1.3 Duty Of Care
L.O 1.1
A duty of care is a legal obligation required by individuals within the work setting that they must obey by. People within the work setting must meet the required standard of reasonable care while doing tasks etc. that could potentially prevent the cause of harm to others. It is my responsibility while caring for children within my setting that I promote their independency and assist them to understand and exercise their own individual rights. I must follow the correct procedures and report any harmful behaviour within my practice whether it is dangerous behaviour, discriminatory etc. Within a childcare setting, you must uphold a high level of care as children and young people are often defenceless. It is your duty to keep this child …show more content…
Parents and carers have a right to expect that within the setting that the staff are professional and are looking after their kids to the highest standard that they will be kept safe and are not exposed to any unnecessary risks.
L.O 1.2
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 …show more content…
This is paramount to the children and must be upheld to the highest standard at all times. The childcare practitioner must always put the child’s needs and rights first and this may sometimes cause conflict with the families. Tassoni, Beith, Bulman, Griffin (2010) “A balanced approach has to be taken in deciding which has the greater priority in certain circumstances.” According to The Children NI Order 1995 and UNCICC they state that the children’s rights are paramount at all times within the setting. Conflicts may arise between staff regarding the duty of care over a difference of opinion between a child. An example of this would be; A staff member could think that the child has symptoms of abuse so therefore would be concerned for this child and would want to take the appropriate action, whereas another member of staff may not agree and may not think this child is being abused in any way at all. This would then lead to conflict between the staff members and also could lead on to conflict between the child’s parents/carers if staff involves other professionals such as social services. Dilemmas is giving a rise to a situation where all parties concerned will not be satisfied with the end result. Dilemmas also would be to know when to get further help regarding child protection and safeguarding issues. For example; if you did not refer the case to social services then that child may continue to
A duty of care is a legal obligation required by individuals within the work setting that they must obey by. People within the work setting must meet the required standard of reasonable care while doing tasks etc. that could potentially prevent the cause of harm to others. It is my responsibility while caring for children within my setting that I promote their independency and assist them to understand and exercise their own individual rights. I must follow the correct procedures and report any harmful behaviour within my practice whether it is dangerous behaviour, discriminatory etc. Within a childcare setting, you must uphold a high level of care as children and young people are often defenceless. It is your duty to keep this child …show more content…
Parents and carers have a right to expect that within the setting that the staff are professional and are looking after their kids to the highest standard that they will be kept safe and are not exposed to any unnecessary risks.
L.O 1.2
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 …show more content…
This is paramount to the children and must be upheld to the highest standard at all times. The childcare practitioner must always put the child’s needs and rights first and this may sometimes cause conflict with the families. Tassoni, Beith, Bulman, Griffin (2010) “A balanced approach has to be taken in deciding which has the greater priority in certain circumstances.” According to The Children NI Order 1995 and UNCICC they state that the children’s rights are paramount at all times within the setting. Conflicts may arise between staff regarding the duty of care over a difference of opinion between a child. An example of this would be; A staff member could think that the child has symptoms of abuse so therefore would be concerned for this child and would want to take the appropriate action, whereas another member of staff may not agree and may not think this child is being abused in any way at all. This would then lead to conflict between the staff members and also could lead on to conflict between the child’s parents/carers if staff involves other professionals such as social services. Dilemmas is giving a rise to a situation where all parties concerned will not be satisfied with the end result. Dilemmas also would be to know when to get further help regarding child protection and safeguarding issues. For example; if you did not refer the case to social services then that child may continue to