General Social Care Council Goldings House 2 Hay’s Lane London SE1 2HB Codes Of Practice For Social Care Workers 020 7397 5100 www.gscc.org.uk © Copyright General Social Care Council 2010 Web and print-friendly version Introduction What are the codes? This document contains agreed codes of practice for social care workers and employers of social care workers describing the standards of conduct and practice within which they should work. This introduction‚ which is
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CU1532 promote equality and inclusion in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1Diversity: Diversity is where no two people are the same‚ we all have characteristics that make us unique: age‚ culture; disability (mental‚ learning‚ physical)‚ education‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ language(s) spoken‚ marital/partnered status‚ physical appearance‚ race‚ religious beliefs‚ sexual orientation. Equality: Equality mean no matter how different we are we have the right to be treated the
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References: Axia College. (2008). Communication Skills for Health Care Professionals. Retrieved March 18‚ 2010‚ from Axia College‚ Week Three‚ Chapter 4‚ HCA/230
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My grandmother worked her whole life and can not afford to buy her favorite foods. Being 80 years old‚ she is currently on dozens of medications she needs to live. With her health care plan‚ many of these medications cost only a few dollars. However‚ those medications‚ which still have exclusive patents through their pharmaceutical company‚ can be very pricey. With the low amount of money she receives‚ it is always a constant battle for her to stay on budget. And due to the prices of some of her
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When talking about health it is not just about the overall condition of a person whether physical or non-physical such as psychological‚ spiritual and social well-being and not just the absence of illness or disability. Health can also be the ability to manage and adjust to different situations and achieve optimistic holistic understanding. Health inequalities is the dissimilarities of a well-being status among person or groups‚ as measured by factors such as lifespan‚ death or sickness. It also
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References: Barbash‚ M.D‚ G.‚ & Giled‚ Ph. D.‚ S. A. (2010‚ August). New Techonolgy and Health Care Cost. Retrieved from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1006602 Stanford Hospital and Clinics. (2012). Robotic Assisted Surgery. Retrieved from http://stanfordhospital.org/clinicsmedServices/clinics/urology/robotic_surgery.html?utm_sourc
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Bullet point 1: Health&well-being: Health and well-being can change over time and vary between different cultures and life stages. Health and well-being can be described as the absence of physical illness‚ disease and mental distress. This is a negative definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being can be described as the achievement and maintenance of physical fitness and mental stability. This is a positive definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being as a result
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suffers from dementia. This would also affect their social life because no one would want to associate with someone who regularly forgets what is happening around them. If the individual is taken to a residential home it becomes easier for them because care workers would be helping the person to try and recollect their memories if they can. The self-esteem of an individual who is having difficulties in hearing‚ seeing‚ tasting‚ smelling and so on can be affected because they do not have all the senses
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P3: explain patterns and trends of health and illness among different social groupings. Government findings According to the January 2007 report by the parliamentary office of science and technology why are some ethnic minority groups at more risk of ill health than others. Black and minority ethnic (BME) groups generally have worse health than the overall population‚ although some BME groups fare much worse than others do‚ and patterns vary from one health condition to the next. Evidence suggests
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Unit 2 Principles of Personal Development in Adult Social Care settings. Name of Candidate: Learning outcomes | Assessment criteria 1.1 | | Question: Identify standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out.National Minimum StandardsNational Occupational StandardsGood codes of practice and adhering to these codes of practice are a requirement.The policies of the organisation‚ How the structures work and the people who manage or supervise you. | 1. understand
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