Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace Student Name: Lecturer: Group: Health and Safety This essay will show an understanding of how health and safety legislation is implemented in the workplace and its impact on customers and the work of practitioners. I will do this by; analysing health and safety priorities and risk assessments‚ discussing the encountering of dilemma’s in the workplace and by analysing the effects of non-compliance and a positive
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Unit 2 Task 1 P2 Describe discriminatory practice in health and social care 1. Overt discrimination This is when discrimination is “clear and up front” despite equality legislation making it illegal. For example paying a male nurse more money than a female nurse for the same job because of his gender. It could also be refusing to treat a patient because they are of a different race or religion. 2. Covert Discrimination This is the opposite of Overt Discrimination. It is when the discrimination
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What is dementia? If you‚ or a friend or relative‚ have been diagnosed with dementia‚ you may be feeling anxious or confused. You may not know what dementia is. This factsheet should help answer some of your questions. The term ’dementia’ is used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. These include Alzheimer’s disease and sometimes as a result of a stroke. Dementia is progressive‚ which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. How
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PROMOTE EQUALITY‚ DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. 3.6 – 1.1 Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. While working in school it is important to recognise the current legislation and codes of practice which are relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. Those are: Every Child Matters 2003 and Children Act 2004 updated in 2010 to Help Children Achieve More.
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Principles of Health and Social Care Practice Introduction This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. The essay 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. The first part of this essay will consider
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This essay will discuss my values and those used in social care practice‚ sociological and psychological influences regarding discrimination and anti-discrimination. The meaning of discrimination and anti-discriminatory practice and to identify and describe three pieces of legislation designed to promote anti-discriminatory practice. Values and beliefs are about what a person finds important to you; what a person believes to be right and wrong. Values are usually learned by primary socialisation
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Edexcel GCSE 2009 Health and Social Care Unit 4: Health‚ Social Care and Early Years in Practice Practical support to help you deliver this Edexcel specification Scheme of work This scheme of work has been produced to help you implement this Edexcel specification. It is offered as an example of one possible model that you should feel free to adapt to meet your needs and is not intended to be in any way prescriptive. It is in editable word format to make adaptation
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initiative promoting anti-discriminatory practice In this leaflet I am going to asses the influence of national policy initiative anti-discriminatory practice this also includes legislations and regulations that has to be followed. Discriminatory practice is when people are placed and categorised in groups for example male and female or racial wised. For example an elderly mane would be questions whether he is allowed to run a marathon because of his age this is one of the signs of discrimination which
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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 2 - PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment‚ you will investigate standards that influence adult social care practice. You will look at examples of these standards and how they affect the role of social care workers. Personal development and reflective practice are important for social care workers‚ and you will be completing tasks that cover these concepts. You will look at the different ways that this is done‚ how you
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their plan of care. Unit Sector Ref: HSC 2028 1.1 Outline the anatomy and physiology of the human body in relation to the importance of correct moving and positioning of individuals The anatomy and physiology of the human body explains that muscles are attached to the skeleton. They work like hinges or levers to pull or move particular joints when a muscle contracts‚ pulling the joint in the direction it is designed to move. Parts of muscles move antagonistically‚ that is‚ when one contracts‚ its
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