in an essay, fully describe the roles, responsibilities and the career pathways of three different health or social care workers

Manoj Gurung Unit 6 – PPD P5 – in an essay, fully describe the roles, responsibilities and the career pathways of three different health or social care workers Doctor Roles and responsibilities Patients must be able to trust doctors with their lives and health. To justify that trust you must show respect for human life and you must: . Make the care of your patient your first concern 2. Protect and promote the health of patients and the public 3. Provide a good standard of practice and care 4. Keep your professional knowledge and skills up to date 5. Recognise and work within the limits of your competence 6. Work with colleagues in the ways that best serve patient’s interests 7. Treat patients as individuals and respect their dignity 8. Treat patients politely and considerately 9. Respect patients’ right to confidentiality 0. Work in partnership with patients 1. Listen to patients and respond to their concerns and preferences 2. Give patients the information they want or need in a way they can understand 3. Respect patients’ right to reach decisions with you about their treatment and care 4. Support patients in caring for themselves to improve and maintain their health 5. Be honest and open and act with integrity 6. Act without delay if you have good reason to believe that you or a colleague may be putting patients at risk 7. Never discriminate

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Unit 11 P6 Safeguarding Adults and Promoting Independence

Jessica Bascombe 20174011 Group D Unit 11: Safeguarding Adults and Promoting Independence P6: Principles and Values: Which was originally known as the care value base these are a basic set of standards expected for those who receive health and social care the principles are: - To foster equality and diversity of people - To foster people’s rights and responsibilities - To maintain confidentiality of information Care workers must meet the minimum of these standards such as: - Fairness - Privacy - Dignity - Respect - Equality Build Effective Relationships: To ensure that all professional relationships that are effective and maintained the service user must be kept in the centre of the day-to-day planning. The adults communication needs should be accommodated for as some adults may not be able to - Under speech it may be difficult to understand - They might struggle to say words or sentences - They may not be able to understand words that are being used or the instructions they hear - They may have difficulties knowing how to talk and listen to others conversations So practitioners must cater to meet all their needs, learning new words encourages socializing and making friends. The adult’s cultural, religion and beliefs must be taken account there are many religions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism etc... Service users may want to go to

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Explain the role of the early years practitioner in supporting childrens moral and spiritual development.

Explain the role of the early year's practitioner in supporting children's moral and spiritual development. Early year Practitioners must make sure that they are keeping each individual safe so that they don't victimise any child in the setting regarding there religion or beliefs or any other structure in their life such as culture as this will destroy the child self-esteem or they to lose their beliefs. At placement each practitioner values each child to making sure that that they are not picking on any child because of their religion or beliefs. Practitioners must make sure that they include all children to the activities making sure that the children are in a divers atmosphere at all times so the children will be able to follow their beliefs. The practitioners should set up activities that relate to a religion introducing the children to different religious celebrations etc. so that the Children would be aware of other religions around them. Practitioners should read books that include different religions for the children to gain more knowledge about there and other religions. At placement spiritual spirituality is promoted as we have many books about religious celebrations such as; Christmas, Ramadan, Easter and many more. This teaches the children to respect other beliefs as they are aware of other religious festivals. At a early years setting practitioners must

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Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care.

Unit 4-Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care. There are several different types of abuse; physical Abuse, this could be hitting, shaking, and biting, scalding, force feeding or any other physical harm to a person. Sexual Abuse, this could be forcing an individual to be part of a sexual activity or behaving in a sexual inappropriate way. Penetrative acts or non-penetrative acts and viewing inappropriate sexual activity on the internet are all types of sexual abuse. Emotional/psychological abuse, this could be bullying, threatening behaviour, lowering self esteem, exploitation, verbal abuse and swearing. Financial Abuse, this could be theft of money or valuables, misappropriate use of a person's finances and denying access to a person's finances. Institutional Abuse, this could be the misuse of authority over a vulnerable person in a health and social care setting, failure to maintain professional boundaries, inappropriate use of medication, physical restraint, and lack of privacy, humiliation and bullying. Self-neglect, this could be self-harming behaviour like refusing to eat or drink, neglecting personal hygiene or toilet needs and actual body harm like cutting oneself. Neglect by others, this could be not taking care of the basic needs of an individual like toileting, washing, feeding and personal care. Physical abuse signs can be bruises,

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P3: Explain in the potential effect of discriminatory practice on those who use health or social care service

P3: Explain in the potential effect of discriminatory practice on those who use health or social care service Bases of discrimination Culture: The family are experiencing discrimination against their culture from their neighbours. This is because the family may have different views and believes, dress differently and eat certain types of food that other people may not know about and understand. This is based on the social interactions that they have been brought up in and their community that they lived in. because of the behaviour that their neighbours are showing the Hussein family feel that they cant make any friends and go out so they keep themselves to themselves. Health status: The Hussein family have a physically disabled grandmother that is 85 years of age which means that she should be receiving free medical service. Sometimes in health and social care settings people may be discriminated against depending on who is more ill than others. Because of this the grandmother may not receive the care that she requires or may be kept waiting for a long time to receive treatment. But because the family are reluctant to go out they may not be aware of this form of discrimination. Disabilities: The physically disabled grandmother may be discriminated against due to her disability by health care workers. Depending on the ability that the grandmother has she could be

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Key influences on an individual's learning

Unit 6 Personal Professional Development Annie Plant Health Science P1 In this assignment I am going to explain key influences on the personal learning process of individuals. The key influences of learning are: health, motivation, Learning style, IT skills, Access to study centre, specific learning needs, Attitude and self discipline, Lifestyle Care responsibilities, Study space, employment. There are many different key influences on an individual’s learning processes and each of these all have an effect on the individuals learning processes and abilities. The first influence is called formal and informal learning. Informal learning is personal; the individual is responsible for gaining knowledge. Informal learning is forced by some else usually through a formal training programme for example a class taught by a teacher. Informal learning is where the individual intentionally gets the information for themselves via such as textbooks, the internet, media, etc. Formal learning is impersonal; it is planned learning that derives from activities within a structured learning setting. This structured learning setting includes the hierarchically structured school system that runs from primary school through to university and specific training for a job. Another influence is sensory learning. There are four sensory learning styles: the first is kinaesthetic learning which

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Assess the influence of a recent national policy initiative promoting anti discrimination practice.

M2 Assess the influence of a recent national policy initiative promoting anti discrimination practice. There are several national policies and legislation in place to make sure that individuals are not discriminated based on their circumstances. These national policies such as the mental health act and the mental capacity act of 2005. Mental health Act 1983 as amended in 2007 with the mental capacity act is guide for health care to follow for the benefits and protecting the rights of people with mental disorder with the primary objective to make sure individuals can receive effective care and treatment. The Mental Health Act (1983) is a significant statutory framework for anybody working within the mental health. The Mental Health Act of 1983 covers the detention of people deemed a risk to themselves or others. This provides a framework for decision making, by providing a logical format in which balances the law and legal values in order for a mental health worker to reach a decision of action. Mental health patient are the most discriminated in health care setting, this is due to the presentation. There is the tendency of mental ill patient being stigmatised by the public and even health care professionals who they are under their care. Therefore the government enact this piece of legislation. This act came into force in 2007 after series of reported abuse and neglect

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Food Safety -unit 3 health and social care

The food and safety act was introduced in the 1990. It is legislation which is wide-ranging on the food safety and consumer protection on food throughout Great Britain. The aim of the act is to Ensure that all food meets consumers expectations in terms of nature, substance and quality so that it is not misleadingly when presented, Provided legal powers and offences in the relations to the public health and consumers interest to Enable Great Britain part of the responsibilities in the European Union. The act covers activities throughout the food distributions from primary production to retail and catering. The Act was given the government to make regulations on matter on detail and the food standards agency are responsible for preparing specific regulation under the act.. The Legislation of the act does not specify what form this food safety training should be taken but most conscientious companies recognise the food training is quality controlled by individuals and a companies feels prose with the training they have provided and certificated. The act has many key provisions in the food laws which are contained in the regulations on more specific areas under the power of the food safety act 1990. In food business employee also has responsibilities under these regulations particularly with dealing with the below as it can re-enforces that are needed to train food handling

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Unit 4: Development Through the Life Stages

Jessica Bascombe 20174011 Unit 4: Development Through the Life Stages M3: Cardiovascular System: With increasing age the heart becomes more vulnerable to disease as individuals age they develop narrow arteries and other blood vessels this is because the blood vessels become covered with fat such as cholesterol. This can cause high blood pressure this can lead to the risk of strokes and heart attacks. This could affect Eminem’s self esteem as he would have a lack of confidence and maybe scared to face the difficulty. Respiratory System: As individuals age they are vulnerable to diseases such as emphysema it is a disease in which the air sacs in the lungs become damaged this can cause a shortness of breath and heart failure. Elderly individuals are also vulnerable to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease this is when there is an obstruction on the airflow such as brominates. Eminem would become upset because he could have a chance of getting these type of diseases many parts of the body such as chest muscles and lungs may reduce because they are not working properly this is because the body of the individual is becoming weaker Eminem would have a lack of confidence and also may have a decrease in his self esteem as he wouldn’t socialize much with others. Nervous System: Nerve cell may begin to transmit messages more slowly and the waste products can collect in the

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