Aiii. Within our organisation, duty of care means that our employer, the agency has a duty to look after us, by that I mean ensuring that we receive the necessary training prior to carrying out our duties and that we are regularly briefed about changes to regulations. The agency is obliged to ensure that we have all the necessary information, training, instruction and supervision to prepare us to deliver the care to the service users. Aiv. Duty of Care contributes to safeguarding individuals by obligating a level of care towards them as is reasonable in all circumstances to avoid injury to either themselves or their property.
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The social care worker must have a working relationship with service users. The relationship between the social care worker and line manager is another example of a working relationship. This relationship must stay professional within the adult care setting. Explain why it is important that social care workers work in partnership with individuals using the service and their family. It is important that social care workers work together with service users and their families as both have a common goal to protect the service users.
General Social Care Council (GSCC) Codes of Practice: These set out the standards of practice that everyone who works in social care should meet. With regard to handling information the Codes state that: -Social care employers must have written policies in place to help social care workers meet the GSCC’s Code of Practice for Social Care Workers, including policies on confidentiality. - Social care workers must protect the rights of the people they support, including their right to privacy. - Respect confidential information and be able to explain their workplace’s policies about confidentiality to the people they support, their family and friends. Question 1b (Weighting: 5) Summarise the main points of legal requirements and codes of practice for handling information in health and social care.
talking about the service user away from other service users. Aiii Explain two ways of helping other practitioners to understand the importance of handling information securely. • Explain to them about confidentiality and what is meant by that term and discuss the potential harm of careless disclosure. • Show them the company's policies and procedures and ensure they read and understand it. Explain the legislation that is based on and their duties plus the consequences to them.
If an individual has evidence that you have been negligent, you are likely to be disciplined. You could lose your job and you could have legal action taken against you. 1.2 Ex plain how dut y of care cont ribut es t o t he saf eguarding or prot ect ion of individuals I n your role you have a duty of care to raise any concerns you may have about any aspect of your work. These can range from inadequate working conditions, poor equipment, poor practice by other staff; to raising concerns about potential abuse
Shift Leader Policy Responsible To: Home Manager ¨ To support the Home Manager in all aspect of the Home’s management. ¨ To ensure the requirements of the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Older People are implemented in accordance with the Care Standards Act 2000. ¨ To ensure all relevant standards and requirements are met within the Home, especially those contained within the relevant Health and Safety legislation. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITES 1. Ensure the provision of a high standard of direct personal care to service users based on the assessment of their care needs in consultation with the service users and the care team.
However, this branch also deals with the levying of taxes and approving budgets of government expenditure. This branch is made up of the two houses of Congress - the Senate and the house of Representatives (http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774837.html). The Judicial Branch has the Supreme Court, who is the head of it. The Supreme Court decides if something is constitutional or unconstitutional. All this means is, is it permitted under the Constitution or not.
As a practitioner working in professional relationships a main priority is thinking about the child’s safety and development, practitioners should work together to make sure that the childs safety is number one priority before anything else – the setting should provide a way of monitoring who is coming in and out of the setting at all times, for example, a finger print scanner. The responsibility of knowing who’s in the building is every practitioner’s role in the setting. As a practitioner, you need to understand the importance of teamwork when working in professional relationships. You need to have a good relationship with the staff you are working with, and work in a team with them – this involves contributing ideas into tasks and activities for the children, planning tasks and creating display boards to display the children’s work. You must always respect the views of both the parents and of the children, this also involves respecting how they have brought up their children, including their religion and