National Initiatives Flashcards
What are National Initiatives?
National initiatives are put in place by the government to guide providers of health, social care and child care environments and practitioners about their roles, responsibilities and rights
What is an example of a National Initiative?
the Care Certificate 2014
What is the Care Certificate 2014?
This sets out the minimum standard that should be covered in induction training before care workers are able to work without direct supervision. This applies to people working in roles such as: health care assistants, occupational therapy, physiotherapy assistants, or social care assistants in residential care homes or day care settings (it does not apply to regulated professions such as nurses or social workers)
What is the purpose of the Care Certificate 2014?
The purpose of the Care Certificate is to ensure that all care workers have the same skills and knowledge to provide safe and high quality care and support. There are 15 standards against which care workers are assessed.
- Understand your role
- Your personal development
- Duty of care
- Equality and diversity
- Work in a person-centred way
- Communication
- Privacy and dignity
- Fluids and nutrition
- Awareness of mental health, dementia, and learning disability
- Safeguarding adults
- Safeguarding children
- Basic life support
- Health and safety
- Handling information
- Infection prevention and control
What is an example of working in a person-centred way?
a care assistant in a care home could work in a person-centred way by talking to individuals who are joining the home and their families about their needs, preferences and interests (such as whether they have any dietary needs, if they need support getting washed and dressed, what activities they would like to take part in)
What is an example of meeting the standard of fluids and nutrition?
ensuring that residents in the care home are given meals at the correct time, and they ask them regularly if they would like anything to drink, etc.
What is an example of meeting the standard of equality and diversity?
Care staff should use patients’ preferred form of address (first name, last name, Mrs, Ms, etc.) when speaking to them, find out about their individual needs and preferences so that these are met (e.g. dietary needs, etc.)
What is an example of safeguarding adults?
Ensuring that they attend training so that they are aware of how to spot signs of abuse, know who to report it to if they suspect that someone is experiencing abuse, reporting the abuse to relevant authorities (social services, etc.)
What is an example of meeting the standard of privacy an d dignity?
Respecting the personal space of service users (e.g. knocking on the room before entering), speaking to them in a respectful way, not patronising them, helping them wash and dress in a dignified way, not making an individual wait to use the toilet or wait too long before you return, etc.)
