Occupational Health and Safety Analysis

This assignment requires a critical evaluation of various academic research papers on occupational health and safety. Students must analyze the presented information, focusing on organizational practices, risk assessment, and prevention strategies within different work environments. The provided list of references includes articles covering topics such as workplace health in small businesses, lean manufacturing's impact, nanomaterial applications, and infection control in hospitals.

PRINCIPLES IN HEALTH
AND SOCIAL CARE
PRACTICES

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Principles are applied to ensure that Denis is cared for in the residential care home............1
1.3 Analyse the advantages of applying a person centred approach for Denis...........................2
3.2 The impact of social processes such as exclusion, marginalisation on users of health and
social care services......................................................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Procedures for protecting clients, patients, and colleagues from harm.................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
1.4 Ethical dilemmas /conflict that have risen in providing care services...................................4
3.3 Effectiveness of interpersonal working and in other health and social care context.............4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Policies, legislation, regulations and codes of practice in significance to health and social
care services.................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Local policies and procedures in accordance with national and policy requirements in
social care sector..........................................................................................................................5
3.1 Theories that accentuate health and social care practice.......................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In today's scenario health and social care practices are very much essential and these can
be considered as the most effective part of human life. People are affected by various kinds of
diseases. In this modern era people are very much concern about their health and safety as each
individual want easy, safe and comfortable life style without facing any kind of issue and
problems. People needs to aware about the issues and diseases, so that these can be resolved in
most efficient manner (Lee, Mahendra and Alvarez, 2010). The health and social care sector are
very much focused on providing high quality and best services to their potential customers in
order to satisfying their needs and wants. This sector is very much concern about maintaining
privacy and also focused on minimising the risk and hazardous. The present report is based on
different case studies which are related with health and social care sectors. In this report various
principles of health and social care practices are explained in detail.
TASK 1
1.1 Principles are applied to ensure that Denis is cared for in the residential care home.
The health and social care has various sections and departments which are helpful in
providing healthcare services to people in order to fulfilling their special needs and wants. The
major aim of health and social care practices are to provide support to the services users in
respect of satisfying their actual needs and wants. The principles of support needs to be applied
in a specific way so that it helps in providing proper assurance and maintain the well-being and
heath of services users. Care workers required to concern about the rights of patients and focused
on providing best products and services as per the needs and requirements of person. Denis
arrived at a residential home care in the age of 92 after spending seven weeks in hospital. He
suffered with the issue of hypothermia and he collapsed at home. After passing his wife Denis
feel isolated and alone at home and it has been noted by support worker and doctors that Denis
has tried various attempts to harming his self due to frustration (Quinlan, Bohle and Lamm,
2010). The major issue which is faced by Denis is money as he was not having sufficient money
to taking advantage of comfortable hospitality services and his pension not going far. Residential
care home are very much concern about providing best and comfortable services to their
potential customers in order to ensuring about safety and security. Principles are simply
considered as the guidelines which usually followed by health and social care in order to gaining
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growth and success. Various principles are helpful in providing support to people who are facing
various issues related with health and social care practices, in which some are described as
under:
 The principles of support can easily apply to support to provide surety that individuals are
cared through promoting anti discriminatory practices. This helps in providing significant
lawful treatments in order to satisfying their needs and wants.
 Principles of support are used to ensure that people are cared in the sector of health and
social care settings through supporting individuals’ beliefs and identities.
In the case of Denis he was facing various issues that related with his health and care, as he is not
having sufficient money to spend in hospitals and he cared by residential cared home and he is
not getting any kind of special treatments due to issue of money (Alexander, Kruszewski and
Webster, 2012). He was already frustrated due to loneliness and isolation.
1.3 Analyse the advantages of applying a person centred approach for Denis.
Person centred approach is very much effective in health and social care sector in order to
providing beneficial services to their potential customers or clients. Persons centre approach was
developed by Carl Rogers 1902 to 1987 he is a grate psychologist. This approach is widely
applied in health care sector as it helps in supporting and fulfilling the needs, wish and
preferences of clients. According to this approach health and social care sector appoint a person
for an individual who is suffering with any serious medical issue. Clients are motivated to create
an effective decision by strictly maintaining their dignity and privacy. In the health care sector,
this can be considered as the most effective practise to handle clients and patients in most
efficient manner (Hohnen and Hasle, 2011). In the case of Denis, as he was suffering with the
issue of urine infection and a badly infected foot. He was even not able to walk and actually
needed a nurse for taking care of him, so that is can easily face the issue and overcome with that.
Residential home care required to appoint a person for Denis care in order to satisfying his basic
needs and wants.
3.2 The impact of social processes such as exclusion, marginalisation on users of health and
social care services.
Social processes plays most vital role in this modern society. Society can be influenced
by various issues that are arises due to behaviour of people, their reaction on various
circumstances and what measures are adopted by them in order to handle the issues and conflicts
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in most effective manner. Social processes plays most essential role in every individual's life
because the behaviour, norms and culture of person is based on the environment of society.
Social processes having positive as well as negative impact on human life. In the present case
study, Denis was 92 years old and he was suffering by various diseases and health problems. He
faces the issue of isolation after the death of his wife. Due to this issue he got frustrated and
attempts to suicide (Geldart and et. al., 2010). Furthermore the people who are suffered through
isolation, social exclusion and marginalisation are very much frustrated in nature, their behaviour
attitude and perception has changed and they does not like to communicate with other people
who are known to them. Denis got affected by all these things and it creates pressure on his
physical, psychological and mental condition. Social process has a vast impact on Denis life, in
which some are described as under:
 Denis becomes anger on small things as he is not feeling comfortable to talking with
others who are known to them.
 He felt stress and depression due to loneliness which is faced by him after death of his
wife. As he was not having any emotional support.
 After death of his wife, he was alone at home and got frustrated on each things as he
wants to die soon and attempt various things to harm his self.
TASK 2
1.2 Procedures for protecting clients, patients, and colleagues from harm.
Mr Arthur is senior supervisor and this the third time when a patient missed his routine
medicine when he is on round. This may increase the symptoms of epilepsy which can be
harmful for sufferer as well as for the people who belongs to the care home. The person suffering
from illness should be provided with proper care services by nurse in order to reduce risk to
harm other colleagues, staff members as well as to other clients (Salvendy, 2012). The caretaker
should support all the acre needs required by individual in recovering from disease more
effectively. There is procedure discussed to extent other clients, patient from harm as follows:
 Accomplish all the needs of the person who needs care from the caretaker or health care
professional.
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 A person should be groomed well on routine basis in order to reduce the chances of
infection and maintain basic hygiene of individual and helping them to receiver faster
from illness.
 The person should be emotionally supported by care taker as in old age the person
become weak and unable to handle their emotions accurately. So, the health care
professional should take care of their emotional stress in order to reduce risk of person
himself and other people too in workplace (Ren and Balusu, 2010).
TASK 3
1.4 Ethical dilemmas /conflict that have risen in providing care services.
Mrs Helen is 20 years old pregnant lady and due an accident she needs instant blood
transfusion and surgery. But due to her religion and ethics she refused to go for blood
transfusion. This is the condition of ethical dilemmas as well a professional dilemma. One side
the health care professional should proper treatment to lady and follow up surgery to save life of
Mrs Helen as well as her foetus. But as per her values, beliefs and religions views the care taker
and health care professional do not liable to force for surgery (Zanko and Dawson, 2012). The
surgery and further treatment should be carried out only after free consent of lady. So, this is an
condition of dilemma or conflict which arises many times in front of health care workers while
dealing with different patients and their ethical values. So, the professional care workers should
act responsibly which is bests for the patient and their professional responsibilities in order to
help the society people effectively and helping them to recover faster from illness.
3.3 Effectiveness of interpersonal working and in other health and social care context.
Interpersonal working is working in integration with different health care services, care
homes, groups and voluntary groups in order to provide better care to the people. The heath care
practices and social care may involves a important role of nurses, social workers, educationist to
work in coordination (Badri, Nadeau and Gbodossou, 2012). This interpersonal working help in
providing better care to people and helping them to get knowledge about various illness and their
precautionary measures. This integration helps in recovering faster from discussed through
getting awareness from various related voluntary groups and educationist.
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TASK 4
2.1 Policies, legislation, regulations and codes of practice in significance to health and social
care services.
The best qualities of physical state and social care practice can be ensured through care
only (Eakin, Champoux and MacEachen, 2010). The Accomplishment of regulation policies
laws and code of practice move parallel with the policies of government whether it is localised
national in the law of consumer of service is very essential and important rules and regulation
that are laid down must be followed at all time by the care labours so this is very delicate job it is
wholly practiced with accordance to laws in guidelines to ensure the management duties the
attributes are maintained properly data protection act and shows that the client does not have any
right to reveal any important information and it must be checked by employees moreover only
the right person can access to data and the data Protection Act imagination social and Healthcare
board is the hub of warning signs to stick properly to the loss the health regulation controls the
material in circulation of hazardous chemicals different laws and regulations guidelines policies
and it will also help employees in the work buy heading lectures and providing training programs
which is quite simple and risk free (Stone and et. al., 2014).
It must also ensure that the use of any chemical and material must be guaranteed by law
only the right person should have ingress to materials like agents detergents and other material
and chemical the special care should be given to safety precautions so that there should be no
harm to anyone needed to employee not to client all the work should be done with accordance to
norms and laws
2.2 Local policies and procedures in accordance with national and policy requirements in social
care sector.
The policy should be easy and clear it should be simple and it will improve the
effectiveness of the policy and it will be out of confusion the policy should have less conceit. To
everything thing situation policies has to change they are kind of different organisation so the
policies are also different according to different organisation according to changing need of
future generation new policies should be made so they need to be flexible according to changing
needs in the policies there is reflection of our culture and work easy simplified and comfortable
we should timely supervise the policies and rules and laws so that we should be up to date
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employers and Lomb acres are there to review the laws and procedures that they think there is
necessity of change we can change it too also they can upgrade those it would be really difficult
for the organisation legal health in social care centre to formulate policy without the law and
practice or code of conduct in the case of violation of any rights law and practice will help the
person or organisation to restore its rights and give them the rights an employee work according
to the law even fines anyone who breaks the law and guidelines both the employer as well as
employee are bound to obey and follow the rules and regulation and make changes or give
authority to punish anyone who disobey the law (Longoni and et. al., 2013).
3.1 Theories that accentuate health and social care practice.
Because of the individuals need the theories about health and social care practice came into
being and various other programs and events get priority. The theory helps to develop a plan for
the daily challenge and promotes social mental and emotional fitness. According to Maslow
theory human need are classified into different levels and the basic need is above all. Physical
and psychological demands of this theory are considered the most basic one then comes the next
level in which self-esteem, safety and security, love and belonging, self-actualization comes.
Another very famous theory of human growth and development, Health and Care is also divided
in different levels social process ensures (Ren and Balusu, 2010). The evolution of Health and
social care strategy the operation of resistance cast having same nature but different cultures,
different people react differently to be effective because it can be applied totally opposite to
health and social.
CONCLUSION
This can be concluded from above report that various places related with social health care
working largely contribute in delivery of effective services to the user. The principles of health
care services should be followed in order to maintain safety environment at workplace and
provide healthy surroundings to workers as well as patient. These care homes should be follow
up all the procedures related with safety of people in order to deliver quality services to users.
The care workers should follow up different legislation like provision of health and safety act in
order to reduce chances of infection or injuries. The person should responsibly act while moving
and handling objects in health care practices to maintain safe environment at workplace and
provide better opportunity to the user to recover faster from illness. The care giver should
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responsibly comply with his duties and responsibilities towards maintaining safe environment as
well as care needs of patient while delivering services to their home. The professional care
worker should aware about his all duties in order to serve better to society people and patient and
helping them to recover faster from sufferings.
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