It also ensures any health and safety issues are recognized and reported. 2. Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of working in adult social care settings (1.1.2) I communicate using: Communication books, Handovers, Staff meetings, meetings with my home Manager. Effective communication is important as it ensures that information is: clear, concise, accurate, non-judgmental, and informative. This reduces the possibility of mistakes being made, and ensuring appropriate care service delivery.
Also planning the day and having a routine which best fits around each individual ensuring that their best interests and personal choices come first. Other ways are - It also our duty of care to promote independence, and ensure that all individuals are aware of what their rights are. We should be aware of how to recognize signs of abuse, neglect or unacceptable behaviour and to follow policies and procedures if this happens All individuals should be treated fairly and without prejudice Informing management if there is anything that is stopping us from carrying out our job safely Complying with health and safety regulations Ensuring residents know about the complaints procedure and to report a complaint | 1.2 Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protectionof individuals | We are responsible in keeping individuals safe from harm, whether it is illness, abuse or harm and injury. We can do this by involving families and other health care professionals in their care plan, getting ideas on ways best to support their family. Following a code of practice and
Citizen-Schwarz AG will review all pertinent data and shall maintain appropriate daily records to ascertain whether the Standard of Performance has been met. Citizen-Schwarz AG will closely monitor the defect removal efficiency of Span Systems and communicate a benchmark to Span Systems in a month from the date of
Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice. The importance of continually improving my knowledge, is to ensure that the I am aware of, and follow, the current health & social care standards, legislation, and guidelines for good practice. Learning new skills and refreshing training enables me to progress, and achieve within my career and working practices. Personal development not only benefits an individual, but also the organization, and the residents who receive the services. The focus of training tends to be on the staff group delivering the services, to ensure that all recommendations and standards are achieved.
Working in the Health and Social Care industry I think the most important thing is the service users and our health and social care workers and their happiness. The more I reflect and enhance my own knowledge the more effective the learning and training will be. We also have to take responsibility for our own behaviour on people that we manage and train and encourage them to show positive behaviour too. 1.2 – Analyse potential barriers to professional development There are a number of barriers within my role. Once the barriers have been identified I should look to overcome these.
The policies and procedures lay out clear guidelines for the expected delivery of care and help everyone involved agree to the safe ways of working and have information on how their care will be delivered in ways that promote their safety. Aiii An explanation of how health and safety policies and procedures protect people who work in social care settings. Health and safety policies and procedures protect people who work in social care settings by providing clear guidelines for staff so they know how to work safely within the legal requirements. The policies and procedures help to protect the people using the service, including employers and employees. Aiv A comparison of the differences in the main health and safety responsibilities of each of the following: 1.
Patient satisfaction is important at the facility and using audits will allow the tool to determine how the patient is progressing with health. By using this type of data collection tool, staff will learn that patient satisfaction and comfort is important to the organization. This will implement their realization that the data collected is important accurate information. The types of information this tool is used to collect data are patient’s baseline and assessments during regular intervals of treatment. With the data, the audit can separate the patients having discomfort and pain from those satisfied patients to improve in areas needed to make sure that all patients are comfortable at the
Communication Style Regina Haney, Ann Crane, Farida Biobaku, Kendall Larsen HCS/ 350 July 11, 2011 Randall Webb Communication Style Effective communication in healthcare is essential to deliver good patient care. When delegating tasks to co-workers, one needs to be clear and precise. When people have a full understanding of what their job is, they will perform better and patients will get better outcomes. Without effective communication we are setting up our fellow co-workers for failure and our patients as well. Effective communication is necessary to convey the importance of instructions and task to co-workers so they can fully understand the importance of their task and the steps necessary to manage the task.
In England, the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers is overseen by Skills for Health and Skills for Care. www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/code-of-conduct The Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers includes the following principles: Be accountable by making sure you can answer for your actions or omissions Promote and uphold the privacy, dignity, rights, health and wellbeing of people who use health and social care services and their carers at all times Work in collaboration with your colleagues to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare, care and support Communicate in an open, and effective way to promote the health, safety and wellbeing of people who use health and social care services and their carers Respect a person’s right to confidentiality. THE CARE CERTIFICATE WORKBOOK STANDARD 4 5 Strive to improve the quality of healthcare, care and support through
Visiting Angel nursing home strives to ensure that * The services provided incorporates evidence based, effective practices; * The care and services are appropriate to each consumer’s needs, and available when needed; * Risk to patients, providers, and staff is minimized, and errors in medication in the delivery are prevented. * A proactive sharing of the patient care plan with family and nursing home staff are respected and services are provided with sensitivity and caring. Different approaches to quality improvement are used but The Visiting Angel nursing home care approach to quality improvement is based on the following principles: * A leadership is committed to providing quality care by improving medication errors in the facility, and providing residents with more efficient, effective, and patient-centered care * Changing the organizational culture where mistakes are opportunities for improvement rather than