2.1 Explain Theories And Values That Underpin Own Practice

In care settings, there is usually a responsibility of one person to look after another, and therefore by having risk assessments in place, this reduces the risk of harm, injury and allows you to better support those in your care. Risk assessments analyse the risk, the impact this risk would have, and how likely this risk is to occur. Based off of this, the care worker can decide what must be put in place to ensure this person’s safety, and ensure that they feel happy, safe and supported and in the least restrictive way

Care staff have a duty of care to ensure the safety of individuals they support; however, individuals also have a right to make their own choices which can lead to dilemmas. The risk assessment process can be used to support individuals to understand the possible repercussions of their choices and put measures in place to reduce or eliminate these risks this can help individuals and staff to have a positive attitude towards risk taking and to promote their strengths and abilities. This can lead to self-confidence, self-esteem and overall

3.1 Explain the theories that underpin health and social care practice The main purpose of dementia care worker is to provide support for people with dementia and helping them to improve their sense of well-being, to maintain their independence and to put them in more control of their lives. Being a dementia care worker, suppose to: • Have good organizing skills and good time management; • Have good communication skills; • Understand dementia; • Understand the needs of people with dementia; • Have knowledge of specific legislation, which include the Health & Safety and Mental Capacity Act; • Have experience in keeping and writing reports; • Be able to understand the client confidentiality; • Be able to assess and evaluate the client need;

In the health and social care setting the health care professionals have a duty of care for vulnerable adults. In a way that you as the employee should always act in the best interest for everyone in the work setting including vulnerable adults, employees, employer and family members. In my job role I have a duty of care to protect vulnerable adults from abuse and neglect. Also treat everyone fairly with dignity and respect for example a resident has chosen not to participate in attending day centre, as support worker I respected their choice and offered an alternative activity which was more suited to them. 1.2 -Explain how duty of care relates to duty of candour

In this essay, two current legislations: Equality act 2010 and Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and their impact on health care provision are discussed. Values, skills, attitudes, importance of knowledge, ethics of professionalism and many other requirements are necessary for healthcare professionals. Two of these necessary requirements are discussed and their merits are presented. Reflective practice and how important it is for health care professionals is also outlined.

Safeguarding is a part of our duty of care, our responsibility to keep service users safe, secure and free from risk of abuse or neglect. By abiding by our duty of care, acting in their best interests and considering their whole wellbeing, we are expected to ensure that we do safeguard and protect individuals under our care. Another part of our duty of care is to empower service users, to support them to make decisions (choice) for themselves and maintain their independence as much as possible. Duty of care also means we must protect an individual’s rights to safety, their own beliefs, to adequate nutrition and all of the other human rights they are legally entitled to.

1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. Duty of care means to have a legal responsibility towards others. It is a legal requirement that all health care workers must put the interest of their service users first and make sure that the service users do not come to any harm be it abuse or self-harm. As a care giver, my duty is to provide care according to the organisation’s code of practice in my day to day work, to make sure that my service users are supported and treated with dignity and respect by following the policies and procedures set out by my employer, it is my duty of care to involve service user in their care unless it is not possible for them to be involved. Service should be provided in a safe environment

Competency Statement I To establish and maintain a safe, healthy, learning environment. My goal in a child care facility would be to make sure everything is safe for the children along with the staff who would work there. To make sure that the children would want to come back and feel safe at the facility. I would want everything to be healthy for the children as well as the staff also. No one would want their children to come to an unhealthy facility.

It is the responsibility of every staff member, every manager and every service in social care to ensure that social care governance is an integral part of their practice and service provision so that there is shared ownership and accountability at every level within the organisation for the standard of social care being provided. • Outcome 1: Respecting and involving people who use services • Outcome 2: Consent to care and treatment • Outcome 4: Care and welfare of people who use services • Outcome 5: Meeting nutritional needs • Outcome 6: Co-operating with other providers • Outcome 7: Safeguarding people who use service from abuse • Outcome 8: Cleanliness and infection control • Outcome 9: Management of medicines •

The codes of conduct for adult care workers sets out the responsibilities of care staff as a list of statements that describe the standards of professional conduct in relation to equality and diversity in their daily work. Equality policies and procedures by employers and local policies relating to diversity and equality are in place to protect vulnerable individuals at

The choices they make could lead to them having an accident or getting harmed. By doing a risk assessing hazards can be identified and measures put in place so that the choices can be met in the safest way possible. Q 16b Explain why risk assessments need to be regularly reviewed. It is important to review risk assessments regularly as change can happen and what measures were once seen as safe might not be anymore. All changes should be recorded straightaway and not on a set date.

The legislation has become a bedrock in the way forward for a healthy and fit for purpose Social Care system that will be able to meet the needs of the people it is meant to protect. The Report Human Rights of Older Persons and their Comprehensive Care states that “while there is no universally accepted definition of care, it usually

Explain what is meant by the term of 'duty of care': Duty of care is when we must follow the correct policies and procedures in order to protect and safeguard children from any harm. This means that we have a respnsibility to do daily health and safety checks on all equipment that children are likely to use encase any of it is broken, we must carry our risk assessments in order to make sure that all work areas and play areas are safe for children to use and also most importantly we must carry out fire drills so that children are familiar with the sound of the fire alarm, aware on where they have to go in order to reach safety and what they have to do. Upholding the rights of children and young people:

A nurse must keep up to date on education and new processes in health-care, so they can provide the best care. As a nurse, you have promised to give each of your patients the best care that can possibly be given. Nurses must follow a code of ethics, to act safely, provide ethical care no matter how they feel about the patient or the reason they are in your care. Following this code of ethics shows your commitment to caring for people and society, it is a guide of ethics and standards to follow to keep everyone safe. Nursing is also a wonderful opportunity to meet hundreds of people from almost every nationality and every walk of life.

What are my moral obligations? How do I weigh one moral duty against another? (Deontology and Ethics: What is Deontology, Deontological Ethics?) Nurses face this questions every day in the workforce. Nurses face many situations in the workplace which deals with issues of health, life, and death, for example lying to a patient about their diagnosis.