Explain why an organisation must comply with legal requirements. An organisation must comply with the legal requirements because if they don’t they will receive the penalties for ignoring the rules. 5. Briefly summarise the role and scope of the four key laws affecting privacy of information. The four key laws are: A) Privacy Act 1988 - B) Information Privacy Act 2000 C) Health Records Act 2001 D) Copyright Act 1968 6.
NEWCORP LEGAL SCENARIOS BUSINESS LAW Legal Encounter 1 In the given situation NewCorp is liable for having to follow the guidelines of what the handbook states on the given situation with Pat. Pat has the right to sue NewCorp given the fact that when he was hired on he signed the handbook which in it, it has a section that is Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance/Corrective Action Plan. In this section of the handbook it states that if any employee has a deficiency in their job they are to be put on a Corrective Action Plan and if the performance does not improve they can be terminated. Therefore in a court NewCorp can be found in breach of contract, since the employee handbook is a signed contract. As well as the fact that Pat feel that because of him voicing an opinion on the school board, which has nothing to do with NewCorp, this may
Assignment 307 Understand how to handle information in social care settings Task A Short answer questions Ai Identify four key pieces of Legislation and Codes of Practice relating to handling information in social care settings. • Data Protection Act 1998 • Health and Social Care Act 2000 • Employees Policies and Procedures • Freedom of Information Act 2000 Aii Explain how legal requirements and codes of practice affect the day to day work of a social care worker in relation to handling information. Confidentiality, by not passing on information to anyone who isn’t involved in the individuals care, you must make sure you have the individuals consent. Protecting personal daily records, making sure that you keep them in a secure place as required by law. Aiii Explain two ways of helping other practitioners to understand the importance of handling information securely.
The Police Act 1997 * Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks, under this act, are the norm in health and care organisations The CRB will work closely with ISA to ensure that a more detailed check is carried out. The Sexual Offences Act 1976 * Created the Sex Offenders Register for identification and tracking purposes This enables sex offenders to be monitored and vulnerable people to be protected Care Standards Act 2000 * Set National Minimum Standards’ accommodation, services and good workplace practice in the care and protection of vulnerable people Established the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) Scheme that checked suitability of care workers. It identified professionals who had harmed individuals using service. It has been replaced by the ISA’s barred list. Care
Duty of Candour (for Incident Reporting Policy) Duty of Candour The new Duty of Candour [Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014] Background The Duty of Candour Regulation comes into force in respect of Adult Social Care Providers from 1st April 2015 and places a requirement on all providers of adult social care to be open with service users (and other relevant persons) when things go wrong. There is a general duty under the regulation on providers to be open and transparent with service users about their care and/or treatment as well as a more specific and detailed duty to notify and provide “reasonable support” to a service user (or, in certain circumstances, a person acting on their behalf) where any
. Mental Health Act 2007 Protect the rights of individuals in England and Wales who are assessed as having a 'mental disorder’, which includes dementia. If an individual is thought to be at risk or a danger to themselves or others, this law allows them to be detained or ‘sectioned’ The act also allows for individuals called 'guardians' to be appointed to make decisions on behalf of that individual. The Equality Act 2010 and safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2006 are two others. 2) ‘ Evaluate’ - how good, useful and successful something is, ‘agreed ways of working’ – refers to your organizational policies and procedures.
The Public Interest Disclosure Act (1999) which is sometimes called the 'Whistle Blowing Act', is in place for considering other perspectives of confidentiality. It allows people at work to raise concerns about crime, negligence, miscarriages of justice, dangers to health and safety and applies whether the information is confidential or not. The act seeks to protect 'whistleblowers' from dismissal and victimisation and thus promotes the public interest and potential extra protection for vulnerable individuals in society. Confidential information should only be disclosed if it is * In the resident's best interests * For the protection of others * In the interest of public health * During an official or legal investigation * If there has been or there
UNIT 11, Assignment 2 – Safeguarding Adults and Promoting Independence P4 In this task of the assignment, I will be outlining the importance of legislation and regulation that governs safeguarding adults work. On top of this, I will be also outlining the working strategies and procedures used in health and social care to lessen the dangers of abuse within an establishment. The meaning of a vulnerable adult us when an individual at the age of 18 years and above who is or might require community support facilities or is a resident in an ongoing care service with the reason of having a mental or other disability, old age or illness or even someone who are not capable to look after him or herself, as well as not being capable to protect themselves from major danger or mistreatment. Legislations and regulations: The purpose of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act is to control connection amongst children and vulnerable adults as well as those who may perhaps harm them. This act was carried out in October 2009, as the government is presently monitoring the proposal programme for other areas of the Act, such as establishments wanting the employees to become as an ISA registered.
1.3 CSSIW acknowledges that individuals who receive social care services can be vulnerable and may be susceptible to abuse. Consequently the inspectorate is committed to raising awareness of adult protection. In relation to regulated services, CSSIW will consider, in a timely way, every case of alleged abuse reported to it. It will investigate potential regulatory breaches where appropriate and consider the need to take action where breaches have occurred. 1.4 The Inspectorate will work within the locally agreed adult protection procedures and existing information sharing protocols.
This paper studied how Singapore faced issues with Domestic Workers mistreatments from employers, and how introducing new regulation in order to protect domestic workers rights mitigated the issue. The approach towards this study included administering causal stories to addresses the issue and Downs approach to analyses the issue from public attention. 2.0 Policy problem Based on Stone, causal stories have both empirical and moral dimension. Empirical route simply referred to causes based on facts or numbers. For example, Ministry of Manpower