Unit 201- Understand Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health , Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings

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Unit 201- Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health ,social care or children and young people’s settings Outcome 5- Understand how issue of public concern may affect the image and delivery of services in the sector 1.Identify occasion where the public have raised concerns regarding issues within the sector The case of 80-year-old Maria Worroll, a former dinner lady in Belsize Park, moved to Ash Court Care Home in Kentish Town from a home in nearby Old Street where she had been placed four months earlier by Camden social services. 2.Outline different viewpoints around an issue of public concern relevant to the sector Almost immediately the family began to notice their mother underwent a mood change and began to be tearful when they visited. The family of 80-year-old Maria Worroll hid a secret camera, disguised as a clock, in her room after they became suspicious about marks on her arm and her tearful mood. The recorded footage, taken over the past three weeks in Ash Court Care Home in Kentish Town, appears to show a care worker repeatedly slapping, hitting and verbally abusing the mother-of-three, who suffers from Alzheimer's and cannot speak. Other care workers were also allegedly caught on film mistreating Mrs Worroll, though they are not said to have physically assaulted her. Police and Camden Council have launched separate inquiries into the claims which a local councillor described as "very disturbing". A 30-year-old care worker has been arrested by police and four others have been suspended after officials viewed the camera footage. 1.3 Describe how issues of public concern have altered public views of the sector She has been moved to another care home , where they have CCTV. 1.4 Describe recent changes in service delivery which have affected own area of work Councilor Patricia Callaghan of Camden council said: "The

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