key words

Question 1

Define abuse?

Answer 1

Abuse involves the violation of an individuals human and civil rights by another person or other people. Abuse can be intentional or unintentional and results in causing an individual harm either deliberately or unintentionally.

Question 2

Define accidents?

Answer 2

Events that happen unexpectedly and cause injury, damage and loss. Examples of accidents can include an individual slipping on a wet floor and fracturing a leg, a carer tripping over a vacuum cleaner and injuring their back or child cutting their finger on broken glass.

Question 3

what is disclosure and barring service?( DBS)

Answer 3

The disclosure and barring service(DBS) has replaced the criminal records Bureau ( CRB) and independent safeguarding authority.

Question 4

What does DBS allow employers to do?

Answer 4

Allows employers to check the criminal records of employees and potential employees to ascertain whether or not they are suitable to work with vulnerable adults or children.

Question 5

What is the case for individuals working in certain positions?

Answer 5

A valid DBS check is a legislative requirement. The DBS is also responsible for placing or removing people from the DBS children’s barred list and adults’ barred list for England, Wales and Northern Island.

Question 6

Define emergency?

Answer 6

A serious, unexpected and foreseen situation that requires immediate action to be taken.

Question 7

Give an example of an emergency?

Answer 7

For example an electricity outrage in the dentist practice, a fire in a residential care home or a child falls over and fractures his arm while he is outside.

Question 8

Define first aider?

Answer 8

A person w has been trained to give first aid to someone who is injured or becomes ill.

Question 9

What must a first aiders work settings hold?

Answer 9

Hold a valid certificate of competence in either; first aid work, emergency first aid at work or any other level of training or qualification that is appropriate to the circumstances.

Question 10

How long do first aid certificates last for?

Answer 10

They last for three years and an annual refresher training is also recommended to ensure the first aiders’ knowledge and skills are maintained.

Question 11

Define harm?

Answer 11

Physical or psychological damage or injury to a person or people.

Question 12

Give an example of harm?

Answer 12

For example, a consultant speaking to a individual in a patronising manner, a carer denying an individual medication or a foster carer shouting at and intimidating a child.

Question 13

Define hazards?

Answer 13

A potential source of harm or adverse health effect on a person, people or environment.

Question 14

What can hazards be?

Answer 14

hazards can be environmental such as a wet slippery floor, biological such as a used bandage or chemical such as cleaning products and psychological such as stress.

Question 15

Define health?

Answer 15

health refers to the physical, emotional, psychological and social well- being in children, young people and adults.

Question 16

Give an example of health?

Answer 16

An individuals physical fitness as well as how an individual feels, how an individual thinks and how an individual acts.

Question 17

Define the health environment ?

Answer 17

The health environment includes organisations such as hospitals and clinics , and practitioners that work there providing diagnostic, preventive, remedial and therapeutic services; such practitioners include consultants, doctors, nurses, midwives.

Question 18

define the HSE

Answer 18

The health and safety executive is the nation independent body that monitors work related health, safety and illness.

Question 19

what is the HSE aim?

Answer 19

Its aim is to prevent death, injury and ill health in Great Britains work places. HSE is an executive non- departmental public body, sponsored by the department for work pensions.

Question 20

Define illness?

Answer 20

A disease or sickness that affects the body or the mind such as diabetes or cancer (physical illness) or an anxiety or eating disorder ( mental health condition)

Question 21

Define incident?

Answer 21

An event or situation that causes, harm damage or loss to a person, people or environment.

Question 22

Give an example of an incident?

Answer 22

For example, an individuals hospital wheelchair collapses, a support worker suffers a sharps injury or a child is exposed to chemical spillage.

Question 23

Define, individuals?

Answer 23

individuals include, adults, children and young people who may require care or support due to being young or old, in need, at risk, having an illness, or disability or living in poverty

Question 24

Define infections?

Answer 24

The invasion and multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites that are not present within the body and may cause disease.

Question 25

Give an example of a infection?

Answer 25

Heath care-associated infections can develop either as a direct result of healthcare interventions such as surgical treatment, or from being in contact with a healthcare setting.

Question 26

Give an example of a HCAIs ?

Answer 26

include staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Escherichia coli (E.coli), Norovirus and Ebolavirus

Question 27

Define legislation?

Answer 27

A law or set of laws made by a government. For example, legislation that promotes health, safety and security in health, social care and child care environments.

Question 28

What can legislation include?

Answer 28

It can include the health and safety at work act 1974, reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations (RIDDOR) 2013, control of substances hazardous to health regulations (COSH) 2002.

Question 29

Define polices?

Answer 29

Polices are clear statements of intent of how an organisation intends to conduct its services.

Question 30

Give an example of a policy?

Answer 30

Examples of policies include a lone working policy, a risk management policy and fire safety policy.

Question 31

Define procedures?

Answer 31

Details of how an organisation will put into action its policies.

Question 32

Example of a procedure?

Answer 32

it will detail who is responsible for health and safety, what steps need to be taken to conduct a risk assessment and which reporting forms must be used.

Question 33

Define public environment?

Answer 33

The public environment includes the areas and settings that are accused by the public such as the street, the park, and the shops.

Question 34

Define RIDDOR?

Answer 34

RIDDOR refers to the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences 2013 and applies to health and social care sector. The regulations require employers, the self- employed and those in control of premises to report specified workplace incidents.

Question 35

Define risk assessment?

Answer 35

This refers to the process of thinking about the hazards associated with a task or activity such as supporting an individual to stand from a sitting position or using a bath chair or taking a group of children out for a afternoon.

Question 36

What does the risk assessment involve?

Answer 36

It involves identifying the potential hazards that exist, thinking about who may be harmed by the potential hazards, evaluating the likelihood of the hazards occurring (i.e the level of risk) and how to manage it making a record of your findings and regularly reviewing the risk assessment in place to ensure its effectiveness.

Question 37

Define safety?

Answer 37

The prevention or protection from danger, risk, or injury.

Question 38

Define safeguarding?

Answer 38

Safeguarding involves protecting individuals rights to live free from abuse and neglect, working in partnership to prevent the risk of abuse or neglect and promoting individuals wellbeing.

Question 39

What does safeguarding children involve?

Answer 39

It involves ensuring that they live in environments that provide safe and effective care and protecting them from anything detrimental to their health or development.

Question 40

Safeguarding is defined as what?

Answer 40

Safeguarding is defined as working together to safeguard children 2015 as: protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of children’s health and development, ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

Question 41

The guidance reminds all professionals that come into contact with children and young people of what two principles?

Answer 41

1. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility; for services to be effective each professional and organisation should play their full part.
2. a child- centred approach; for services to be effective hey should be based on a clear understanding of the needs and views of children.

Question 42

Define security?

Answer 42

Measures that are taken to promote a sense of feeling safe, free from danger, threat or fear such as door and window locks, procedures to deal with intruders or minimise violence.

Question 43

Define spillages?

Answer 43

Different types of spillages may occur in health, social care and child care environments such as blood, body fluids and chemicals.

Question 44

Define the social care environment?

Answer 44

The social care environment includes a range of organisations that provide care, support and protection to adults in need, at risk, or with needs arising from illness, disability, old age or poverty, in their own homes, in residential and community- based settings and services.

Question 45

Give examples of social care professionals?

Answer 45

care assistants, support networks and managers who provide care and support to older people, as well as individuals who have dementia, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, alcohol and substance misuse disabilities.

Question 46

Define the third sector?

Answer 46

A term used to describe organisations that are neither public sector or private sector such as registered charities, self- help groups and community- based groups such as Alzheimer society, the NSPCC, local advocacy groups and community-based projects such as those that provide opportunities to socialise for individuals who have mental health needs or learning disabilities.

Question 47

Define whistle blowing?

Answer 47

The process of reporting any wrongdoing that is witnessed and affects others; this may be relevant to an incident that occurred in the past, that is occurring now or that may arise in the future, such as criminal offence or placing the health and safety of an individual in danger.