Description
By the end of this unit on the principles of manual handling and practice you will be able to:
- List the types of documentation used in health and social care
- Maintain accurate recording documents
- Demonstrate effective written communication skills
- Discuss the impact of poor documentation on care provision
- Identify documentation errors
- Discuss the Data Protection Act in relation to your role
- Discuss the concept of confidentiality
- Identify the process’s involved with person-centred assessment and the development of care plans
Course content
This course covers the following topics:
- Overview of the Data Protection Act
- Principles of confidentiality – The Caldicott Report
- Person consent
- Importance of record keeping
- Guidelines on documentation
- Audit
- Errors in documentation and their outcomes
- Person-centred care