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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

Agreed ways of working

HSC301 · Responsibilities of a Health and Social Care worker — Week 4 of 16

CourseHSC301
Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Agreed ways of working

  1. Policies and procedures
  2. Legal compliance
  3. Health and safety protocols
  4. Safeguarding standards
  5. Safeguarding Adults: Lessons from the murder of Steven Hoskin (Updated)
  6. Health and Safety Legislation
  7. What Is Safeguarding? (Adult Safeguarding)

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Explain why it is important to follow agreed ways of working.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain why it is important to follow agreed ways of working.

Study materials

Videos

  • Safeguarding Adults: Lessons from the murder of Steven Hoskin (Updated) · YouTube · Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) · 13 min · for registered students
  • Health and Safety Legislation · YouTube · Galton College · 38 min · for registered students
  • What Is Safeguarding? (Adult Safeguarding) · YouTube · MTD Training · 4 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • CQC: Regulations for service providers and managers · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
  • Health and safety in care homes (HSE, HSG220) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Safeguarding adults in care homes (NICE guideline NG189, 2021) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Roles and responsibilities in care
  • Week 2: Working relationships versus personal relationships
  • Week 3: Regulators and advisory bodies
  • Week 4: Agreed ways of working
  • Week 5: Accessing organisational policies and procedures
  • Week 6: Quality assurance processes
  • Week 7: Promoting positive experiences through quality feedback
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Principles and benefits of partnership working
  • Week 10: Best practice in multi-agency collaboration
  • Week 11: Improving partnership working
  • Week 12: Applying Responsibilities of a Health and Social Care worke…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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