CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Health and Social Care Initial Assessment
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Research each of these questions
Put it in your own words
Full sentences must be used (no bullet points).
Support your answer with referencing
Don’t worry if you do not know how to reference yet try your best!
What is your understanding of ‘duty of care’?
Duty of care is a legal obligation in which a healthcare professional
abides to when caring for individuals. If they are not adhered to, it
could possibly cause harm to themselves and others.
Agreeing to the duty of care law is the first component that has to
be established before being able to proceed with performing any
acts of care towards individuals that require it.
The duty of care can be broken or breached when a healthcare
professional doesn’t act in an appropriate way which leads to
negative consequences and impacts on the individual that is
receiving support or care.
One skill of carrying out the duty of care towards patients or
individuals is having the ability to predict possible risks towards
them that could possibly cause harm, as well as being able to
prevent harm from happening.
All establishments such as schools, businesses/ workplaces have a
responsibility to make sure that the duty of care laws are abided to
and respected in order to keep everyone involved within the
establishments such as students and/or employees so that they all
feel protected physically and emotionally both in and out of
premises.
Safeguarding is an important aspect of care. Explain the different types and signs of abuse.
Safeguarding is one of the most important aspects of care. It is to
ensure that all people within all types of establishments feel safe
and protected.
One type of abuse is physical abuse. The most common physical
abuse acts can include hitting/punching, kicking and in some
extreme cases, suffocation. It is said that an estimate of one in four
women will, at some point in their life experience some kind of
physical/domestic abuse. Signs of physical abuse include bruises,
fractured or broken bones, scars and possible head injuries.
Another type of abuse is sexual abuse. There are many types of
offences that can be considered as sexual abuse, some of these will
include rape, unwanted inappropriate touching, forced sexually
explicit photographs and forced nudity. Signs of sexual abuse
are bruises on the male or female genitals, unexplained genital
infections as well as unexplained vaginal or anal bleeding.
As a healthcare professional, how do you respond to suspected abuse and neglect?
As a healthcare professional, responding to suspected abuse
and/or neglect in the right way is essential. You should keep your
suspicions confidential while immediately expressing and recording
them to your manager then taking them to the safeguarding team
at your workplace so that they can begin to proceed in the right
way.
List legislation you know that relates to health and social care. Explain, if you can their importance.
The NHS and community care act of 1990 relates to health and
social care. It’s importance to the health and social sector is that it
was the first big reform of the NHS of the legislation since not first
started out in 1948.
The health and social care act of 2012 is important as it was the
first legislation to be established about the health inequalities. It
states the specific duties of Public Health England, Department of
Health and NHS England. This health and social act also introduced
local authorities changes on the functions of public health.
The Social Value act 2012 states that it requires public sector
commissioners to when they are dealing with procurement of
services or contracts, to consider economic, social and
environmental wellbeing of the person in contact.
The Equality Act 2010 (Scotland) published that it is unlawful to
treat a person unfairly and discriminate against them because of
their characteristics whether it is for example their sexuality,
gender or race. This is an important legislation as it established the
most recent laws of equality and discrimination in Scotland.
Identify common hazards in a health and social care setting. How can you prevent these?
One common hazard in a health and social care setting is slipping
on wet floors. This can be prevented if after floors have been
cleaned, signs are put immediately to mark specifically where the
floor is wet to avoid falls.
Another hazard can be tripping. This can be prevented if all
possible objects that could cause people to trip and fall are moved
to somewhere where they aren’t a hazard.
Possible fires can be a hazard in health and social care settings. To
prevent fires from spreading, there should always be easy
accessible fire extinguishers available and all staff should know the
fire exits and how to deal with getting patients out calmly and
safely.
Hazardous chemicals if they come into contact with people who
are untrained to handle them can become dangerous. To prevent
accidents from happening they should be kept them in safe and
secure environment and only be used by trained staff who
understand how they should be used.