Understand health and safety in social care settings Assignment 208 Task A Soon we will be going to an outing to Warwick Castle with four of our service users and three cares, a minibus has been hired for day. I have had a look at the accessibility for wheelchair users around the castle. There are four toilets in the castle, but only three are wheelchair friendly, these are located in the coach house, the conservatory and the mill and engine house. Most of the castle is wheelchair friendly, I have made a list of non-wheelchair access at the bottom of the plan. Both restaurants have access for wheelchairs. Ai Some examples of accidents and/or sudden illnesses that might occur on the outing: Trips and falls - someone could trip whilst …show more content…
Maintain the natural curve of the spine, keeping the spine in line, create a stable base of support with your legs slightly apart, your knees slightly bent. Avoid stooping, bending at the waist and twisting. If you are working with colleagues, identify a team leader who should give instructions, for example ‘ready, steady, move’. Use your large muscles in your legs to power the activity, keep the load as close to you as possible, and make sure you have a good grip. In case of a person, check that the movement and your grip doesn’t cause discomfort. Take your time and if for any reason you are not happy with the activity, get advice and report your concerns to your manager. Know your limitations and do not exceed them. Aiv It is important to follow the care plan and communicate with each individual when moving and handling at all times as it promotes health and safety and safety of the service user and staff. Always explain to the service user what you are going to do, so they know what to expect. A care plan has all the information on the service user, for example, risk assessments, if they bruise easily or any injuries which could cause distress when moving and handling. Av In the event of a medication administration staff must have the correct training. Each time medication is administered, you need to have the: Right individual - always check the prescription label. Right medication - read the medication label carefully. If there is
Preparing for The Joint Commission, Nightingale Community Hospital reviews areas of compliance and non-compliance. A periodic performance review, which is a self-evaluation, is utilized by Nightingale Community Hospital, to prepare for The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission has eighteen accreditation requirements. (Commission, 2013) The periodic performance review found the hospital to be compliant and non- compliant in the following areas:
In Peter Singer’s 1972 post titled “Famine, Affluence and Morality”, he conveys that wealthy nations, for example the United States, has an ethical duty to contribute much a lot more than we do with regards to worldwide assistance for famine relief and/or other disasters or calamities which may happen. In this document, I will describe Singers objective in his work and give his argument with regards to this problem. I will describe 3 counter-arguments to Singer’s view which he tackles, and after that reveal Singer’s reactions to those counter-arguments. I will explain Singer’s idea of marginal
The manager will need to ensure that they have the correct level of rapport with their employee. Too familiar in nature may be misconstrued as forward and harassing in the wrong context. However no personal rapport whatsoever may provide the receiver of the information with the impression that the sender of the information is just not interested. A fine line must be weighed up for each individual. When a good rapport has been achieved, then the person will uncritically accept suggestion or advice which they are given.
1) Write the following as an algebraic expression using x as the variable: Twelve less than six times a number
You are planning an outing with a group of individuals. Some of the individuals need assistance with using the toilet, eating and drinking, and with their medication.
A working relationship is a relationship where time is spent with both colleagues and service user during working hours. This relationship means there is little or no contact out of working hours. The relationship is strictly professional. On the contrary a personal relationship is where personal life and extracurricular activities and social life become involved with service users and other staff.
In any organization effective communication forms an essential part of the organization’s growth and progress. However, it has been seen that this is not always the case. This istrue in today’s globalized world when one has employees coming from different ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds working together. If the reasons for communication failure are examined it has been found that they fall in four distinct categories. These are:
The teacher has to be responsible for designing the scheme of work, lesson plans, obtaining up to date qualification handbooks, agree individual learning plans, carrying out risk assessments, write realistic aims.
Detailing how a human service organization focused on providing job skills to high school dropouts would address the following:
Outside the city walls, people ride off into the country. There is a group of peasants tilling the
Offer- This is defined as a clear manifestation of willingness to enter an agreement made by another person with full understanding that their assent to the bargain is an invitation and is concluded.
Activities that are not suitable for some residents. Base some activities around the residents. Have easier yet ideal avtivities such as reading or some sort of physical activities to keep them fit.
In the parenthesis enter the cell number and letter to find total expenses per week. (i.e.) =sum(b5:b11)
Is your entire body stacked on top of your shoulders in a straight line? This means that your pelvis should be tucked under and your butt should not be sticking out. Also, you should not be looking at the floor. Your head should be in line looking out at the upside down world. Are your toes pointed and reaching towards the ceiling? Are you pushing out and up through your shoulders? You should avoid sinking into them because it can throw you off balance and can also permanently damage them. Yikes. Remember to also keep the pressure evenly distributed throughout your hands. Finally, and most importantly,
Throughout the entirety of Task 1 I faced many challenges and I was also gifted with many positives. One of the first few things that went quite well for me was that when I was put into my group most of us had already worked together prior to this task. Also being that we had already worked together we knew what we were interested in, so this made choosing our topic rather easy. Then we decided which lense we would each be tackling this process went almost just as easily however we did have to do some preliminary research prior to setting our lenses in stone. This was because we wanted to make sure that when we did each choose our lense that we did not in any way overlap each other's information in what we were planning to discuss. So then