Duty of care Duty of care means providing care and support for individuals within the law and also within the policies procedures and agree ways of working of your employer‚ it is about avoiding abuse and injury to individuals‚ their friends and family and their properties. People do not have their needs met by others‚ so you have care of duty to them. This involves doing your job to best of your ability‚ safe guarding them‚ respecting their uniqueness and worth as a person‚ maintaining their dignity
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1.1 A duty of care means that all health and social care professionals must act in the best interest of the people that they care for. They must also do everything in their power to keep clients safe from harm and exploitation. As a care worker you must not do‚ or fail to do something that can cause harm to someone. You only have the duty as a care professional to act within your own competence and not to take tasks on that you’re not confident to complete. 2.1 When working with clients‚ the
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Duty of care is the legal obligation that reasonable care must be taken to avoid acts with a reasonably foreseeable outcome of injuring another person. The concept of ‘duty of care’ was first recognised in Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 where it was established that a duty of care is created via proximity‚ or a relationship between the defendant and the plaintiff. This is known as the ‘neighbour principle’ ‚ which relies on combination of proximity and a reasonably foreseeable risk of harm
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Moral Duty of Care 1 MORAL DUTY OF CARE Moral Duty of Care 2 There are so many challenges when dealing with a sick loved one. But it can even more difficult when they are unable to speak for themselves‚ uninsured
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Employer’s Duty of Care To what extent are employees required to perform their job with a duty of care? We all know that corporate officers have a duty of care to the corporation that they are employed by. They have an obligation to perform their duties with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably exercise under similar circumstances (Halbert & Ingulli‚ 2010‚ p 52). As a fellow employee down on the totem pole‚ we are held to the same standard to act in good faith in
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The first step to establish negligence is to decide whether the defendant owe a duty of care to the plaintiff. The defendant is obliged to take reasonable care to its neighbor. Neighbors are persons who are so closely and directly affected by ma act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question: Donoghue v Stevenson. Thus‚ the damages occurred must be reasonably foreseeable. In this case
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SHC34 - Duty of Care TASK 1 What it means to have a duty of care in own work role: A duty of care within my childcare setting - or indeed any other setting involves an obligation that I as childminder and leader of the setting ensure that all children in my care are taken care of and not harmed during any part of the day or during any particular activity. Within my work role I have risk assessments to undertake for day to day running of the setting plus assessments for any further activities
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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
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INTRODUCTION On the‚ 26th of June 2007‚ the Department Of Education made effective Western Australia’s current ‘Duty of care for students’ policy. This policy was deemed necessary‚ as it strives to protect the immediate and on-going safety of students and teachers. The aim of the policy is to create the safest possible learning environment for all students‚ and for to serve as a guideline for education professionals. All teachers‚ school authorities‚ some non-teaching staff and external providers
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1.1 Define the terms ‘personal wellbeing’‚ ‘self care’ and ‘resilience’. Personal wellbeing- this means how a person is coping within themselves‚ whether that’s physical or mental. It can be perceived positively or negatively‚ a positive mental or physical state‚ or a negative state. Selfcare- selfcare is the steps you take to achieve the desired personal wellbeing. This could mean doing things for yourself‚ exercise‚ a hot bath‚ or spending time with the ones close to you. There are many ways of
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