SHC what does it mean to ahve a duty of care?
SHC 34 what does it mean to have a duty of care in my work role?
To have a duty of care means you must aim to provide a high quality of care to the best of your ability, not act in a way that could case harm and always act in the best interest of the individual.
In my work role I do this by keeping my knowledge up to date, such as attending weekly house meetings, attending young adult support meetings and attending training sessions provided by my employer. i make sure that i am in a position to know what needs to be done by receiving and giving handovers to the next staff group at the start and end of each shift, this ensures consistency and helps us to record necessary information, we have a shift check list to make sure that the senior on shift each day has done all the relevant task that need to be done, such as checking the young adult paper work, the food file and filling in the shift plan correctly. we have young adult support plans for each individual, these are reviews and updated regularly by key staff who work closely with the individual, these are used to make sure that we are working consistently with each young adult. we keep daily records for each young adult, these include food and drink intake, toilet charts, bruise/mark charts, daily event sheets, phone call logs and behaviour monitoring forms. we also keep a food file for the house which is filled in daily, with details about the food we have cooked or served, fridge and freezer temperatures and daily checks that need to be completed such as food being clearly labelled or thrown away if out of date. we record all accidents and these are sent to main reception to be reviewed by senior management. we have physical intervention and incident recording books, these are filled in every time there is an incident where physical restraint was needed or if an incident happened that caused the young adult distress. these are checked weekly by senior management.
how does a duty of care
To have a duty of care means you must aim to provide a high quality of care to the best of your ability, not act in a way that could case harm and always act in the best interest of the individual.
In my work role I do this by keeping my knowledge up to date, such as attending weekly house meetings, attending young adult support meetings and attending training sessions provided by my employer. i make sure that i am in a position to know what needs to be done by receiving and giving handovers to the next staff group at the start and end of each shift, this ensures consistency and helps us to record necessary information, we have a shift check list to make sure that the senior on shift each day has done all the relevant task that need to be done, such as checking the young adult paper work, the food file and filling in the shift plan correctly. we have young adult support plans for each individual, these are reviews and updated regularly by key staff who work closely with the individual, these are used to make sure that we are working consistently with each young adult. we keep daily records for each young adult, these include food and drink intake, toilet charts, bruise/mark charts, daily event sheets, phone call logs and behaviour monitoring forms. we also keep a food file for the house which is filled in daily, with details about the food we have cooked or served, fridge and freezer temperatures and daily checks that need to be completed such as food being clearly labelled or thrown away if out of date. we record all accidents and these are sent to main reception to be reviewed by senior management. we have physical intervention and incident recording books, these are filled in every time there is an incident where physical restraint was needed or if an incident happened that caused the young adult distress. these are checked weekly by senior management.
how does a duty of care