes that are necessary to manage the disease or to assist with recovery. Health educators direct people to outside resources‚ such as support groups and home health agencies and create activities and incentives to encourage
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Understand how to handle information in social care settings It is essential that in a social care environment information is collected‚ used and stored correctly. Current legislation requires everyone working in social care to maintain certain records and keep them secure. Most of the information is sensitive and therefore not available to the general public. Information that is sensitive is called Confidential. Examples of confidential records are :- * Care & support Plans * Risk Assessments
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Principles of communication in adult social care settings Task B case study Bi How would you explain the term ‘confidentiality’ to Hannah? Whilst it is Hannah’s right to make decisions for herself and choose not to want to take the medication‚ in this case from the information given it could be detrimental to her health and therefore I would explain to Hannah that the information given to me is in confidence. Although Hannah not taking her prescribed medication could put her at risk of harm and therefore
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Unit 5: Principles of safeguarding and protectionin health and social care settings 1.1 & 1.2 Physical abuse is a deliberate use of physical force that results in bodily injury pain or impairments. Sgns of physical abuse can be burns and scalds‚ marks on the skin consistent with being slapped‚ scratched‚ bitten or pinched.Sexual abuse is direct or indirect involvementin sexual activity without valid consent. Signs of sexual abuse could be sexual transmitted disease‚unexplained crying and distress
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Developing Effective Communication in Health and Social Care settings Communication is very important in any health and social setting because doctors‚ nurses‚ carers and teachers need to communicate with patients and service users as professionally and as effective as possible. This helps to give the service user the highest quality of care. CONTEXTS TO COMMUNICATION One-to-one Communication When conversing with an individual one-to-one‚ it is important to be relaxed‚ polite and try to create
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Unit 4222-307 Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care setting Outcome 1 Understand requirements for handling information in health and social care settings 1. Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care. OUTCOME 1 1. Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care. All of the staff need to make sure that confidentiality is paramount.
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Children Act 1989 - this piece of legislation provides a detailed framework for caring and protecting children. It also provides guidelines on parental responsibility and co-operation between parents and local authority services. Children Act 2004 - this Act supplements the Children Act 1989 by reinforcing the message that all organisations that work with children must help safeguard and promote the child’s welfare. One of key points of the legislation is the “Paramountcy Principle” which describes
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1.1 list legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting. * Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 * Health And Safety of Work Act 1974 * Manual Handling Operations Regulation 1992 * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulation 2002 (COSH) * The Management of Health & Safety Work Regulations * Personal Protective equipment regulations * fire Precautions Act 1971 1.2 describe the main points
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