If you are told by a service user that they are being abused you must tell your manager even if the service user ask's you not to tell to must make them aware that you are duty bound to do so to protect them. It is then important to make sure that they are safe from further abuse keep any evidence you find and record it. 2. Describe what a social care worker must do if unsafe practice is reported but nothing is done to ensure it is corrected. If the manager takes know action talk to them and ask why they haven't done so,if still nothing is done then go to regional manager it should not be necessary to go further but if you do there is cqc, health and safetyat work or department of health detailing all the relevant information.
Task A Supervision Notes As an experienced social care worker you have been asked to mentor a new social care worker. You plan to use a supervision session to explain about the duty of care and how this helps to protect individuals from harm and abuse. Prepare a set of notes to help you in this supervision session. In the notes, you must include an explanation of: Ai What is meant by the term “duty of care” It is a legal obligation to provide care and support to vulnerable adults. The social care worker must do everything they can to keep the service users safe from harm, injury and abuse.
Carry out relevant checks when they employ staff. Ensure that staff are registered with the relevant professional regulator or professional body where necessary and are allowed to work by that body. Refer staff who are thought to be no longer fit to work in health and adult social care, and meet the requirement for referral, to the appropriate bodies Outcome 13 - Staffing Regulation 22. In order to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of service users, the registered person must take appropriate steps to ensure that, at all times, there are sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, skilled and experienced persons employed for the purposes of carrying on the regulated activity. What should people who use services experience?
So i reported Mrs. A request to the nurse in charge, because i am not trained so i can‘t make changes. Every effort should be made to support Mrs. A to be moved in the way she wantsto be moved. She has the right to make choice. So the nurse on duty reviewed the risk assesment first and work out if it is safe foe all involved for Mrs. A to be moved in the way she wishes. From now on we are following a updated risk assesment plan and moving Mrs.A how she requested.
* They have not taken reasonable care for their own or others safety. * You may need to take responsibilities for an individual’s health and safety if the person will not comply with a risk assessment procedure and you need to follow policies and procedures to deal with this. * We must follow care plan risk assessment and health and safety procedures at all times. 1.5 Explain why specific tasks should only be carried out with special training. Everyone who is working in health and social care should not carry out any of these tasks without special training.
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 outlines key requirements for employers and employees but does not implement these requirements, the management of health and safety at work regulations do. It is managements responsibility to ensure any risks which have be identified and may be harmful to workers is evaluated and any arrangements are put in place to reduce the risk as much as reasonably practicable. As a company we have mandatory training which all staff must attend for health and safety, including infection prevention and moving and handling. The company also provides equipment required to reduce risks surrounding the
This needs to be kept as confidential as possible. 2 Know how to access support for handling information in social care setting. 2.1 Describe how to access guidance, information and advice about handling information. You would go to your line manager. Then you would ask the main supervisor if the line manager cannot answer your enquiry.
This needs to be kept as confidential as possible. 2 Know how to access support for handling information in social care setting. 2.1 Describe how to access guidance, information and advice about handling information. You would go to your line manager. Then you would ask the main supervisor if the line manager cannot answer your enquiry.
First Steps in counselling by Ursula O Farrell Chapter 5 Establishing the Relationship reviewed by Dawn Nelson Initial Contact O’Farrell initially discusses the importance of counselling and how no one method or case study are the same, each client will be different and it is important not to have any pre conceived ideas. She talks about the importance of being attentive to the client and allowing the “picture of the client to build” with each meeting. O Farrell’s emphasis is on establishing a relationship and encouraging the client to explore themselves, then conclusively clarifying why they needed the support of the counsellor. Both the client and the counsellor need to be in psychological contact. Physical aspects Counselling can occur in a variety of settings but O Farrell discusses some basic requirements which are important for both the client and the counsellor, firstly privacy is paramount, the client needs to feel that they are in a secure, private cocoon where self-expression can come freely and without constraint.
How does duty of care affect your own role? You must be able to carry out duties that you are competent to do so. It is your duty to inform your line manager and decline the work that you have not been trained for here are two examples below You have had manual handling training to use a hoist there for you can use it safely and properly. You have not had training to use ceiling hoist, you cannot use it as if you did it would be unsafe and could cause an accident. You must be accountable for keeping records safe, reporting problems, and for your own decisions.