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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Handbook Caring for Children and Young People. Once you have read this handbook‚ it will help you understand why many children often end up being looked after by other people rather than their parents. When a child ends up getting” looked after” it means the local authority has placed a care order to be put in place for them to be placed in someone else’s care. There are two types of care that a child can enter into. One is voluntary where their parents put them in care because either they
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Unit 18 Assess the Individual in a Health and Social Care Setting As a part of my role I go out and assess potential residents that are looking to be admitted to the Home where I work. The usual process is that someone telephones or visits‚ whether it be a Social Worker‚ a family member‚ a Health Care Professional from Hospital or the perspective resident themselves. We have an assessment form for this stage we call a Resident Enquiry form‚ basic details are asked of the potential resident and contact
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Unit 202 - Principles of personal development in adult and social care settings Outcome 1 - Understand what is required for good practice in adult social care roles 1.1 - Identify standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out The standards which influences the way the work role is carried out are: Regulations: Health and Safety at work Act 1974 Care Standards Act 2000 Manual Handling operations regulations NHS & Community Care Act Food Safety Act Management of Health
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Introduction to Equality and Inclusion in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1.1 The term ‘Diversity’ means the state or fact of being diverse; different or unlike. Within equality and inclusion it is the difference between individuals and groups including: culture‚ nationality‚ ability‚ ethnic origin‚ gender‚ age‚ religion‚ beliefs‚ sexual orientation and social class. The term ‘Equality’ means the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in-quantity‚
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Support children and young people’s Health and Safety 1.1) Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. When planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor activities there are many factors that we need to take into account. For example one of these could be the individual needs of the child. Children need different activities and environments set out differently depending on their age group. We need to make sure
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UNIT 209: HANDLE INFORMAION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS OUTCOME 1: Understand the need for secure handling of information in health and social care settings 1.1.Identify the legislation that relates to the recording‚ storage and sharing of information in health and social care A medical record in paper or electronic format provides a written account of a patient’s medical history‚ containing information about diagnosis‚ treatment‚ chronological progress notes and discharge recommendations
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Unit 334 – Support children and young people health and safety 1.1 When planning an indoor lesson you need to take into account various health and safety factors. These will be that the room you will be taking the lesson in has enough space for the amount of students in the lesson. Students and staff should be able to move around the room without causing any problems for others and be able to locate all necessary materials and any equipment that is needed for the lesson. The lighting in the room
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they must conduct themselves in a healthy and appropriate manner applying good hygiene in everything they do‚ whether it be ensuring they wear personal protective equipment (PPE)‚ good food hygiene‚ cleaning up after themselves or supporting an individual take medication. 1.2 Employers also have a responsibility to their staff‚ clients and other people who come in to contact with their services. employers need to ensure that staff are trained in how to prevent and control infection‚ have the equipment
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Assignment 202 Principles of personal development Assignments Task A – Short Answer Questions Social workers follow certain standards that give guidance on ways of working that have been identified as good practice. These standards include: • legal requirements (regulations) • codes of practice • national occupation standards (for training in different job roles) • minimum standards Identify two standards for each of the different aspects of social care work listed below. Ai - Confidentiality
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