Term Archives

  1. Module Four: Identifying Hazardous Substances

    This module outlines ways of identifying hazardous substances in your workplace. It provides information on chemical labelling, as well as dangerous and flammable substances.
  2. Module Three: Ill-health and Hazardous Substances

    This module examines the ill-health effects from hazardous substances, providing information on the symptoms and guidance. The module also explains the routes of entry and your responsibilities under RIDDOR.
  3. Module Two: COSHH Legal Regulations

    This module focuses on the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) and outlines essential employer and employee responsibilities.
  4. Module One: Introduction to COSHH

    This module explains what a hazardous substance is and where they can be found in the workplace. It also offers some Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics to highlight the importance of COSHH, and the benefits of following COSHH guidelines.
  5. Module 6: Case Study

    In this module we're going to walk you through the full story of a person centered approach, so you can see how it works in the real world to produce a successful outcome that meets the needs and goals of the service user, the carers, the associated medical staff, and the service user’s family.
  6. Module 5: Example Care Plans

    When filling out a care plan, each section has a space where you can write down relevant issues and being taken to address them. Apparently, care plans will vary with your organization and with the individual, but let’s make a start with the care plan for James Smith.
  7. Module 4: Daily Reports

    Daily reports play a significant role in person-centered care approach and relate directly to the information in your care plans. Basically, a daily report is a form in which you record routine events. It is in fact, a legal document, so the facts you record should be accurate and consistent, giving a true account of what happened.
  8. Module 3: Care Plans and Consent

    A good way of implementing a person-centered approach for an individual service user is to find out about their preferences, desires and needs. The best way of doing this is by working in partnership with the service user and their family, friends, carers and medical experts such as doctors, therapists and social workers.
  9. Module 2: Definitions and Values

    What is meant by person-centered care approach? Well, it is started in the 1940’s, centered around the revolutionary ideas of American psychologist Dr. Carl Rogers who began moving away from assumptions that the expert knew best what was good for the client.
  10. Module 1: Course Overview

    In this course, we are going to learn about person centered approaches for care and support, and how to implement a person-centered approach in an adult social care setting.