Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace Student Name: Lecturer: Group: Health and Safety This essay will show an understanding of how health and safety legislation is implemented in the workplace and its impact on customers and the work of practitioners. I will do this by; analysing health and safety priorities and risk assessments‚ discussing the encountering of dilemma’s in the workplace and by analysing the effects of non-compliance and a positive
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relating to health and safety in social care settings. 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. Under this Act‚ the employer‚ the workers and the individuals being supported have responsibilities to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace. Your employer should display a copy of this Act on their main premises. The Management of Health and Safety
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|Assignment 055 Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings | | | |Task A | |1 |What does duty of care mean in children and young people settings? | | |Duty of care can be defined as "an obligation‚ recognised by law‚ to avoid conduct fraught with unreasonable
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PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE IN HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS LEARNING OUTCOME 1 UNDERSTAND REQUIREMENTS FOR HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS The following are current legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care. They also summarise the main points of legal requirements for handling information. • THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998 – The Data Protection Act 1998 is a piece of legislation which defines
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improving the health and quality of life for people with dementia There are many health professionals who provide services that are available to individuals with dementia. Health care services include home care‚ day care and services provided by doctors and nurses. The services available and the way they are organised‚ vary from area to area. Health and social care professionals have a duty to work closely with each other and communicate with each other to provide the best support and care with those
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Personal Growth "To have that sense of one ’s intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything." This quote by Joan Didion explains Abraham Maslow ’s Hierarchy of Human Needs. The needs are laid out in five layers. The bottom layer is the physiological needs‚ then safety needs‚ the need for belonging‚ the need for esteem‚ and lastly as Joan Didion explains‚ self-actualization. Each level must be achieved before it can reach the next level. Maslow created this pyramid
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million people‚ will be without health care insurance because coverage will be too expensive (CQ Health beat News‚ 2005). The United States spends more money on health care than other industrialized nations but is the only one that doesn’t ensure health care coverage for all citizens. Every year‚ approximately 18‚000 unnecessary deaths occur because of health insurance lacking in the United States‚ (Institute of Medicine [IOM]‚ 2002). Proponents of universal health care coverage say this problem is
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Jake Morris Texting Effects on Written Communication Skills Abstract Text messaging‚ especially in young people‚ is setting up the dynamics that will present challenges as they continue to grow and mature. Those challenges will present themselves as an inability or difficulties in forming proper sentences and perhaps even result in being unable to differentiate the basic writing nuances in words that sound alike‚ but have different meanings. This effort on the
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Principles of Health and Social Care Practice This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. Learners will consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce‚ including strategies that can influence the performance of others. Module Contents 1 Understand how principles
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patiant was trying to communicate it is not only the expression on people s faces that tells you about how they fell Q 2: Identify five ways communication can help you in your work and why ? 1: Writing reports -I will write report about individuals so next shift staff can read and affect accordingly. By completing charts and records. I will mention in the care plan if any Changes have made in my shift which will help for all staff. I will communicate with my colleagues and pass all information regarding
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