Principles of personal development in adult social care setting Task A A reflective practice‚ a guide for the social care worker What is reflective practice? This involves thinking about your own practices‚ ideas and actions within your workplace. You are then able to evaluate their effectiveness in order to make improvements and changes. Why is reflective practice important? By analysing your own actions it enables the Social Care worker to improve on their approaches and thus
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Unit 4222-307 Outcome 1 1. Legislations that relate to the handling of information in health and social care are: The Human Rights Act 1998 The Data Protection Act 1998 Codes of practice that relate to the handling of information in health and social care are: Codes of Practice – set out by Skills for care CSSIW guidelines 2. The main points of the data protection act are: 1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully and‚ in particular‚ shall not be processed
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The sick role is a term used in medical sociology regarding sickness and the rights and obligations of the affected. It is a concept created by American sociologist Talcott Parsons in 1951. Parsons was a functionalist sociologist‚ who argued that being sick means that the sufferer enters a role of ’sanctioned deviance’. Chronic sickness is a term connected to an expansive scope of ailments that is enduring in its belongings and that fluctuate incredibly both in their basic attributes and the courses
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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 4 - PRINCIPLES OF SAFEGUARDING AND PROTECTION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of safeguarding adults. You will describe different types of abuse‚ the signs and symptoms associated with them and what to do if you are aware of or suspect an individual has been abused or you note unsafe practice. You will research failings in care services and explore how best practice can help to keep
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Names : Miss WilliamKofoworade Unit: Unit 6 personal and Professional development Criteria : P7 SOCIAL WORKER What is a Social worker? Social workers work with people to support them through difficult times and ensure that vulnerable people‚ including children and adults are safeguarded from harm. Social workers form relationships with people and assist them to live more successfully within their local communities by helping them find solutions to their problems. Social work involves engaging not
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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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Unit 4222-301 Promote communication in health and social care or young children’s and young people’s setting. 1:1 Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting. Communication is an essential tool an enabler can use to meet the needs of the consumers‚ it is basic requirement of my job role to communicate with consumers‚ their families‚ other health services and team members working with the consumers on a daily basis. Communicating with other staff member ensures that
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The expectations of my role as a social care worker are defined by the codes of practice released by the General Social Care Council in 2001. These are described below: In my role as care assistant I need to promote and protect the rights and interests of my residents by treating everyone as individuals. I need to uphold my residents’ needs‚ views and wishes where appropriate. I must maintain respect‚ dignity and privacy of my residents at all times and encourages equal opportunities to everyone
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Unit 5 P4‚ M1 and D1 This essay will explain the physiologies of the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system and how they work in the metabolism of energy in the body. The respiratory system The respiration system is the process of supplying oxygen to the cells so that cells can metabolise energy. The main functions of the respiratory system are to maintain oxygen supply to cells‚ to remove water from the body‚ and to remove carbon dioxide from the body. It is divided into four sections
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Unit 4222-303 Promote equality and inclusion in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Outcome 1.1 Diversity: Diversity means different. Diversity recognises that people are different and unique in many ways. Diversity recognises and values these differences. Diversity consists of visible and non-visible factors such as background‚ culture‚ personality and work style. By recognising and understanding individual differences we can create a productive environment in which everyone
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