How Duty of Care Contributes to Safe Practise What duty of care means in children and young people settings Duty of care – it’s required we have to give the right amount of attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to harm to other people. Duty of care is the legal term for safeguarding yourself and others. Children (especially young children) are vulnerable because they have not yet developed the physical and cognitive skills to care for themselves‚ so they need care from
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SHC 34 Duty of Care When working you have a duty of care in your own work and this is to pay attention and to keep young children safe as they develop. The younger and more vulnerable a child is‚ the greater the duty of care you have to provide them As a practitioner it is our job to safeguard children daily in various ways to protect them from harm whether it is physical or psychological. We carry out risk assessments in the work setting to avoid any potential hazards; we also set rules and
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EXPLAIN HOW DUTYOFCARERELATESTODUTYOFCANDOUR. In a care environment‚ duty of care is a legal responsibility that makes sure what you do as a part of your role does not interfere with those you support. This requires you to ensure the safety of the service users by eliminating the risk of abuse‚harm and neglect. In a work setting it is significant to have relevant training‚ for example‚ (Basic life support and first aid). This promotes good quality of care to the individuals and reduces the risk of their
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Duty of Care Q2. “Do you feel that the nurses caring for Scott fulfilled the duty of care that was owed him? The NMC: The Code requires nurses and midwifes to treat people as individuals. They must treat them kindly with consideration and respect their dignity. They must act as an advocate for people in their care and provide them with support and information access to health and social care needs. I don’t feel that Scott was treated in this way. According to Scott he was not given
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Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. Assignment 205 Task A: Ai & Aii: Please refer to page titled ‘Letter to a friend’. Task B: Bi.The difficulties in this dilemma are upholding Mrs Ahmed’s right to choose and exercising my duty of care‚ in this case they will conflict as my duty of care would be to ensure she wasn’t putting herself in any harm which she would be doing if she were able to eat the food she wants which isn’t recommended
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A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeable harm others. A definition from Wikipedia. A duty of care is required in every work place and a greater duty or care is needed especially with younger children being as they are more vulnerable. A duty of care ensures support and care for individuals are provided at the required level within the law and also within the policies and
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Duty of Care To meet my Duty of Care it is my responsibility to - ( Keep my knowledge and skills up to date ( Provide a quality service based on my skills‚ responsibilities and activities within my job role ( Be in a position to know what must be done to ensure that the service is provided safely ( Keep accurate records of my work‚ both in the patients notes‚ on the computer and in my work diary. ( Not to delegate work‚ or accept delegated work unless I feel I am competent to do the
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Duty of care Safeguarding is keeping children safe from harm. Safeguarding and child protection are closely related which makes it easy to confuse and mix boundaries. Child protection refers to the amount of activities taking place when neglect or abuse is suspected or identified. Confidentiality is very important when working with children‚ it must stay within the setting and shouldn’t be talked about outside to family or friends. An example of safeguarding in placement that I have experienced would
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304 Task A Supervision notes What is meant by the term ‘Duty of Care?’ We have a duty of care to all of our service users‚ this means it is our responsibility to do everything we can to keep all of those in our care safe from harm‚ protect them from abuse and ensure positive well being. Our Employer also has a duty of care to for all staff to make sure our working conditions are safe. How the duty of care affects the work of a social care worker? As a social care worker‚ you have a duty of
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Unit 201: Principles of communication in adult social care settings Outcome 1: Understanding why communication is important in adult social care settings. People communicate for a variety of different reasons. These can be to express our desires and wishes or express our emotions. A baby screaming could be communicating its hunger or pain. We also communicate to survive‚ to form relationships‚ socially interact and to share ideas. Communication can affect relationships in a variety of ways. Good
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