Assessment for Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings
SHC34 Assessment for Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Task 1.1 :
1 What it means to have a duty of care in own role
The fundamental obligation that anyone working in child care, whatever the type of service and whatever their role, is to keep children safe (CHILDCARE AND CHILDREN’S
HEALTH VOL. 9 NO. 1 MARCH 2006 p1).
Duty of care means a requirement to exercise a reasonable degree of attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to harm to other people (Children& Young People Workforce Level 3 ,P43).
In our setting all of the policies and procedures safeguard children in our care . Everyone involved in the care of children has a role to play in child protection.
I work with under 5 years old children, who are more vulnerable. We must provide a significant duty of care, supervise all the children at all time, protect them from any harmful or dangerous situation.
Task 1.2:
2 How duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals
In our setting we safeguard children in various ways,such as:
• Risk assessment – risks assessment are extremely important and must be implemented and met all time. Risk assessment are designed to ensure the Health and Safety of everyone who enters into the nursery. The nursery has many risk assessments and are carried out and reviewed on regular or daily basis. For example, opening and closing check, before children come to the nursery every morning we do risk assessment which includes toys ,rooms, toilet, fire exit, garden area, all equipments etc, ensure they are safe for children. Once any risks or potential hazards have been found we sort out as soon as possible , if there are any risks can not be solved immediately we write down and report to line manager or manager. At the end of the day, when all the children have gone home, we do the whole nursery checks, use
Task 1.1 :
1 What it means to have a duty of care in own role
The fundamental obligation that anyone working in child care, whatever the type of service and whatever their role, is to keep children safe (CHILDCARE AND CHILDREN’S
HEALTH VOL. 9 NO. 1 MARCH 2006 p1).
Duty of care means a requirement to exercise a reasonable degree of attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to harm to other people (Children& Young People Workforce Level 3 ,P43).
In our setting all of the policies and procedures safeguard children in our care . Everyone involved in the care of children has a role to play in child protection.
I work with under 5 years old children, who are more vulnerable. We must provide a significant duty of care, supervise all the children at all time, protect them from any harmful or dangerous situation.
Task 1.2:
2 How duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals
In our setting we safeguard children in various ways,such as:
• Risk assessment – risks assessment are extremely important and must be implemented and met all time. Risk assessment are designed to ensure the Health and Safety of everyone who enters into the nursery. The nursery has many risk assessments and are carried out and reviewed on regular or daily basis. For example, opening and closing check, before children come to the nursery every morning we do risk assessment which includes toys ,rooms, toilet, fire exit, garden area, all equipments etc, ensure they are safe for children. Once any risks or potential hazards have been found we sort out as soon as possible , if there are any risks can not be solved immediately we write down and report to line manager or manager. At the end of the day, when all the children have gone home, we do the whole nursery checks, use