A3: 1 - Specific Responsibilities of People Who Work in Health and Social Care Settings Flashcards
What are people who work in health and social care settings required to do?
- required to work to high professional standards
- follow agreed policies and procedures
- actively promote the health and wellbeing of those in their care
How are the specific responsibilities underpinned?
this is underpinned by a value system
What does the value system have commitments to?
- promoting ant-discriminatory practice: care services meet the needs of all people regardless of their differences
- empowering individuals, enabling them to take control of their lives and decisions that relate to their treatment and care
- ensuring the safety of staff, and of the people that they care for
- maintain confidentiality and privacy
- promoting good communication between carers, and between carers and their clients
These principles of good practice are…
these principles of good practice are the CARE VALUE BASE, established by the Care Sector Consortium in 1992
Where are the principles of good practice found?
they are found in the CODE OF PRACTICE for all health and professions
Which councils are found in the Code of Practice?
- General Medical Council (GMC) : sets / monitors standards of behaviour for DOCTORS
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) : sets / monitors standards of behaviour for NURSES AND WIDWIVES
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) : sets out / monitors standards of behaviour for SOCIAL WORKERS and a RANGE OF OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS (this includes physiotherapists, occupational therapists, paramedics, speech therapists etc.)
Which council sets / monitors standards of behaviour for doctors?
General Medical Council (GMC)
Which council sets / monitors standards of behaviour for nurses and midwives?
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Which council sets out / monitors standards of behaviour for social workers and a range of other health professions?
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
