Healthcare Report: Legislation, Interventions for Positive Behaviour

This report delves into the crucial aspects of promoting positive behaviour within health and social care environments. It begins by identifying relevant legislation, such as the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, that govern restrictive interventions. The report emphasizes the importance of prioritizing the least restrictive interventions to comply with legal requirements, minimize risks, and facilitate effective treatment. It also addresses safeguarding measures that must be implemented when restrictive physical interventions are used. The report then outlines various types of challenging behaviours, including self-injury, physical aggression, and verbal aggression, concluding with the significance of employing effective intervention tools to improve client behaviour and ensure a safe environment for all.

Promoting Positive
Behaviour
P1, P3, P4, P8

Table of contents
 Introduction
 P1 Identification of legislation in relation to respective
interventions in health and social care
 P3 Explanation regarding using least restrictive intervention on
first priority
 P4 Placing safeguarding in place if restrictive physical
interventions are used
 P8 Types of challenging behaviour
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
The health and social care companies are working for the
betterment of people in the society and they also make sure
that their clients are getting best services so that they can
their issues removed. But there are many times that they
have to face challenging behaviours of the individuals so to
handle them good communication and interpersonal skills
are required to be implemented by the care takers in the
organisation.

P1 Identification of legislation in relation to respective
interventions in health and social care
Restrictive interventions can be defined as a process in which
involvement of service provider in the life of user is determined.
The various types of legislations that are relevant to the
restrictive interventions are as follows:-
Health and safety at work 1974 :
It is very important for every company to provide safe work
environment to their employees where they can do all their
activities in an effective manner and complete the tasks of the
company as well.

Continued..
Mental capacity act 2005 :
Those people who are mentally ill or is not in a position to take
decisions for themselves generally take help of their service providers
so as to perform their basic functions. This law was normally formed
for protecting the rights of these people as they are having sense to
handle themselves so anyone ca take advantage of them.
Common Law :
In this law health and safety of clients are kept on priority by the
service providers. They also need to develop trust as well as confidence
with the clients so that they follow their instructions and get cured as
fast as possible.

P3 Explanation regarding using least restrictive
intervention on first priority
There are so many benefits of using least restrictive intervention
on first priority and those can be depicted as :
Compliance with the Law – If this method will be used then they
it will help the organisation in complying with all the laws and
regulation which is being prescribed by the government for these
kinds of companies.
Minimizing risk to oneself and others- If there will be less
interference and rights of an individual is also not blocked then
risk will be minimised in the company and the employees will be
able to perform freely.

Continued..
Minimizing risk to person displaying challenging
behaviour - If this method will be adopted on priority basis
then the clients who are behaving in a challenged manner
will also be able to do get treatment on priority basis so that
they can get cured in an earlier manner.

P4 Placing safeguarding in place if restrictive
physical interventions are used
Safeguarding can be defined as a process in healthcare industry
where protection is provided to the clients so that they do not
face any tough situation in the company.
External force cannot be used by the practitioners for handling
the situation rather they can take preventive measures for
solving such situations like if a child is behaving aggressively
then their parents should be contacted immediately and should
be informed about the whole situation. They should also be
briefed about the state of mind of their children as well.

P8 Types of challenging behaviour
The various types of challenging behaviour are:
Self-injury : It is a type of behaviour in which the patient tries to
harm themselves. In this type of behaviour , the client behaves in a
most disturbing manner and use several ways to harm themselves
like rubbing, scratching and head banging.
Physical aggression : In this type of behaviour, the patient tries to
harm others using physical pressure. The person who is doing this
is not having any control in their behaviour.
Verbal aggression : here, the patient uses words for causing harm to
the opposite party. They make use of bad words so as to bring
aggression out of their mind and body.

Conclusion
From the above presentation, it can be concluded that all the
challenging behaviour that is depicted by the individuals in
the society is required to be dealt in an effective manner so
that they do not cause any harm to anyone around them.
They are making use of various tools of interventions for
providing effective services to its clients so that their
behaviour can be improved and they will behave in a good
manner.

References
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