handle CU2470 Handle information in health and social care settings 1.1 The data protection act is the policy which is in place in any care setting for recording‚ storing and sharing information; it’s to protect people and their rights and gives them so privacy when personal data is being processed and it also gives individuals the right to control what information they want people to know about themselves. 1.2 It is important to have a system that is secure for recording‚ storing
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Unit 15 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings 8 Understand how to promote environmental safety procedures in the social care setting 8.4 Explain the importance of having an emergency plan in place to deal with unforeseen incidents Having an emergency plan in place‚ helps people to deal with things in an emergency. It lays out what should be done and how things should be handled. The idea behind an emergency plan is to meet specific needs. In the event of a fire or gas leak‚ it lays
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Concerns Surround Medical Records Privacy Issues Juanita Newell HCS/430 May 13‚ 2013 Melissa Borrelli‚ Esq. Concerns Surround Medical Records Privacy Issues The health information of Americans is expected to rise in the coming years because millions of patients’ medical records are changing into electronic medical records. Electronic medical records give the healthcare providers‚ regulators‚ insurers‚ and researchers the right to analyze the patient’s health information. These concerns have
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Promote communication in health and social care settings. Introduction. Within this assignment I will describe the importance of communication in working with service users. To do this I will answer the following criteria.
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Unit 2 – introduction to personal development in Health‚ Social care or Children’s and Young people’s settings. 1.1 Key Responsibilities: * To support individuals in their home and in the community. * To support service users to ensure that their physical‚ social‚ emotional and intellectual needs are met. * To support the personal development of each service user‚ ensuring that they are treated as an individual with their own unique support needs. * To ensure that the dignity and
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to Duty of Care in Health and Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Undestand the implications of Duty of Care. 1.1 Define the term "duty of care’. Duty of care is an obligation that a person/healthcare worker acts towards others and public with watchfulness‚ attention and caution in a reasonable and civilized way. SU needs to know that his welfare‚ safety and interest are put in the centre of attention of any healthcare organisation. 1.2 Describe how duty of care affects own
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ASSIGNMENT 204 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children ’s and young people ’s settings Task A Dear friend I have heard that you would like to work as a care worker and need to know more about “duty of care”. I wish to help and want to try clarify the term to you as much as I can. “Duty of care” is a phrase used to describe the obligation in your role as a care worker. You owe duty of care to your patients/service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and
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Explain why it is important in a 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)
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CU1530 Promote communication in health and social care setting Identify the different reasons why people communicate when working in a care setting communication is a key factor‚ you need to be able to communicate with a wide range of people such as service users‚ families and/or carers‚ other members or staff and management‚ you will also have to come into contact with other professional from time to time such as; doctors‚ nurses and social workers. Communication is the basis of all relationships
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Confidentiality is the ethical and legal responsibility of mental health counselors to protect the right of privacy of clients. In the world of mental health counseling‚ counselors’ commitment to confidentiality is the basis of effective practice. Confidentiality prohibits mental health counselors from disclosing information about the client to third parties (e.g. family members‚ employer). Confidentiality is critical to establish trust between consumer and mental health counselor‚ which is imperative
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