Unit 2: Working In Health And Social Care Flashcards
What is Health?
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, followed by the absence of disease
What is Care?
The provision of what is necessary for health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something
What is Social Care?
Helping people live their lives comfortably, particularly people who require a certain degree of extra practical and physical help
What is a Multi-Disciplinary Team?
A team of people to support everyone throughout their care, allowing for all needs to be met
What is Primary Care?
Your first point of contact
What is Secondary Care?
Your second point of contact and a specialist
What is Preventative Care?
Care that educates people on remaining healthy, and to be aware of the factors that can lead to illness and poor health
What can Preventative Care include?
Vaccinations, Programmes for people all ages, Education on lifestyle tests
What is a Nurse?
Nurses are trained to carry our medical duties at their level of seniority and specialism, mainly in hospitals, surgeries, clinics, and homes.
This Includes:
- Monitoring and caring for the medical needs of patients
- Support Doctors in Giving treatment, and prescribed drugs
- Work to restore health and wellbeing
What are the types of Nurses?
Children’s Nurse, Adults Nurse, Mental Health Nurses, Learning Disability Nurse, Neonatal Nurse, Practice Nurse, School Nurse, District Nurse, and Health Visitor
What are a Nurses Responsibilities?
Responsibilities Nurses Hold Medically:
-Observing condition of patients
-Administering drugs and injections
-Carrying out routine investigations
-Preparing patients for operations
Responsibilities Nurses Hold Non-medically:
-Providing care and counselling
-Helping with recovery and rehabilitation
-Writing patient care plans
-Planning patient discharge from hospital
Acting as a patient advocate
What is a GP?
They are people who provide medical care for patients, and they work mainly in surgeries and local communities
This includes:
-Diagnose, treat, monitor and prevent illness
-Provide prescriptions for treatment and arrange preventative care
-Refer patients to other health professionals
What is the Responsibilities of a GP?
Responsibilities Specialist Doctors Hold Medically:
-Diagnosing Illness
-Prescribing treatment to promote healing and recovery
-Referring patients to specialists
-Liaising with multidisciplinary teams
Responsibilities Specialist Doctors Hold Non-medically:
-Creating and maintaining relationships or trust with patients
-Observing, Listening, and Responding
-Maintaining patient records
-Maintains confidentiality
-Acting in accordance with legislations
What is a Specialist Doctor?
They are doctors who have expert training in particular areas, working mainly in hospitals and clinics.
This Includes:
-Diagnose, treat, monitor and prevent illness in specialist areas
-Liaise with other professionals, to carry out treatment in hospital
-Contribute to teams for ongoing patient care.
What is the Responsibilities of a Specialist Doctor?
Responsibilities Specialist Doctors Hold Medically:
-Diagnosing Illness
-Prescribing treatment to promote healing and recovery
-Referring patients to specialists
-Liaising with multidisciplinary teams
Responsibilities Specialist Doctors Hold Non-medically:
-Creating and maintaining relationships or trust with patients
-Observing, Listening, and Responding
-Maintaining patient records
-Maintains confidentiality
-Acting in accordance with legislations
What is a Midwife?
They are people who help you throughout pregnancy and birth, they work mainly in hospital maternity units, clinics and homes.
This Includes:
-Monitor the prenatal development and health of Mothers and babies
-Help deliver babies
-Provide postnatal care, supporting mothers, babies and families after the birth.
What are the Responsibilities of a Midwife?
Responsibilities Midwives Hold Medically:
-Diagnosing, monitoring, and examining pregnant women
-Providing antenatal care, including screening tests
-Assisting during labour
-Supervising pain management
Responsibilities Midwives Hold Non-medically:
-Preparing and reviewing patient care plans
-Arranging and/or providing parenting and health education
-Providing support and advice on the care of newborn babies
-Providing support and advice following miscarriage, termination, or neonatal death
-Liaising with other agencies to ensure continuity of care
What is a Health Care Assistant?
Healthcare assistants are trained to help with daily personal care and to support wellbeing, They work mainly in hospitals, clinics, residential care and homes.
This Includes:
-Work under the guidance of qualified professionals
-Meet care needs
-Monitor health by taking temperature, pulse, respiration rate and weight.
What are the Responsibilities of a Health Care Assistant?
Responsibilities Midwives Hold Medically:
-Monitoring patient conditions by taking temperature, pulse, and respiratory rate
-Taking blood samples
-Carrying out health checks
-Weighing patients
Responsibilities Midwives Hold Non-medically:
-Washing and dressing patients
-Helping with patient mobility
-Supporting day-to-day routines
-Talking to patients working under the direction of nursing staff
-Supporting and delivering health education
What is a Social Worker?
They provide help and support for people all ages through difficult times in there lives, they also want to protect people from harm and to help people live independent lives
This Includes:
-Working closely with the service users’ families and carers
-Protecting the people they work with from harm
-Support people leaving care and people at risk of being in trouble with the law
What are the Responsibilities of a Social Worker?
Key Responsibilities:
-Maintaining a designated case load
-Maintaining professional registration
-Working within regulatory guidelines
-Keeping informed of changes in policy and procedure
-Liaising with other agencies e.g. the police for vulnerable children
Key Skills, Qualities and Tasks:
-Preparing and reviewing case files of clients
-Taking difficult decisions
-Working with a variety of service users of different ages
-Ensuring continuity of care
What is a Occupational Therapist?
Occupational therapists facilitate recovery and overcome practical barriers, they work mainly in hospitals, clinics, residential care and homes.
This includes:
-Identify issues people may have in everyday life
-Help people to work out practical solutions.
What are the Responsibilities of a Occupational Therapist?
Responsibilities Occupational Therapists Hold Medically:
-Being aware of acute medical conditions and how to overcome them in contexts such as Accident and Emergency (A&E) and Acute Medicine
Responsibilities Occupational Therapists Hold Non-medically:
-Advising on specialist equipment to assist with daily activities
-Advising on home and workplace alterations
-Assisting people with learning difficulties
-Enabling rehabilitation
-Organising support and rehabilitation groups for carers and clients
What is a Youth Worker?
They work with young children between the ages of 11 and 25, and support young people reach there full potential and become responsible members of society. They usually work in youth centres, schools, and colleges. They can also be employed by the local council
This Includes:
-Delivering programmes relating to youth concerns e.g. smoking, drugs, drinking etc
-Organising residential activities
-Working with parents/carers to support healthy development of their children
What are the Responsibilities of a Youth Worker?
Key Responsibilities:
-Demonstrating values which underpin youth work
-Completing a background check with the disclosure and barring service
-Continuing professional development
-Acting as a mentor to young people
Key Skills, Qualities and Tasks:
-Working across different sectors, including care and criminal justice an din public, private and voluntary sector organisations
-Developing projects with schools and other organisations, such as debates about elections or capital punishment
-Offering advice on topics such as sexual health using language which is accessible to young people
What is a Care Assistant?
They provide help and support for people who have difficulties with daily activities, they work with older people, children, young people, people with physical or learning disabilities or people with mental health problem. They work in clients’ homes, day care centres, residential homes, nursing homes, and in supported housing complexes
This Includes:
-Helping with personal daily care e.g. washing, dressing, and feeding etc.
-General household tasks
-Liaising with other health and care professionals
What are the Responsibilities of a Care Assistant?
Key Responsibilities:
-Providing appropriate daily personal care
-Carrying out general household tasks
-Carrying out other routine roles as required by supervisors or service users
-Liaising with other health and care professionals
Key Skills, Qualities and Tasks:
-Working in different care settings
-Observing and reporting changes in health and wellbeing of service user
-Making service user fell at ease
-Maintaining confidentiality
What is a Care Manager?
They have a key leadership role within care settings, they manage the provision of residential care for adults and young people with learning difficulties, older people in residential care or nursing homes, people in supported housing, and people receiving hospice care
This Includes:
-Routine running of residential car e and overseeing this
-Ensuring quality standards are met
-Manage the supervising of duties
What are the Responsibilities of a Care Manager?
Key Responsibilities:
-Day to day running of residential care settings
-Supervising work of care assistants
-Ensuring quality of care meets standards and adheres to relevant legislation
-Ensuring suitable staff are available
Key Skills, Qualities and Tasks:
-Creating and maintaining relationships of trust and residents
-Maintaining accurate resident records
-Observing, listening and responding to resident concerns
-Maintaining Confidentiality
What is a Support Worker?
Work under supervision of a range of health and care professionals, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and social workers. They are closely linked to the healthcare or nursing assistant role
This Includes:
-Work closely with the family
-Put a fair and agreed on plan in place
-Support them through all challenges
What are the Responsibilities of a Support Worker?
Key Responsibilities:
-Following the instructions of health and care professionals
-Implementing care plans agreed with social workers
-Supporting members of families who provide care with parenting, financial, or domestic skills
Key Skills, Qualities and Tasks:
-They often work with people who have had healthcare or continue to need it
What is a Professional Health Care Worker?
You have to have a degree and then register to a council e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council
What is a Non-Professional Health Care Worker?
Care workers who may have undertaken some sort of training, such as a NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) but not a vocational qualifying degree course. For example, care managers, health care assistants, and support workers
What is a Hands On Care Role?
Health and Social workers who work directly with service users delivering care, often referred to as ‘hands on’ care workers
What is a Administrative Care Roles?
People who work in health and care settings but organise care for service users rather than personally delivering it
What are some Professional roles?
Doctors, Nurses, Consultants, Midwife, Social Workers, and Occupational Therapist