Amongst the company's policies and procedures, you will find such guidelines, as 'equality and diversity'., and 'dealing with harassment and bullying at work' These policies exists to enable all employees to work cohesively. Please make sure that you familiarise yourself with all of the company policies that will assist you within your job role. It is not only important for the company to have full and up to date details of agreed ways of working, it is also a legal requirement. It is vital that this company can show up to date documents, in the forms of policies and procedures, so that employees can gain a better insight into how the company works with others to promote best practice. Little or no documentation relating to agreed ways of working, would breach national regulations, and the standards of this company.
QCF Level 3 Health and Social Care David Mano CU2479 Promote Good Practice in Handling Information in Health and Social Care Settings Outcome 1 1.1 The current legislation tells us that we have to keep records and information safe and up-to-date at all times. Different companies keep various pieces of information. Different information is handled in different ways. We must follow the company policies and procedures about how to handle certain types of information, the policy will follow the guidelines as set out in the Data Protection Act 1998. As a carer we have the responsibility to make a record of the entire task that we perform in a clear way so that the information can be safely transmitted to the other carers and to the management.
They enable you to provide a good quality service working within the legal framework and most importantly aim to keep you and the individuals you support, safe from danger or harm. To implement agreed ways of working you follow the Policies and Procedures and the service users care plan, where the management of the individual's daily care needs are agreed and documented. It is extremely important to have up to date agreed ways of working as there may be changes in policies within the law. Our company may have to implement them to help protect the vulnerable. You have a duty to keep service users safe by following policies, procedures and working within your job role.
Understand the importance of working in ways that are agreed with the employer. My responsibility to give professional care to the clients. There are up-to-date rules and policies what I have to keep eg health and safety, emergency situations, moving and handling… 3. Understand the importance of working in partnership with others. Very important to work with the other careers and nurses as a team.
Agreed ways of working Agreed ways of working are a set of rules, regulations, policies and procedures set out by your employer or organisation that you work for that inform you what to do and how to work to fulfil your role and job description. They include various pieces of legislation as well as best practice and are there to benefit and protect you, the individuals you support and your employer. Details of procedures on how to undertake certain tasks are described in full including how to; deal with disciplinary issues and allegations of abuse, assess and manage risk, allocate resources, respond to emergencies, administer medication, deal with death and handle admissions. They enable you to provide a good quality service working within the legal framework and most importantly aim to keep you and the individuals you support, safe from danger or harm. Sometimes you may have to work in best interest and instinct to fulfil your job role.
WRITTEN QUESTIONS Unit Title: Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings Unit sector reference: SHC34 Candidate name: ……… ……………………………………………………………. Answer the following questions, give examples where necessary. Question | Answers | 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role | As a professional working within health care, it is necessary and very important that we follow a code of practice which is set out by each employer in all work settings; this involves putting the needs and interests of those that we care for first. It is vital to keep everyone in our care safe from harm and unnecessary risk, which means we need to ensure that no individual in our care is abused or neglected. Also planning the day and having a routine which best fits around each individual ensuring that their best interests and personal choices come first.
Unit 4222-319 Facilitate person centred assessment, planning, implementation and review (HSC3020) What needs to be borne in mind during assessment and review? * There must be trackable evidence of the continuous assessment, monitoring, evaluation and outcomes in relation to the social, psychological, physical and health needs of the service user. * Only record real evidence of planning for purposeful action taken by any people who offer care, support and services to meet the individual service user’s preferences and needs. * The care plan must be factual, informative, useful and not subjective opinion. * All staff involved in the individuals care and support must know the details of the care plan in order to deliver the appropriate care and support for the individual and the plan must be designed by a person who is competent in assessment and care planning.
A list of the principles to be followed for safe moving and handling. Up to date training on manual handling must be carried out and a risk assessment must be carried out, recorded and followed to minimise the risk of injury to the individuals and the staff. This would provide information such as the number of people required to transfer a service user, mobility equipment needed ect. Care plans must be complete, up to date and read to understand the heath requirements of the individuals. Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) (as amended 2002)Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations are all legislations relevant to moving and handling and these must be followed.
Describe how the duty of care affects own work role I and my employers have a “Duty of Care” when delivering services to the individuals in our care. We must follow the General Social Care Council’s (GSCC) Codes of Practice, our organisational policies and procedures and also Legislations and Acts, all of which set out the standards i am to follow. The GSCC regulates and controls the training and conduct of care workers and their employers and has a code of conduct which each are expected to adhere to. The care worker should • Protect the rights and promote the interests of service users and carers • Strive to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of service users and carers • Promote the independence of service users whilst protecting them as far as possible from danger or harm • Respect the rights of service users whilst seeking to ensure that their behaviour does not harm themselves or other people • Uphold public trust and confidence in social care services • Be accountable for the quality of their work and take responsibility for maintaining and
1.1 Explain how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relating to positive behaviour support are applied to own working practice. We have a legal and moral duty to follow the standards, legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies within the organisation. Which means that we all have the responsibility to make sure it is a priority that we promote positive behaviour support as expected from standards and frameworks such as Care Standards Act 2000, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Equality Act 2010. In our care setting, we have team meetings regularly to make sure that we know what is happening within the organisation and to make sure that our service users are receiving the best care and are being treated with dignity and respect. In other words, the way we support our service users should reflect and illustrate what has been written in the legislation.