LO3 [Part Two]

Question 1

The Care Certificate 2014
15 Standards; (Key aspects all carers should be equipped in)

Answer 1

The care certificate aims to equip health and social care workers, with the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe and compassionate care.

-Understand your role.
-Personal development.
-Duty of care.
- Equality and diversity.
-Working in a person centered way.
-Communication.
-Privacy and dignity.
-Fluids and nutrition.
-Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities.
-Safe guarding adults.
-Safe guarding children.
-Basic life support.
-Health and Safety.
-Handling Information.
-Infection prevention and control.

Question 2

Human rights act

Answer 2

-right to life
-right to respect for private life and family
-right to personal liberty
-right to not be harmed or treated inhumanly
-right to fair trial
-right to freedom of religion and belief

Question 3

The Care Act 2014

Answer 3

-Duty on local authorities to promote an individuals well being.
-Continuity of care (from one geographical location to another)
-Duty on local authorities to carry out a child’s needs assessment (if needed for care and support after age of 18)
-An independent advocate to be available.
-Adult safeguarding
-Local authorities have to guarantee preventative services.

Question 4

The Health and Social Care Act 2012

Answer 4

-No decision about me, without me (patients have a choice)
-Clinical commissioning groups
-Health and Well being boards
-Public health
-Health watch

Question 5

The Equality Act 2010

Answer 5

-Protected characteristics - 9 of them - Age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation.
-Prohibits discrimination in education, employment and access to goods.
-Reasonable adjustments.
-Right to breastfeed in public places.

Question 6

The Mental Capacity Act 2005

Answer 6

-A presumption capacity
-Support to make own decisions
-Unwise decisions
-Best interests
-Less restrictive option

Question 7

The Children Act 2004

Answer 7

-Aims to protect children at risk of harm.
-Paramountcy Principle
-The child has the right to be consulted.
-Children have the right to an advocate.
-Encourages partnership working.
-Created the role of the children’s commissioner.

Question 8

The Children and Families Act 2014

Answer 8

-This includes reforms for adoption, special educational needs and children in care.
-The role of the children’s commissioner- they have stronger powers and has to focus on rights of all children.
-Parents who have a new child get parental leave, both parents have time off for clinical appointments and allows people going to adopt a child to have time off work.
-Family courts and justice - child first in parents splitting up and going to court , both should be involved in care if possible.
SEND - ECHP’s childrens needs assessed.

Question 9

Data Protection Act 1998

Answer 9

Data protection-
-Data should be processed fairly and lawfully.
-Data used only for purposes for which it was intended.
-Data should be relevant, but not excessive.
-Data should be kept up to date.
-Data should be kept no longer than necessary.
-Data should be secured.
-Data shouldn’t be transferred to other countries outside of the EU.

Question 10

GDPR
[7 Principles]

Answer 10

General Protection Regulation is a piece of legislation protecting personal information.
-Keeping data collection to a minimum and building security measures, preventing data leaks and breaches at all stages of the processing of personal information.
GDPR Follows seven principles of data protection:

1. Lawfulness, fairness and transparency.
2. Purpose limitation.
3. Data minimization.
4. Accuracy.
5. Storage limitation
6. Confidentiality (AKA, security.)
7. Accountability.