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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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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Benefits Update: Implementing the New Health Plan Laws. This article covers significant developments in late 2011 and 2012 employee benefits‚ including employment taxes‚ executive compensation‚ health and welfare benefits‚ including employment rate taxes‚ and qualified plans. This article focuses on guidance released and changes to the rules for group health plans as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is commonly called
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Unit 33 Principles of diversity‚ equality & inclusion in adult social care settings By Debbie Rumney Unit 33: Principles of diversity‚ equality & inclusion in adult social care setting 1.1 Explain what is meant by Diversity‚ Equality‚ Inclusion and Discrimination The term Diversity means difference. When we use diversity as a contrast or an addition to equality it is then about recognising individual as well as group differences. Treating people as individuals and placing positive values on
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Unit 301 Principles of communication in adult and social care setting Outcome 1 There are many different reasons that people communicate this maybe to let someone know that they are hungry or to say that they are unwell‚ it maybe that someone would just like to have a talk‚ people often communicate to voice their opinions and sometime to influence and motivate others. Communication is a major part of our active lives and is a social activity. It maybe verbal though speech‚ reading and writing
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THE DUTY OF CARE IN IRISH TORT LAW Author: Anna Louise Hinds‚ B.Corp.Law‚ LL.B (N.U.I.)‚ LL.M (Bruges). Examiner – Legal Framework Formation 1. Introduction The duty of care arises in the tort of negligence‚ a relatively recently emerged tort. Traditionally‚ actions in tort were divided into trespass and trespass on the case‚ or simply ‘case’. Trespass dealt with the situation where the injury was immediate‚ in other words direct and foreseeable. Actions based in case however‚ covered consequential
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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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UNIT 11: Principles of personal development in adult social care Learning outcome 1 – Understand how to reflect on practice in adult social care 1.1 To practice reflectively involves being able to think about an event after it happened‚ critically evaluate your actions and make adjustments if necessary. In reality the people you work with are all different. Some find it harder than others. This is largely connected to the need to be seen to be doing the right thing. Reflective practice is
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