Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care The Data Protection Act is mandatory. ALL organisations that hold or process personal data MUST comply. The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) is an act of the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament defining the ways in which information about living people may be legally used and handled. The main intent is to
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PWCS 28. Understand how to handle information in social care settings 1.1 Legislation that relates to recording‚ storage and sharing of information in social care are as follows Data protection act 1998. This is how information about individuals is used. This covers eight principles under which personal data must be protected and collected. DPA says that service user information must be confidential and can only be accessed with their consent. Service users must know what records are being
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Best practice in Handling Information Guidelines When maintaining records information should be written to adhere to the settings standards in order to be effective‚ accurate and safe which may include: • The presentation is clear and legible (if hand writing) and that the information is written in a way that others can understand‚ this makes it easy for other people to read and comprehend‚ and data is passed in a clear and logical way. • Records must be made as soon as possible after the events
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Need for Information Systems Companies need information and information management systems as they are important for various functions such as planning. The information systems help in storing information such as customer data and financial data and this makes the access easier. They also help in saving costs when well developed and can also help in highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of a company. The system can also act as a communication tool and can help in prediction of sales and revenues
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Title Understand how to handle information in social care settings Ref 37 Level 3 Credit value 1 Learning outcomes The learner will: Assessment criteria The learner can: 1. Understand requirements for handling information in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in social care settings 1.2 Explain how legal requirements and codes of practice inform practice in handling information 2. Understand good practice in handling information
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Protecting children from abuse and neglect; * Preventing impairment of their health or development; * Ensuring that they receive‚ safe and effective care this will encourage them to strive and have the optimum of life chances. The school understands all children have the right to be/feel safe in our society. Therefore‚ we will always recognise that we have a duty of care to ensure arrangements are in place for safeguarding and protecting/promoting the welfare of children‚ furthermore by creating
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health and social care setting to have secure systems for recording and storing information (HSC028-1.1) In a health and social care setting‚ there are a number of reasons why it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information. Some of these reasons include: To protect service users’ and even care workers’ private information from unauthorised viewing by third parties (other people who are not supposed to have access to those information) without proper reason to do so. For
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Understand how to prepare and maintain a safe and secure environment for children. It is important that checks should be made at the start of everyday or the session to ensure that all equipment and resources are in a good and safe working order. There should also be checks during and after each session. When there is any damaged resources and equipment it should be removed and either discarded or replaced‚ and any faults or concerns should be reported to the staff that is responsible. This could
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Case Study: How Secure is the Cloud? CSQ1: Although cloud computing have the potential to deliver powerful benefits‚ they pose new challenges to system security and reliability. Cloud computing is indeed cloudy‚ and due to lack of transparency it creates so many problems. One of the major security issue is cloud computing is highly distributed. Cloud applications and application mash-ups reside in virtual libraries in large remote data centers and server mainly supplies business services and data
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How do morticians and funeral directors handle the stigma associated with their work? Hanslin states the focus of Thompson’s article as: Who are these "death specialists" who handle dead bodies‚ and how do they handle the stigma that comes from handling the dead? II. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES A. Symbolic Interactionism is found in the article on pg 225 when the author discusses that people that work in funeral homes use various symbolic measures to rename or change the outward image of the work
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