have a duty of care in your work role. Explain how your duty of care contributes to safeguarding individuals. Having a duty of care in my work role basically means that I have a legal obligation to behave in a way that does not cause any harm to the service users and to always act in the best interest of them and others. It also means that I must never act outside of my competence or take on any work that I don’t believe that I can carry out safely. It means that I owe a duty of care to the service
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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 everyday work practices comply with relevant legislation. Have a knowledge about the nature of care. Breach
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Making consistently ethical decisions is difficult. Most decisions have to be made in the context of economic‚ professional and social pressures‚ which can sometimes challenge our ethical goals and conceal or confuse the moral issues. In addition‚ making ethical choices is complex because in many situations there are a multitude of competing interests and values. Other times‚ crucial facts are unknown or ambiguous. Since many actions are likely to benefit some people at the expense of others‚ the
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ASSIGNMENT 204 Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children ’s and young people ’s settings Task A Dear friend I have heard that you would like to work as a care worker and need to know more about “duty of care”. I wish to help and want to try clarify the term to you as much as I can. “Duty of care” is a phrase used to describe the obligation in your role as a care worker. You owe duty of care to your patients/service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and
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Assignment 205 introduction to duty of care in Health‚ social care or children’s And young people’s settings Task B Case Study Case Study One You are a support worker for Mrs Ahmed who is 89‚ physically frail and lives alone. She has diabetes. Mrs Ahmed wants to eat foods that are not suitable for her medical condition‚ and asks you to shop for her as she is not able to get the shop herself. Bi Describe the difficulties for you in exercising your duty of care and upholding Mrs Ahmed’s right
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humanity. Which options do you choose? This is the omnivore’s dilemma. This problem is amplified in America‚ a melting pot of diverse people without a single unified culture. Supposed experts advise a smoothie-only diet‚ to skip every other meal‚ or other extreme‚ often unsupported solutions. With all kinds of differing opinions on the best diet‚ how can anyone decide on what to eat? Utterly perplexed by this longstanding dilemma‚ Michael Pollan set out to figure it out himself. His hands-on
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Duty of care in health social care or children and young people settings 1.Understand the implications of duty of care 1.1 Duty of care is‚ ‘Do everything you can to keep the people in their care safe from harm looking after their safety welfare and interests’ 1.2 Describe how the duty of care affects own work role‚ To always act in the best interest of the clients and their care and needs‚ keep my knowledge and skills up to date‚ provide a service at the standard that fulfills the clients
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Learner: Faith Azubuike Location: Baytress Duty of Care L2 unit205. Q1. What is the difference between a ’S’ and a ’S’? Define the duty of care? Duty of care is defined as a legal and ethical obligation which ensures a reasonable standard of care for people‚ we support and to act in a way to protect their safety. Q2. What is the difference between a ’S’ and a ’Q’? Describe how duty of care relates to duty of candour. The duty of care is a legal and ethical obligation which focuses on the safety
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Potential Hazards in Health and Social Care: A Guide for Staff By Gareth Barnes Introduction Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland is provided as an integrated service‚ this is a number of organisations who plan to deliver and monitor health care in NI. There are 6 Health and Social care (HSC) trusts in N. Ireland. 5 HSC trusts provide integrated health and social care services across N.Ireland; Belfast HSC Trust South Eastern HSC Trust
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THE HIGH COURT’S DECISIONS a. Duty of care In Harriton’s case‚ she was Mrs Harriton’s decision alone as to whether or not to undergo an abortion‚ and elsewhere the law recognizes that where this is a lawful possibility this is a decision she may make in her own best interests and not necessarily those of the foetus. Then a recognized legal right of the mother may conflict with any posited ‘right’ of the unborn child‚ with the further complication that‚ should the mother decide to continue the pregnancy
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