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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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 Define the term ‘duty of care’: 1.1 “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 your employer. It is about avoiding abuse and injury to individuals‚ their friends and family and their property. 1.2 Describe how the duty of care affects own work role: 1.2 In your role you have a duty of care to raise any concerns you may have about any aspect of your work. These can range from inadequate
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Negligence is essentially concerned with compensating people who have suffered damage as a result of the carelessness of others .One of the main ways in which access to compensation is restricted is through the doctrine of the duty of care.Essentially‚this is a legal concept which dictates the circumstances in which one party will be liable to another in negligence.Breach of a duty of care essentially means that the defendant has fallen below the standard of behavior expected in someone undertaking
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‘’Duty of care’’ Letter to a friend. What is meant by the duty of care? How the duty of care affects the work you do as a care worker? Hi friend‚ So you want to work in social care? Well here are a few things you should know‚ Such as the term ‘’Duty of care’’ this means having the duty or responsibility of being a care taker for another person‚ someone too young or too old‚ too ill or unfit mentally or physically to take care of themselves and requires another person to assist them. This
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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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Major Assignment: Directors’ Duties Case Part A: Whether the directors are in breach of their duties of care‚ skill and diligence Issue1: who owes the duty? According to S 9‚ the person who is appointed to be a director or the person who is appointed to be an alternate director and is acting in that capacity‚ is a director of the company. (S9) As we can see from the case‚ Peter Pansy‚ Fred Fuchsia and Marie Gold are directors of the company‚ and Alison Astor who is appointed to fill a casual
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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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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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UNDERSTANDING DUTY OF CARE 1.1 ) Duty of care is a legal responsibility that carers and support workers have‚ we have an obligation to provide care to the people we support and to our colleagues. Making sure they are safe from harm‚ abuse‚ and neglect. As regards my own work role‚ I have a responsibility to raise concerns about suspected abuse‚ violence‚ unsafe practices and poor working conditions. 1.2 ) They are both out to support or look out for the wellbeing of the people we support or care for. They
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