Health and Social Care: Standard 1.2 Procedures, Risk & Approach

This report focuses on the application of standard 1.2 procedures within the context of health and social care, emphasizing the importance of protecting clients, coworkers, and patients through risk assessment and safeguarding measures. It details the process of measuring risk, assessing threats to oneself and others, and conducting thorough risk assessments, including proper documentation of outcomes. The report also highlights the significance of a person-centered approach, which empowers service users to make informed decisions about their healthcare, maintaining their privacy and dignity. Furthermore, it reflects on the author's contributions as a care worker in ensuring health and safety needs are met through the implementation of various health and safety provisions, referencing relevant academic sources to support the analysis and recommendations.

PRINCIPLES IN
HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE
TASK 2- APPLYING THE STANDARD

1.2 Procedure that would protect clients, co-
workers as well as patients
Measuring the level of risk
Assessing risk to self and others
Conducting risk assessment and ways to safeguard
it
Documentation of outcomes

Contd.
 Measuring the level of risk
 Assessing risk to self and others
 Conducting risk assessment and way
safeguard it
 Documentation of outcome

1.3 Person centered approach
 Person centered approach is mainly
concerned with supporting and
empowering the service users so that
they can easily select the required
health care service. With the help of this
approach clients as well as patients are
encouraged to take effective decisions
by their own so that they can easily
maintain their privacy and dignity of
them.

Contd.
 The certain benefits of person centered approach
for SCIE are as follows-
 Person centered approach mainly benefit me in
determining the preferences and health need of
patients with the help of this I can easily deliver the
health care services to the individuals.
 Working as care worker within the health and social
care I have evaluated my own contribution within
the HSC as I have placed adequate health and
safety needs of individuals through formulating
different provisions related with health and safety.

REFERENCES
 Simon, R. W. and Canacari, E. G., 2012. A practical
guide to applying lean tools and management
principles to health care improvement
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 Walker, B.R. and Colledge, N.R., 2013. Davidson's
principles and practice of medicine. Elsevier Health
Sciences.
 Walshe and Kieran, 2003. Regulating Healthcare: A
Prescription for Improvement?. McGraw-Hill
International.
 Reeves and et.al., 2011. Interprofessional Teamwork
for Health and Social Care. John Wiley & Sons.

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