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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Tina Kenny 15.09.14 Unit 520: Recruitment and selection within health and social care settings. Outcome 1: Understand the recruitment and selection processes in health and social care settings. 1.1 Explain the impact on selection and recruitment processes‚ in own setting of: 1.2 Explain circumstances when it is necessary to seek specialist expertise in relation to recruitment and selection. Answers: 1.1 & 1.2 In health and social care the recruitment and selection process is that‚ initial employment
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dangerous occurrences in health and social care where they have policies that require employers‚ the self-employed and those in control of premises to report specified workplace incidents. RIDDOR requires employers‚ the self-employed to report deaths‚ certain types of injury and some occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences that may happen‚ which could happen inside or outside of work. Normally this would cover accidents or incidents what happens at work generally when using equipment whilst at
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SHC 21: Introduction to communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1 Identify different reasons why people communicate. In a work setting people may communicate for various reasons. The main reasons may be‚ exchanging of information whether that is with your colleague‚ young people‚ parents or any others to whom it regards. There will also be times when you want to express your needs and feelings to people around you. It could be in a situation where
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plenty of space to set up the table and all the activities. This was important as not having enough space would have meant not being able to set up all the activities we made. We also‚ had plenty of time as we had a good time slot of 2 hours between 11 – 1 to implement the campaign. This gave more time for us to hand out questionnaires and inform and teach more people on the effects of drugs. We all took part equally in the campaign as we were involved in the stereotyping activity where we all attached
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House Nvq 3 Unit ref:-Y/501/0598 Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects 1- Understand legislation‚ policies and procedures relevant to administration of medication. Legislation: Health and Social Care Act; the Medicines Act and The Misuse of Drugs Act. Guidelines could include the Nursing Midwifery Guidelines for the management of medicine administration - registered nurses have to abide by this set of guidelines and for paid carers‚ the General Social Care Council’s Code
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P5 Explain the strategies and methods that can be used to support children/ young people and their families where abuse is suspected or confirmed. M3 Assess strategies and methods used to minimize the harm to children‚ young people and their families where abuse is confirmed. Case study: Paul is 10 years old. His teachers that he might be suffering from abuse at home have reported it to the Local authority. He will be starting secondary school in a month’s time. The local authority is due to put
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Curtin Business School School of Management Unit Outline 311353 Communication in Business 100 Semester 1‚ 2013 Unit study package number: 311353 Mode of study: Internal Tuition pattern summary: Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly This unit does not have a fieldwork component. Credit Value: 25.0 Pre-requisite units: Nil Co-requisite units: Nil Anti-requisite units: 10808 (v.0) Business Communication 101 or any previous version
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with good looks‚ but everything to do with a welcoming smile‚ appropriate clothes and a smart appearance. Personal presentation - uniforms‚ guides on hairstyles‚ jewellery‚ discrimination Body language - posture‚ facial expressions‚ gestures working environment - tidy work area‚ cooperation and politeness towards staff Interpersonal Skills These relate to your attitude and behaviour towards other people. Attitude - Be positive‚ leave problems behind Behaviour - Courteous‚
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Standard 8 - Understanding health and safety in adult social care settings Standard purpose and aims This standard is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to‚ working in a social care setting. It introduces knowledge and understanding of areas of health and safety required to work in a social care setting. Main area Roles and responsibilities relating to health and safety in the work setting/situation Outcome: 1.1 Be aware of key legislation relating to health and safety in your work setting/situation
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