Work effectively in the community sector Assessment 2: short answer questions 1) Explain what is meant by the term “duty of care” and how it relates to your legal responsibilities in the community services sector? It refers to the obligation to take responsible care of an individual or organisation to avoid acts to be likely to cause harm to others. It relates to our legal responsibilities in the community service sector: The organisation will have developed workplace policies and procedures that
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.2 R v Sally Clark (1999) 5.2.a Danger of multiplying probabilities together One of the laws of probabilities states that when the events are independent of each other their probabilities can be multiplied together. This is called the product rule. In the trial‚ Roy Meadow was asked to present some statistical information as to the happening of two cot deaths within the same family. It was explained to the jury that there were factors that were suggested as relevant to the chances of a Sudden Infant
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a) An omission is failing to act. There is no liability for a failure to act. For example‚ if a person is drowning‚ we are under no legal duty to help him‚ even if we are close enough to do so. However‚ there are exceptions to this. When a person is under a contract to act‚ his failure to do so can mean the defendant is criminally liable. This is shown in R v Pittwood (1902) where the gatekeeper of a train track forgot to close the gate. A car went over and the passengers died. The gatekeeper was
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1. How do the doctrines of Duty to Protect and Duty to Warn apply to this scenario? -There are many ways that Duty to Protect and Duty to Warn apply to this scenario. In the scenario we are told that a mental health caseworker has a client that verbally admitted to physically abusing her children during the session‚ and the caseworker later decides to tell her supervisor about the situation and seek guidance. Since the caseworker’s supervisor was not there there was a person there to cover for the
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The respondeat superior doctrine makes employers directly liable for harm caused by their employees as long as they are acting within an official capacity. These actions must be within their scope of employment‚ relate to their work and take place during working hours and in the area they work (Walsh‚ 2014) The narrow issue is whether or not Mr. Mellon legally responsible for Mr. Bundy’s actions under the doctrine. Betty would be required to prove that Mr. Bundy was acting in the scope of his duties
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The reasons why I believe that the law should treat social hosts differently than commercial hosts are for various reasons. My main argument is I believe that the duty of care should be imposed on commercial hosts because unlike social hosts they are making a profit due to the fact that they are a licenced establishment. This means that the government and the rest of society have entrusted them to serve alcohol to members of society and also to also take care of the people who drink at their establishments
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CLH ASSIGNMENT 1 WORD COUNT:760 4/28/2014 AYSHA ZINN ZNNAYS001 Name: AYSHA ZINN Student Number: ZNNAYS001 Course: RDL1004/1007H Declaration 1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend that it is one’s own. 2. I have used the Harvard author date method convention for citation and referencing. Each contribution to‚ and quotation in‚ this essay/report/project/ from the work(s) of other people has been attributed‚ and has
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eChris Quarti Honors English III 3/13/13 Malpractice What is Malpractice and how does it occur? Is taking a trip to the doctor worth it when medical malpractice which has been reported to be the third leading cause of death in the United States? Is this trip to the clinic for the simple flu or minor surgery worth the chance of death? Malpractice is a word to describe any treatment‚ in which there was a lack of treatment‚ or a mistake in in the practice of the doctor. This can also be described
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3. The choice to belong to a community or group can challenge or enrich. How has this interpretation of belonging been reflected in your texts? As You Like It | Precious | * Jaques’ self-isolation at the end of the play after the four weddings. * Jaques’ inability to adapt to the forest environment isolates him from the group and leads to his decision to return to court. * Orlando/Adam’s relationship. * Orlando/Oliver’s relationship – Oliver’s lack of support for Orlando and lack
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CT 236 Every individual should be supported and enabled to live in an environment which is free from prejudice and safe from abuse. My responsibilities under the duty of care are to do everything reasonable within the definition of my job as a support worker to make this happen. “Duty of Care” means providing care and support for individuals within the law and also within the policies‚ procedures and agreed ways of working of . It is about avoiding abuse and injury to individuals‚ their friends
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