Legislation
plays a key role in health and care therefore it is vital to have a good
understanding of legislation that affects you when working in this sector. This
learning pathway provides you with the opportunity to learn more about legislation
associated with health and care settings, individual’s rights and ethics in
practice.
Learning Pathway details
Pathway Length – 10-12 Hours
Sharable certificate on completion
100% Online
Beginner / Intermediate Level
During this learning pathway you will be learning about:
Session 1 – Key Legislation for People in Care Settings
1-2 hour to complete
Social care services, the services that cover both care and support, are there to help people who are in need of support due to illness, disability, age or low income. If you think about the people which need this support, you will realise they are usually the most vulnerable, which is why legislation has been put into place to ensure they are cared for and supported properly. However, there are many different care and support services in order to cater for those with different needs, so the rules and pieces of legislation are different for all of them, which is why legislation is heavy in this area.
Session 2 – The 4 Principles of Health and Social Care Ethics
1-2 hour to complete
Ethics are a system of moral principles, or standards of behaviour and are part of the way that someone makes a decision and how they live their lives. The subject of ethics looks at what is good for society and individuals. They are not law but can eventually go on to make laws. The 4 principles of health and social care ethics provide guidelines that help professionals to make decisions, when faced with complicated situatuions involving patients. They play a key role in ensuring an individual's safety and care.
Discrimination acts have introduced laws to help protect people from discrimination and harassment because of who they are, and this includes sex, race and age. There are many different pieces of legislation which deal with discrimination. As a professional working in health and social care, you need to be aware of them.
A child is defined as anyone under the age of 18 by 'The Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989'. However, there are different laws across the UK that specify age limits in different circumstances, such as, child protection, age of consent and age of criminal responsibility.
Objectives:
Understanding Key different age limits for children.
Session 5 – Loss & Protection of Individual Rights – Human Rights and Mental Health
1-2 hours to complete
There are situations when discrimination is lawful and the human rights of an individual are temporarily ignored. For example, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 can remove someone's right to make their own decisions. However, this is because they have been assessed not to have the mental capacity to do this, so this is a protective measure. This type of action will only be used when absolutely necessary and only when in the best interests of the individual.
Objectives:
Understanding Health and social care legislation
Understanding Human Rights Act 1998
Understanding Human rights most relevant to health and social care
This pathway has explored the emotional and social
development of a person throughout the stages of life. You should now be able
to identify the evolution of emotional and social development of a person
throughout the life cycle.
Final Reflection Task
Your final part of this pathway is to share a reflection. It is important to reflect after any learning you do as this helps close the loop on what you have learnt, gives you the opportunity to answer any question you may have or even encourage you to find out more information. It will also help us in creating future pathways, learning packages and platforms.