Two of the most important pieces of health and safety legislation affecting educational establishments across the UK are the Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. These set the standards that must be met to ensure the health and safety of all employees and others who may be affected by any work activity. Other regulations also exist to cover work activities that carry specific risks‚ for example lifting and carrying‚ computer work
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Careers With-in Health and Social Care There are many careers with-in the Health and Social Care Sector which require different levels of experience and qualifications. Below is a list of some of the careers and their explanations and levels of experience and qualifications you need before you can carry out these roles. The list I have provided is not exhaustive and there are also many other careers that you can do within the Health and Social care sector but I hope it gives evidence that I have
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1.1 & 1.2 - define the following types of abuse and the signs and symptoms associated with each. Physical abuse The term physical abuse is applied to the act of a person/s causing physical pain or injury to another person. The types of abuse that could be put into this category are: · Hitting · Slapping · Punching · Kicking · Pinching · Biting · Burning/Scalding The signs of physical abuse could include unexplainable marks to the skin including bruising‚ grazing‚ blisters from
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of Care in Health and Social Care in Children and Young People Settings Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role Duty of care is defined simply as a legal obligation to : Always act in the best interest of individuals in care and others Not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm Act within own competence and not take on anything not believe we can safely do As a care worker‚ we owe a duty of care to the
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Assignment 201 Principles of communication in adult social care settings Assignment composition Assignment overview In this assignment‚ you will complete tasks to demonstrate your understanding of the importance of communication in adult social care settings‚ and ways to overcome barriers to meet individual needs and preferences in communication. You will also address the issue of confidentiality. Tasks There are two tasks to this assignment. A Short answer questions B Poster
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UNIT 8-Psychological Perspectives This assignment will explain three different psychological perspectives and these are: Behaviourism‚ psychodynamic and social learning. In this assignment this will include the main theorists and apply how and why they work. (P1): Explain the principal of psychological perspectives. Behaviourism Behaviourism can also be seen as the learning theory. This was introduced by John Watson in the early 1900’s. This was mainly his thoughts and ideas. When it comes
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individual patients/clients. Identify opportunities for health promotion and make best use of these either directly or through referral to other professionals or agencies. Contribute to the implementation of a programme of health care and health promotion that has been designed by a registered practitioner. Recently in the care home I reside in‚ an elderly patient became concerned about her weight gain. As a new patient to the care home she had undergone relevant tests and her weight and
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the ways in which I am resilient as well as how I can improve my resiliency in the Intro to Abuse course. I discovered that my resiliency score is fairly high at 220‚ meaning that I am “quite a bit” resilient. The category in which I had the highest level of resiliency with a score of 14 out of 15 possible points is the “Opportunities for Meaningful Participation” section. I think I scored especially highly in this section because I have positive family characteristics and strong community resources
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DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LIFE STAGES P1- Describe physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual In this task I will be explaining development through five main life stages which are: Conception‚ pregnancy‚ birth and infancy this is 0-3 years old Childhood which occurs from the ages 4-10 years old Adolescence from the ages 11-18 years old Adulthood from the ages 19-65 years old Later Adulthood 65+ During each of these life stages we gain
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B1 Discuss the skills the practitioner requires to effectively communication in a social care setting. Practitioners need many skills to have effective communication in a social care setting. The first thing they need to have the effective communication is to stay professional. The second skill required would be listening because then you are giving them the respect and you are building a stronger relationship with each other by respecting of their opinion and views. The fourth skill would be having
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