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BTEC Level 2 Technical Certificate Adult Care Learner Handbook with ActiveBook
Carolyn Aldworth | Marilyn Billingham | Colette Burgess | Nicola Matthews
(2018)
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BTEC Level 2 Technical Certificate Adult Care Learner Handbook with ActiveBook
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Front Cover | ||
| Contents | iii | ||
| How to use this book | iv | ||
| Chapter 1: Principles and Practices of Working in Adult Care Settings | 2 | ||
| A: Adult care workers’ roles and responsibilities in residential care, day care and domiciliary care settings | 4 | ||
| A1: Roles, tasks and responsibilities of adult care managers, adult care assistants and personal assistants | 4 | ||
| A2: Other adult care workers’ roles, tasks and responsibilities | 16 | ||
| A3: How the professional behaviour of adult care workers enhances the lives of users of services | 22 | ||
| B: Duty of care in adult care settings | 25 | ||
| B1: Codes of conduct in adult care settings | 25 | ||
| B2: Care standards and legislation | 32 | ||
| B3: Health and safety legislation and procedures | 36 | ||
| B4: Food safety and hygiene legislation and regulations | 41 | ||
| C: Care planning in adult care settings | 44 | ||
| C1: The care plan | 44 | ||
| D: Working professionally as an adult care worker | 48 | ||
| D1: Continuing professional development (CPD) | 48 | ||
| D2: The professional development plan | 51 | ||
| Work Focus | 53 | ||
| Ready for work? | 53 | ||
| Getting ready for assessment | 54 | ||
| Sample questions and answers | 55 | ||
| Chapter 2: Communicate and Handle Information in Adult Care Settings | 58 | ||
| A: Use communication skills to meet the needs of individuals in an adult care setting | 60 | ||
| A1: Demonstrating verbal communication and active listening skills | 60 | ||
| A2: Demonstrating non-verbal communication skills | 66 | ||
| A3: Meeting the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals | 71 | ||
| B: Demonstrate skills to reduce barriers to communication with individuals in an adult care setting | 77 | ||
| B1: Identifying barriers to communication with individuals | 77 | ||
| B2: Using skills to reduce barriers to communication with individuals | 81 | ||
| C: Handle information safely in line with confidentiality procedures in an adult care setting | 87 | ||
| C1: Handling information | 87 | ||
| C2: Keeping information safe | 91 | ||
| C3: Following confidentiality procedures | 93 | ||
| Work Focus | 96 | ||
| Ready for work? | 97 | ||
| Chapter 3: Contribute to Health, Safety and Safeguarding in Adult Care Settings | 98 | ||
| A: Understand procedures to support users of services to remain safe from harm in adult care settings | 100 | ||
| A1: Identifying potential signs and symptoms of different forms of abuse | 100 | ||
| A2: Supporting individuals to remain safe from harm | 104 | ||
| B: Promote health, safety, wellbeing and safeguarding of individuals in adult care settings | 109 | ||
| B1: Ways of demonstrating promotion of health and wellbeing for users of services and colleagues | 109 | ||
| B2: Using sources of information and advice about own role in safeguarding and protecting users of services from abuse | 117 | ||
| C: Use agreed risk assessments to promote person-centred care in adult care settings | 122 | ||
| C1: Using risk assessments to support individuals safely | 122 | ||
| C2: Promoting person-centred care and demonstrating care values | 127 | ||
| Work Focus | 135 | ||
| Ready for work? | 135 | ||
| Chapter 4: Develop Professional Practice Skills for Work in Adult Care Settings | 136 | ||
| A: Develop a work placement plan to support and meet own personal and professional development in an adult care setting | 138 | ||
| A1: Preparation for a work placement | 138 | ||
| A2: Setting goals and learning objectives | 145 | ||
| B: Work professionally to provide high-quality compassionate care and support to a user of services in an adult care setting | 148 | ||
| B1: Work placement tasks and responsibilities | 148 | ||
| B2: Treating users of services with respect and dignity and honouring their individual rights | 156 | ||
| B3: Work shadowing and observation | 158 | ||
| C: Reflect on how the work placement influences own personal and professional development | 161 | ||
| C1: Reviewing personal and professional development | 161 | ||
| C2: Using feedback and action planning to develop own professional development | 165 | ||
| Work Focus | 169 | ||
| Ready for work? | 170 | ||
| Answers | 171 | ||
| Glossary | 175 | ||
| Index | 179 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |