Potential Hazards in Health and Social Care Settings While working at Langdale view a residential care home, I came across many potential hazards. A hazard is anything that can cause harm to an individual. Hazards affect all the people working in that care setting including, staff, visitors and individuals, there are a lot of hazards which can be found in and around every health and social care setting. Hazards: Hazards in the physical environment The physical environment is the surroundings
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BTEC NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE UNIT 4 DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LIFE STAGES Unit abstract Knowledge of human growth and development through the life stages is important for learners who are considering careers in the health or social care sectors because it will assist understanding of the needs of individuals at different stages of life, including their potential care needs. It will also help you understand the influence of unexpected events on patients/service
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measured against, which include CQC standards, national occupational standards, health and safety act 2008 and the code of conduct for healthcare support workers and adult social care workers in England. The CQC standards include person centred care which cares which meet your needs, dignity and respect which is where everyone is treated equally and fairly, consent which is where consent must be given before any cares are carried out, safety which providers must assess the risks to your safety and
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Legislation, strategies and procedures used in health and social care to safeguard vulnerable adults and reduce the risk of abuse. Legislations used to promote safeguarding for vulnerable adults include: * The data protection act- this legislation helps to reduce the risk of abuse to vulnerable people, this legislations ensure that all personal documents are put away safely and securely from the eyes and possession of a third person. This is so that a third party doesn’t try find out personal
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Unit 2: Health and Social Care Values 2A.M1 Discuss the importance of the values that underpin current practice in health and social care, with reference to selected examples¬¬ In this task I am going to discuss the importance of values that reinforce current practice in health and social care with references to selected examples. Care values and the code of practice are designed to try and help service users to feel safer in the environment that they live in and they should also feel valued
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on the right of people to be treated equally. Making sure your clients are treated with the specific care that they need. Clients care should be treated the same as everyone else and no different but some clients may need more care than other clients. For example, their religion, disability, whether they are deaf or blind. The care setting I am going to be focusing on is a care home. In my care home we should promote anti discriminatory practice by having certain principles. These include the following
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Unit 3: Health and safety Task 1: legislation P2 For this task I have been asked to outline how legislation, policies and procedures relate to health, safety and security and how they are influenced within the health and social care settings. The care setting, I have chosen is a day nursery, because I have completed my work placement there so I know a little but more about this setting. The nursery that I completed my work placement at looks after children aged 0-10 and the nursery is open from
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BTEC L3 Health and Social Care: Unit 1 (M1) Student Name: roberta boswell BTEC L3 Health and Social Care: Unit 1 (M1) The role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care with reference to theories of communication The role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care with reference to theories of communication The role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social
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Unit 45, Assignment 1 – Resources for Health and Social Care. Explain why resources are presented differently due to the type of media used. During this Report we will be looking at the different types of resources available for new learners in Health and social care. I will be reviewing four different types of resources I have researched. I will also explain why they are presented differently from one another and the different types of ways these resources can be presented by the media. Internet
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How well do system work? LO3: Understand the monitoring and review of Health and Safety in the health and social care workplace. Monitoring and Reviewing Health and Safety Policies and Practices In Health and Social Care setting, the legislation, policies and procedures are regulated, in order to achieve the best outcome for the service user and the service. Every sector would aim to provide the high quality of care and service, for the service users and the workers. To achieve the standard
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