Unit 8: understand health and safety in the social care sector Outcome 1 A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting- · Health and Safety at work Act 1974 · Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 · Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation 1981 include amendment on 2009 · The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 · Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 · Reporting
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Marginalisation‚ means being pushed to the margins of society‚ this means that you are unable to participate in the health and care services that are available. In health and social care no one should be marginalised no matter what their background is circumstances‚ sexual orientation on health status. * Disempowerment means that a group of people are discriminated‚ by the health professions it could be the nurses in the hospital discriminating against the group of people; this also means that
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ethical in social work practice” An ethical dilemma exists: When the social worker must choose between two or more relevant‚ but contradictory‚ ethical directives‚ or when every alternative results in an undesirable outcome for one or more persons. Several value systems and ethical practices impact the social worker intervention and outcome. Values and ethics are closely related .Values are a society’s system of beliefs ‚principles and traditions that guide behaviors and practices‚ however ethics
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and continuity of care. All carers have to attend change over at the start of every shift and complete care plans after a shift and pressure charts after attending to a client‚ thereby keeping other staff and professionals informed and aware of current situations within the home. Clients communicate with carers to express their needs and preferences to ensure they are met‚ I would give advice on other options and choices they have to allow them an informed choice regards their care. As a regular carer
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and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This is the main difference to other conditions that affect the mind. People who suffer from learning problems‚ or lower intelligence will never acquire certain
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originated in the 1970’s and is based around the idea that people have preferences about how they like to learn. Theorists believe that each individual has a particular learning style that is best suited to them and allows them to collect and process information successfully in order to learn. The principle idea is that these learning style differ from one individual to the next and theorists argue that school teachers should incorporate these learning styles into their lessons so that student is catered
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and develop practice K3p222 Why is it important to reflect on your own practice and evaluate its effectiveness? It is important to reflect on your own practice and evaluate its effectiveness because it helps to see how well I am doing‚ what I have done and if there is anything I need to change or do differently to improve my practice. K3d223 How do you learn and increase professional knowledge and skills through reflection? Reflection on my working practice helps me to
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communication in adult social care settings 1 Understand why effective communication is important in adult social care settings 1.1 Identify different reasons why people communicate People communicate to express needs and emotions. We can share ideas and information through communication as well as discuss opinions and experiences. Communication does not necessarily have to be verbal. 1.2 Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of working in adult social care settings Patients require
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1.1+1.2 It is important to maintain good personal hygiene so not to cause any infections as may lead to health problems e.g. if to don’t brush your teeth it may cause in infection in your mouth and this could lead to eating problems and possible malnutrition. It can also have an effect on a person’s confidence and also social life this may lead to social isolation due to people not wanting to associate with them. If you don’t have good hygiene this may cause cross contamination leading to other
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Manage Health and Social Care Practice to Ensure Positive Outcomes for Individuals Unit code: M3 Unit reference number: M/602/2850 QCF level: 5 1 Understand the theory and principles that underpin outcome-based practice Q1.1 -Explain ‘outcome-based practice’ Q1.2- Critically review approaches to outcome based practice Q1.3- Analyse the effect of legislation and policy on outcome based practice Q1.4 Explain how outcome-based practice can result
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