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Jargon Buster SOCIAL CARE ACRONYMS AND JARGON BUSTER ACRONYMS A ACOP Approved Code of Practice AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome APF Assigned Protection Factor ASW Approved Social Worker AUWED Amending Directive to the Use of Work Equipment Directive B BA Breathing Apparatus BCHS Better Care, Higher Standards BEAB British Electrotechnical Approvals Board BS British Standard BSI British Standards Institute C CAB Citizens Advice Bureau CCTV Closed Circuit Television CDM 1994 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 CE Communite European CITB Construction Industry Training Board CORGI Council of Registered Gas Installers COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health CPD Continuing Professional Development CoVE Centres of Vocational Excellence CRB Criminal Records Bureau CSCI Commission for Social Care Inspection CYP Children & Young People D DAT Drug Action Team dB Decibels dB(A) Decibels 'A' Weighting DH or DoH Department of Health DSE Display Screen Equipment E |EC European Community EHO Environmental Health Officer EMAS Employment Medical Advisory Service EMI Elderly Mentally Infirm EV External verifier or External Verification
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FA Fire Authority FACS Fair access to Care Services FOPS Falling-Object Protection System FPA 1971 Fire Precautions Act 1971 FP(W)R 1997 Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 G GSCC General Social Care Council GP General Practitioner H HSC Health and Social Care HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle HMSO Her Majesty's Stationery Office HSC Health and Safety Commission HSE Health and Safety Executive HSWA 1974 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Hz Hertz (Electrical Frequency) I IC Intermediate Care IDLH Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health IEE Institute of Electrical Engineers IiP Investors in People IOSH Institute of Occupational Safety and Health IP Index of Protection IV Internal Verifier or Internal Verification J JCT Joint Community Team K
L LAP Local Action Plan LCPT Limited Cutter Projection Tooling LD Learning Difficulties or Learning Disability LEV Local Exhaust Ventilation LGVs Large Goods Vehicles LOLER 1998 Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment regulations 1998 LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas LSC Learning and Skills Council M MChS Member of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists MEL Maximum Exposure Levels MHSWR 1992 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 MS Multiple Sclerosis MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet MSLA Minimum School Leaving Age
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NEBOSH National Examination Board for Occupational Safety and Health NHS National Health Service NICEIC National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting NOS National Occupational Standards NVQ National Vocational Qualification N/SVQ National and Scottish Vocational Qualification
O OEL Occupational Exposure Limits OES Occupational Exposure Standards OP Older People P PAT Portable Appliance Tester PCG Primary Care Group PF Protection Factor PFE Portable Fire Extinguisher PIN Personal Identification Number PoVA Protection of Vulnerable Adults PPEWR 1992 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 PPE Personal Protective Equipment PPM Planned Preventative Maintenance PUWER 1992 Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992 PUWER 1998 Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 R
RCD Residual Current Device RIDDOR 1995 reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations RMA Registered Manager Award ROPS Roll-Over Protection System S SALT (SLT) Speech and Language Therapist SCS Social and Caring Services T U U3A University of the Third Age UKHCA United Kingdom Home Care Association V
W WEA Workers’ Educational Association
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A Accessibility – designed to include disabled people Accountability – being answerable to those who have responsibility or who give authority to what is being done Act of Parliament - Legislation that is debated in parliament and becomes 'Law'. Advocacy – a range of support available to users of services to enable them to have access to a volunteer, or other designated person who will speak for them ensuring that their interests are represented. Approved Codes of Practice (ACOP) - Documents giving clearer guidance on how a piece of legislation should be put into practice, e.g. First Aid at Work. The standards set in these ACOPs can be used to prove that an organisation did everything that it should have done to comply with the law. Area Child Protection Committee – a body required by law in each county or unitary authority whose membership is drawn from all the statutory agencies working with children but with an independent chair. ACPCs are to be replaced by Safeguarding Boards from April 2006
B Best Value - aframework based on a set of nationally determined indicators to help local authorities measure, manage and improve their performance.
C Capacity Building – the process of increasing the ability of individuals, organisations or communities to achieve their own needs.
Children’s Fund – funds services to identify children and young people who are showing early signs of difficulty and provide them and their families with the support they need to get back on track. Citizens Advice Bureau – provides information, advice and advocacy across a wide range of subjects. Civil Law - The process of law where a person who has been injured at work, or as a result of work, claiming compensation against the organisation. Client - The person who has asked for the work to be carried out. Combustion - The combination of combustible material, air and a heat source to cause a fire.
Compact – an agreement made by the voluntary sector and statutory organisations covering the relationship between the two. Connexions – all encompassing youth service aimed at 13-19 year olds providing personal advisers who go into schools, colleges and communities and support with goals and information on services. Centres of Vocational Excellence - are specialist areas of vocational provision. They address the need for people with vocational skills within the economy and work closely with business and industry to deliver industry-relevant, economically important provision of a high standard. Continuing Professional Development - is the process through which individuals undertake lifelong learning through a broad range of activities that maintain, develop and enhance skills and knowledge in order to improve performance at work Criminal Law - Deals with breaches of legislation. The organisation or an individual within an organisation being seen as responsible for the breach of law. D Delayed discharge - a system whereby a social services department can be fined if discharge from hospital has to be delayed for non-medical reasons. Direct payments scheme - a system whereby older people and vulnerable adults are given the funds to purchase their own care. Display screen equipment (DSE) - Any alphanumerical or graphic display screen. Domiciliary or Home Care - People receiving personal care in their own homes. Drug Action Team – a multi-agency team to oversee the development of drug services, co-ordinate local anti-drugs activity and produce a collaborative plan of action to tack drug use and its associated problems. E Egress - Safe means of escape in an emergency. Elimination - To remove completely. Enclosure - To put in another area or to cover with material that removes the hazard, i.e. enclose a noisy machine with soundproof materials. European Social Fund – Government fund established under the EU employment strategy that contributes a percentage of money for projects that will improve employability, human resources and equal opportunities and thus tackle social exclusion. F G Green Paper – a consultation document that outlines a proposed Act of Parliament and invites discussion. The Green Paper is the first step in a policy making process that usually leads to legislation. General Social Care Council - They oversee the introduction of the new social work degree and the training of social carers Guidance Notes - These are published to supplement the information contained within the ACOP. For example, Occupational exposure Limits (OELs), outline the acceptable standards for substances used at work to which a person can or cannot be exposed. H Health & Social Care Forum – brings together voluntary and community sector organisations with an interest in health and social care issues with a view to sharing information and best practice. I Independent Living – a term used by disabled people to sum up their expectation of access to the opportunities enjoyed by their able bodied peers. Individual capacity - A person's ability to handle or move items. Consideration to be given to age, shape and physical fitness. J Jargon – specialised ‘technical’ language of a particular subject. Joint commissioning - the purchase of care services through amalgamated budgets that cross organisational boundaries. Joint funding – where two or more agencies agree to share the cost of running a project or service. K Kinetic Lifting - Safe means of lifting or handling heavy items. Forms part of a training programme in safe lifting techniques.
Learning Disabilities – a term covering people who find activities that involve thinking and understanding difficult and need additional support with their every day lives. Learning Difficulty Awards Framework - A related vocational qualification for people working in the learning disabilities service. The Learning and Skills Council - is responsible for funding and planning for post 16 education and training Legal requirements - The need to comply with the law. Load - The item to be lifted or carried. Local Strategic Partnership – responsible for developing plans to improve the quality of life in the local area utilising voluntary and community sector participation to assist with this. Looked after children – children who are either in care (subject to a care order) or accommodated by a local authority. K
Mapping exercise – a technique used to record and order large quantities of complicated and inter-related pieces of information.
N NMS - national minimum standards for the inspection of care homes. National Occupational Standards - NOS describe best practice by bringing together skills, knowledge and values. National Vocation Qualification- It is a certificate recognising achievement by an individual. NVQs in Care are based on National Occupational Standards agreed by the Health & Social Care sectors O Older People - The term ‘Older people’ refers to residents aged 55 and over Outcomes – the benefits and overall difference that the project or piece of work makes. Outputs – the physical products or measurable results of individual projects. P Partnership – drawing together of a number of separate groups or individuals. Practice Teacher Awards - a system that offers certification to social workers to show they are qualified to mentor trainees on placement. Primary Care Trust – free-standing statutory bodies that provide primary and community services and commission secondary care on behalf of their local population. Primary Health Care – the health tier of health provision, provided in local community settings e.g. doctors, dentists, health visitors. Q Quality Protects – a government programme to transform children’s services whereby local authorities must show they are meeting eleven key objectives. R Registration - all social care workers now have to be officially registered with the General Social Care Council. Regulation - A detailed requirement of the law. Regulations - Legislation, made by HSE or HSC specifying the organisations duties. This does not have to be approved by Parliament, e.g. Noise at Work Regulations 1989. Risk management – a systematic approach to reducing loss of life, financial loss, loss of staff availability, safety or loss of reputation. S Safe System of Work - A formal written procedure, documenting the hazards, precautions and safe working methods for a task. Secondary care – specialist care, typically provided in a hospital setting. Sector- a body of people who for part of society or economy e.g. voluntary sector Service level agreement – agreement between organisations/agencies setting out how services must be provided, what their standards will be and how monitoring will take place. Service user – an individual, who uses, requests, applies for a service. They may also be referred to as a client, resident or patient. Social Care Institute for Excellence – a body charged with reviewing research and practice in social care. Social Exclusion – to leave out of society, or prevent from entering into it, or to alienate. This term is used to describe people or areas that suffer from a combination of factors that include unemployment, low incomes, poor housing and high crime. Stakeholder – a group or an individual with an interest, physical or financial, in an organisation, project, activity or initiative. Statutory – something that has to be done e.g. services that the local authority are obliged to provide such as Social Services. Steering Group – a group set up with the role of ‘steering’ the development of a new project. Substance abuse – use of mood-altering substance in a way that is either socially unacceptable or impairs social, medical or occupational functioning. Substance misuse – use of substances in a manner for which they were not intended. Substances - The item being used. Usually in a liquid, gas or solid form, e.g. bleach, soldering fumes or glue. Supporting People - funding for the running costs of housing for vulnerable people including those with special needs. The money is paid directly by local authorities to housing associations and other supported housing agencies. T Task - The actual job involved in moving the equipment. U User - An employee who habitually uses display screen equipment. V Vulnerable children – disadvantaged children who would benefit from extra help from public agencies to allow them to make the most of their opportunities in life. W White Paper – draft of an Act of Parliament issued by the Government. White Papers often form the basis of new legislation and are usually preceded by a consultative Green Paper. Workstation - An assembly comprising computer equipment, desk, chair, printer, telephone and working environment. Working environment - Takes into account the heating, lighting and ventilation of the workplace and the condition of the floor or walkway.
X Y Youth Justice Board – an executive non-departmental public body, established under the Crime & Disorder Act (1998) and charged with spearheading the reforms of the Youth Justice system. Youth Offending Team – teams who act as case managers for young people going through the Youth Justice system. Z
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