generally is responsible for the health and safety of staff in the work environment. AC2.1 – Outline current legislation and regulatory body standards which are relevant to the prevention and control of infection. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations The Food Safety Act The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) There are regulatory bodies such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
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9JQ M: 07534576932 E: stelladike@gmail.com PERSONAL SUMMARY A well-mannered‚ polite and hardworking care assistant who is able to work closely with other health care professionals in any pressurised environment. I have an awareness‚ understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of clients under my care‚ and a long track record of not only maintaining service standards but also improving them. I have the hands on experience and technical expertise
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Hours worked‚ minimum wage‚ discrimination‚ redundancy and dismissal‚ health and safety‚ training‚ holiday entitlements‚ union rights and consultation‚ disciplinary procedures and many others. Health and safety laws cover the work condition‚ minimum wage and other laws set basic compensation levels. There is also the Disability Act‚ Manual Handling Operations and Regulations‚ Data Protection Act‚ The Medicine Act‚ General Social Care Council code 2001‚ RIDDOR 1995. 1.2 The main features of current employment
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the saliva‚ seminal fluid or the blood. Prevention methods including hand washing‚ the social care worker’s and others’ personal hygiene. The preventions methods of infection control are: * Hand hygiene is decontamination of the hands by either washing or the application of alcohol hand rub products. The importance of hand hygiene in the prevention of cross infection particularly in healthcare settings. The way you should wash your hands are: * Wet hands under continuous running water
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pondering how could anyone do that to another human being?. What happened at Winterbourne View hospital was horrifying for both the patients and their families. The abuse that took place at Winterbourne View was criminal. The staff whose jobs were to care and help patients were shown to be abusing them. Six former members of staff at Winterbourne View hospital were jailed for the terrible crimes they committed * The patients experienced emotional abuse. For example – shouts of abuse to a point where;
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the implications of duty of care. understanding the support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise. the knowledge to respond to complaints. The implications of duty of care. A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeable harm others. A definition from Wikipedia Examples how we do this in my setting.Within our setting we carry out daily checks to ensure
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to get visits from friends and family - some people don’t like hospitals also more one on one with the individual. Also to be more independent. 1.3 The support that individuals might need could be home care workers‚ health visitors‚ nurses‚ doctors‚ social services eg social worker‚ voluntary services‚ meals. This is just as it sounds. The individual has the right to know what support is available and they will probably need help to find out what they are entitled to. Without financial
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and how you ecome o h diff r n need eed peo l with ensory os and o y o ca help improv on you wo k ractice can help to improve on your work practices to support and empower them. Ma mpr ou ract es suppor ctic pport pow wer Many ca e roviders care providers or health professionals are not aware that hearin and vi viders ea h rofess ona r o ware ha hearing e e r vision losses osse ar more pre ale are more prevalent as a person ages‚ and that the threat to indepe reva erson ges‚ nd a th re t independence
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Questions On Health Care Systems Health And Social Care Essay Define and explain the differences between primary health care and higher level health care (secondary and tertiary). A person’s first level of contact‚ with regards to the health system is known as Primary Health Care (French‚ S.‚ Old‚ A.‚ & Healy‚ J. (2001)). It is necessary‚ usually community based‚ health care aimed to be reachable to all everywhere and delivering health care nearer to people’s homes and workplaces (Gillies A.
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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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