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What is Unit 5 Health and social Care?
This unit introduces you to the values and skills that you will need for a career in social care or health care. Ethical issues will arise and challenges will need to be overcome when personalising care.
Why meeting the needs of individuals require involvement of different agencies?
Different agencies are required in order to provide the most specific care to an individuals care. Each brings with them information and expertise that can increase in effectiveness of the care. Social worker may know different information to a teacher and so this allows all areas to be covered.
How do you get a distinction in health and social care Level 3?
To achieve an overall Distinction you must achieve all the Pass, all the Merit and all the Distinction Criteria in the unit. Once you have completed a unit you will be given points depending on the grade you achieved. The points from all the units you achieve are added together to give you a final overall grade.
How do you get an NVQ Level 3 in health and social care?
To achieve a the full qualification, delegates need to achieve a minimum total of 58 credits; these will be made up from mandatory (Group A) units worth a minimum of 28 credits, optional (Group B) units worth 2-7 credits, and optional Group C units worth at least 23 credits.
What are the challenges facing health and social care?
A number of pressures which already existed in social care have been amplified by the pandemic as summarised below,
- Financial uncertainty and underfunding.
- Market pressures – the fragility of care markets.
- Lack of choice and unmet needs.
- Workforce pressures.
- Specific challenges affecting care homes.
What are motivational challenges in health and social care?
Motivational challenges: are or can be caused by fear of failure in trying to gain a goal or lack of clarity. wrong. Everyone should have equality and everyone is allowed their own beliefs which is hard to accept. Getting bad news like death of a loved one can be hard to accept too.
What is end of life in nursing?
End-of-life care includes physical, emotional, social, and spiritual support for patients and their families. The goal of end-of-life care is to control pain and other symptoms so the patient can be as comfortable as possible. End-of-life care may include palliative care, supportive care, and hospice care.
How do you overcome challenges in health and social care?
Six considerations:
- Take early planning steps. Leaders who are contemplating such a change can take some early planning steps to ensure successful deployment of the strategy.
- Look at the big picture.
- Get the right people on board.
- Outsource needed expertise.
- Work on a small scale, focused on small wins.
- Be real.