This unit will help you to understand what it is like to work in the health and social care sector.
When working for an organisation in this sector, you will have important responsibilities that you
need to understand and carry out. These include maintaining the safety of and safeguarding
individuals with health and social care needs, making sure that you properly handle their personal
information and preventing discrimination towards them. You will need to understand how you will
be accountable both to these individuals and the regulatory bodies that represent people who work
in the health and social care sector. It is necessary for you to understand how your work will be
monitored when you carry out a specific role such as nurse or social worker.
You will begin by looking at the range of roles and general responsibilities of people who work in
health and social care settings. You will learn about the organisations that provide services in this
sector, and the different settings in which these services are delivered according to the needs of the service user.
When working for an organisation in this sector, you will have important responsibilities that you
need to understand and carry out. These include maintaining the safety of and safeguarding
individuals with health and social care needs, making sure that you properly handle their personal
information and preventing discrimination towards them. You will need to understand how you will
be accountable both to these individuals and the regulatory bodies that represent people who work
in the health and social care sector. It is necessary for you to understand how your work will be
monitored when you carry out a specific role such as nurse or social worker.
You will begin by looking at the range of roles and general responsibilities of people who work in
health and social care settings. You will learn about the organisations that provide services in this
sector, and the different settings in which these services are delivered according to the needs of the service user.