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 and Safety at work
Codes of Practice:
Codes of Practice for Social Care Workers and Employers
General Social Care Council
Standards of conduct
Standards of Conduct Performance & Ethics: Health Professionals Council
National Occupational Standards:
Health and Social Care
1.2 - Explain why reflecting on work activities is an important way to develop own knowledge and skills
Reflecting on work activities in an important way to develop knowledge, skills and practice it enables us to reach our goals, achieve a better understanding of ourselves, self-awareness, strengths and weaknesses. To be able to reflect on how individuals are doing and to transfer knowledge to our practice. The things that I know or what I don’t know, how to achieve some goals, achievements and where I need to improve.
1.3 - Describe ways to ensure that personal attitudes and beliefs do not obstruct the quality of work
To be able to ensure that personal attitudes and beliefs do not obstruct the quality of work you must not let your own personal feelings get in the way of doing your job correctly, treat everybody as an equal and work to support the residents needs, have a positive attitude towards all of the residents we take care of, ensure we follow all policies and procedures of our work setting without making any expectation. Also to respect the rights of each of the residents and do not allow prejudice in the work setting and give everybody the same opportunities, regardless of our opinion.