Assignment 201 Understand Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young Peoples Settings Task A You Need to Update Your Staff Handbook to Reflect Current Employment Law Identify Three Different Sources of Information You Could Use to Enable You to do This. You could use the following to update your staff handbook either online or by telephone. Direct.Gov Health & Safety ACAS List Three Aspects of Employment Covered By Law There are many aspects of employment covered by law Minimum Wage, Health and Safety, Redundancy and Dismissal. List Three Main Features of Current Employment Legislation Three main features of current Employment Legislation are Employment Rights, Equalities and Discrimination Law and Health and Safety Legislation. Briefly
L3 HSC Technical Certificate unit worksheet Unit 302 - Principles of personal development in adult social care settings The numbers in the bracket after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards 1. Explain what reflective practice is (1.1.1) Reflective practice is when you look back over the things that you have done and consider how they went. You should think about what went well, what went not so well and how you could improve in the future. 2. Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided (1.1.2) Reflective practice is the capacity to reflect on action so as to engage in a process of continuous learning, it helps you to consider what you did,
If there is a group activity happening and there is a service user who requires more support it can have an impact on the other people in the group as it will reduce the service and support they will receive. 4. DESCRIBE WAYS TO SUPPORT GROUP MEMBERS TO RESOLVE ANY CONFLICTS THAT MAY ARISE AMONGST THEMSELVES? If there is a group where there may be a couple that happen to be disruptive it can have a big impact on the activity. Sometimes it may be best to have another look at who is in the group and benefiting from it, and who is just being disruptive but may benefit from another group.
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (amended 2008) RIDDOR - sets out what needs to be reported. Health and Safety First Aid Regulations 1981 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 - emphasizes what employers are required to achieve under the Health and Safety at Work Act. Health and safety policies and procedures are in place to protect those in social care settings. They are to ensure that I adhere and comply to health and safety rules and regulations. Responsibilities Manager/ Employer To provide a safe place to work Prevent risks to health Assess risks and take action to reduce them Provide information, training and supervision as needed Ensure machinery is safe to use Provide adequate first aid facilities Provide PPE (free of charge) Carer/Employee To take reasonable care of my own and others’ health and safety To report to my manager any potential and actual risks and hazards Take part in any training provided To understand and comply with health and safety instructions and procedures Others To understand and comply with
Unit 2- principles of personal development in adult social care settings. 1.1 Identify standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out. The standards which influences the way the work role is carried out are: Codes of Practice, minimum standards, Regulations, national occupational standards. • Regulations are: Health and Safety at work Act 1974 Care Standards Act 2000 Manual Handling operations regulations NHS & Community Care Act Food Safety Act Management of Health and Safety at work. • Codes of Practice are: Codes of Practice for Social Care Workers and Employers; General Social Care Council; Standards of conduct; Standards of Conduct Performance & Ethics: Health Professionals Council • National Occupational Standards: Health and Social Care; Children's Care Learning and Development 1.2 Explain why reflecting on work activities is an important way to develop own knowledge and skills.
Unit 306 Understand health and safety in social care settings Outcome 1 Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings 1.1 The different legislations that relate to health and safety in social care settings include: Health and safety at work act 1974 – This Act covers occupational health and safety in Briton. Local authorities along with the health and safety executive are responsible for enforcing the act. Manual Handling operations regulations 1992 – This regulation is in place to reduce the risk of injury through manual handling tasks. It applies to a wide range of tasks such as lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying. Provisions and use of work equipment regulation 1998 – This regulation covers all the equipment I may use while at work.
The test that examines more in depth of leadership styles produced a somewhat predicted outcome. I know that my style and personality are strongly linked to achieving a task to completion. There are few times where I put people’s concerns or worries ahead of the task, generally when necessary but defaulting to task at hand as priority. I don’t believe that I’m inconsiderate of people as my style is to be balance the work loads and give people an opportunity to achieve their directives. This allows me to focus more on the issue at hand and worry less about people’s opinions.
Identify standards that influence the way the role is carried out? Standards that influence the way jobs are carried out are usually found in legislation regarding the job role directly, some of the standard setting legislation is as follows. * Care standards act 2000 * Domiciliary care regulations 2000 * Health and safety at work act 1974 * Manual handling operations regulations 1992 * Management of health and safety at work regulations 1999 * GCSS Codes of practise for social care workers * National occupational standards * Safety (general food hygiene) regulations * Control of substances hazardous to health (COSSH) Describe ways to ensure that personal attitudes or beliefs do not obstruct the quality of work Ensuring that personal attitudes and believes do not obstruct your quality of work. There are so many different backgrounds that people can come
The client may also come to the sessions having drawn up their own plans for progressing. This shows that the client is ready for change and is being much more assertive with their counsellor. A client counsellor session can also start to become quite stagnant. No further development would show that something is amiss. This is usually as a result of the client needing to gain more from their sessions rather than continually going over the same issues.
More tolerance. The more different people interact with each other, the more they get used with each other. They learn to accept differences and to stop judging other people just because they are different. In other ways, they become more tolerant of people who do not think and act the same way they do. * * Diversity in the workplace can be a source of struggle or a source of progress.