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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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 and Duty of Care Robin McClish Kaplan University Negligence and Duty of Care Scenario: As pedestrians exited at the close of an arts and crafts show‚ Jason Davis‚ an employee of the show’s producer‚ stood near the exit. Suddenly and without warning‚ Davis turned around and collided with Yvonne Esposito‚ an 80-year-old woman. Esposito was knocked to the ground‚ fracturing her hip. After hip replacement surgery‚ she was left with a permanent physical impairment. Esposito filed suit
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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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hand for emergencies and/or difficult for a patient to remember diagnoses‚ medications and care instructions. “EHRs are built to share information with other health care providers and organizations – such as laboratories‚ specialists‚ medical imaging facilities‚ pharmacies‚ emergency facilities‚ and school and workplace clinics – so they contain information from all clinicians involved in a patient’s care.” (HealthIT‚ 2013) A patient benefits from EHR by the personal access they have to it. Patients
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Nursing staff have a duty of care to their patients to ensure that they are getting the best possible treatment and that they are also being well nourished and hydrated. Nurses must ensure that their patients are getting the required meals throughout the day and that they have access to enough water. When a patient is admitted to their care‚ they would start by making a care plan for them and by doing that‚ they would find out their history‚ any allergies they may have. This gives the nurse the opportunity
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Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of the young people by firstly protecting them from sexual‚ physical or emotional harm by it being our duty to report any suspicious behaviour in relation to these. SEXUAL ABUSE There are 2 different types of child sexual abuse. These are called contact abuse and non-contact abuse. Contact abuse involves touching activities where an abuser makes physical contact with a child‚ including penetration. It includes: sexual touching of any part of the body
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