Revision Flashcards
Values of care
Promoting equality and diversity
Promoting individuals rights and beliefs
Maintaining confidentiality
What is making the welfare of the child paramount?
Having safe guarding policies and protection procedures in place.
Paramountcy principle
The child’s needs come first and the setting should use a child centred approach.
9 protected characteristics
Age, Gender reassignment, Religion or belief, sex, race, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation
NICE stands for?
National institute of care excellence, decides if a treatment can be used or not. It works out if it is money affective and weighs up if it is worth spending money on.
What does CQC stand for?
Care quality commission
This assess health and social care settings and sees if they are doing the adequate things necessary.
Key aspects of the care act 2014
- duty on the local authority to promote an individuals wellbeing.
- continuity of care
- duty on local authorities to carry out child’s needs assessments
- an independent advocate to be available
- adult safe guarding
- local authorities have to guarantee preventative services
Let aspects of the health and social act 2012
- no decision about me without me
- clinical commissioning groups
- health and well being boards
- public health
- health watch
Key aspects of the equality act 2010
- makes discrimination of the protected characteristics illegal
- prohibits discrimination in education
- covers victimisation and harassment
- reasonable adjustments
- right to breastfeed in public places
- encourages positive action
- pay secrecy clauses are now illegal
Key aspects of the mental capacity act 2005
- a presumption of capacity
- support to make own decision
- unwise decision
- best interest
- less restrictive option
Key aspects of the children act 2004
- aims to protect children at risk of harm
- paramountcy principle
- the child has the right to be consulted
- children have a right to a advocate
- encourages partnership working
- created the children’s commissioner
Key aspects of the data protection act 1998
- processed fairly and lawfully
- used only for the purpose for which it was intended
- adequate and relevant but not excessive
- accurate and kept up to date
- kept for no longer than it is needed
- secured
- processed in line with the rights of the individuals
- not transferred to other countries outside the EU
Key aspects of the children and families act 2014
The children and families act includes reforms for adoption and special educational needs and children in care. The act has given the commissioner strong powers focus on the rights of ALL children
Key aspects of the human rights act 1998
- right to life
- right to respect, privacy and dignity
- right to liberty and security
- right to freedom from discrimination
- right to freedom form expression
- right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
The care certificate 2014
Sets out to minimise standards that should be covered in introduction training before members of health care support and social care workforce are allowed to work without direct supervision. It is for ‘unregulated’ job roles.
