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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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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Rights and Duties are an integral part of everyone’s life. It would be very difficult‚ if not impossible‚ for this world to go on if we do not assume our rights and duties. As Nelson Rockefeller said‚ I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity‚ an obligation‚ every possession‚ a duty. Everyone in this world has some duty to perform‚ ranging from the head of the country to run the county to a common man to earn bread for his household. Wole Soyinka in his play Death and
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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 to choose.
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Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role Duty of Care means that practitioners take on legal responsibilities to safeguard the welfare and well being of the children in their care. This includes appropriate attention‚ watching out for potential hazards‚ preventing mistakes or accidents‚ and making wise choices about steps undertaken in a role. Every child should be
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claims and must be proficient at predicting the likely consequences of various choices. An ethical person often chooses to do more than the law requires and less then the law allows. The ethical person is concerned with what is right to do‚ not with what she has the right to do. The ethical issue that I was faced with was a co-worker claiming overtime‚ when she was not working overtime. Wanda would come to work early and on more than one occasion I would find her surfacing the internet when she
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The readings assigned pertain to two opposing viewpoints of the role of government; economic rights‚ and individual rights. The main theme of both of these articles is focused on individual rights as presented in “The Economic Bill of Rights” (Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ 1944). However‚ they present differing interpretations on how these are applied in practice and their expected results. There are main points made by each author‚ and each has their respective “pros and cons”. Both readings have aspects
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Women’s Property Rights Movement in Nepal by Binda Pandey Nepal is still running under strong feudalistic social values and norms. There were no clear provisions regarding Nepalese women and property rights until 1975. Following the UN Declaration of 1975‚ which was International Women’s Year‚ the Nepali government began to celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8th of March. That same year‚ the Civil Code was amended and a clause on women’s inheritance and property rights included. The clause
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Material • • Individual Conflict Assessment Worksheet In at least 150 to 300 words‚ respond and include details to the following statements and questions: 1. Take a moment to think about how you generally describe conflict. Complete the following sentences and expand each response to at least one paragraph: a. Conflict is like…. a necessary evil; without it we are not able to grow or see those imperfections within ourselves that can be upsetting to others. Conflict‚ while at times ugly
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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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