Duty of care is to keep children safe and to protect them from sexual, physical and emotional harm. Children have a right to be safe and to be treated with dignity and respect. It is our role within the setting to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the children is met. Knowing that I have a duty of care towards everyone I work with provides me a clear guide on how I should behave and act and how I must consider those who I work with. I need to work with the best interest of the children’s needs and in order for me to do that I will have to follow the codes of practice and think about my duty of care so that I can ensure my practice will…
Unit 205 Introduction to duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings…
Assignment 204 Introduction to duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings…
Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s setting. – CT236…
054 Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings…
* Duty of care – when planning the child’s safety and welfare should be of most importance…
Unit 4227.052 Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s setting.…
Introduction to Duty of Care in Health and Social Care or Children's and Young People's Settings…
Well here's a few things you should know... like the term 'Duty of care'......it means providing care and support for individuals within the law and also within the policies, procedures and agreed ways of working of your employer. It is about avoiding abuse and injury to individuals, their friends and family and their property.…
I recently escorted an adult service user to A & E in the company of her parents. She should have received her evening meds at 8pm but because she wasn’t able to sit up & suffers from Dysphasia she wasn’t able to take it on time. I informed the hospital staff that she needed her medication which I was carrying & that as more than an hour had lapsed a Dr would need to authorize it.…
Duty of care is a requirement that all health and social care professionals, and organisations providing health and care services, must put the interests of the people who use their service first. They also have to do everything in their power to keep people safe of any harm, neglect or risk. As an individual healthcare worker you owe a duty of care to your service users, your colleagues, your employer, yourself and the public interest. All duty of care is described I Code of Practice. Duty of care means that you must aim to provide high quality care to the best of your ability. If for any reason you can’t do this then you must say so. You must adhere to a standard of reasonable care and you are expected to:…
Duty of care- when caring for people that are able and capable of doing things on their own but are in your care. If there is a basketball session and the floor is not dry or hasn’t been dried properly and a child slips and has an injury the person that is caring for the child in the session can be sued for negligence. It’s the duty of the carer to make sure it’s safe to play in a certain activity. Higher duty of care- is for people that are less able of doing basic things daily on their own (young people and children)…
To have a duty of care means to be accountable for the children and young people in our care by e.g. exercising authority, managing risks, working safely, safeguarding children and young people, monitoring own behaviour and conduct, maintaining confidentiality, storing personal information appropriately, reporting concerns and allegations, making professional judgements, maintaining professional boundaries, avoiding favouritism, maintaining high standards of conduct outside the professional role.…
Where would you go to get advice, information and support to deal with the dilemma?…
A Tort is a civil wrong, which is an action brought to enforce, redress or protect rights or noncriminal litigation. There are many Torts, however, of importance is Negligence. Negligence is the failure to do something a person of ordinary prudence would do. Negligence protect against personal injury, damage to property and economic loss. In order to establish negligence four elements must be established. Firstly, the plaintiff must prove that a duty of care was owed. Secondly, the defendant breached that duty. Thirdly, there was a sufficient degree of causation between the defendant’s culpable act and the plaintiff’s loss or injury. Finally, it must be evident that the defendant’s failure to act caused damage to the plaintiff.…