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Health and Safety for Social and Health Workers

Online
3-4 hours
Free

Course Content

In this free online course, learn about the important roles and responsibilities of social and health care workers. Learn about the health safety principles that social and health care workers should be aware of. This course will discuss the main roles and responsibilities of health and social care workers that they will encounter in their careers as well as other duties and principles. You will also study the legal and ethical standards of practice and how to assess and manage risk in different settings.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID188896
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Describe the values promoted by social and health care workers
• Explain the advantages of working partnerships in health care professions
• Discuss roles and responsibilities involved in health, safety and security
• Outline the legal responsibilities of social and health care workers
• Identify ethical dilemmas and care conflicts in health and social care
• Categorize the additional duties of health and social care workers
• Summarize the difference between reflection and reflective on practice
• Define the ways to improve the quality of service in social and health care settings
• Describe the legislation that refers to the access to patient records
• Evaluate the risk assessment in health and social care
• Explain how to deal with a suspected cause of abuse and disclosure of abuse
Course Code3204

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