Duty of Care 1.1 The term duty of care refers to the duties and responsibilities that someone in charge and authority has to those they are caring for. In the area of childcare and early years‚ teachers‚ nursery workers and other care workers have a duty of care to the children they are looking after and are responsible for. There is a general definition for duty of care as well as different definitions in greater detail. For example moral and legal duties of care. Legal duty of care is where
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Principles for Duty of Care. Produce a short paragraph for each of the following tasks – 1.1Duty of Care. The term ‘Duty of Care’ means that you are responsible for the welfare of yourself and for the welfare of others too. If you ignore this‚ you are breaking the responsibility for the well-being of others. 1.1Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. Within my work setting daily morning checks are carried out to ensure that the inside and outside environment is safe for children
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1) Explain what it means to have a duty of care in your own work role (1.1) Duty of care means:- • To keep individuals safe • To keep individuals free from harm • To give choice Duty of care is a key concept in working with other human beings. It is a legal term for safeguarding yourself and others. Adults with learning difficulties are often vulnerable as they are yet to develop the physical and cognitive capacity to fully care for themselves; they need care and protection from people
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’Duty of Care’ As the owner of my own nursery i have a ’duty of care’ to my employees‚ children and visitors. The legal definition of ’duty of care’ is; ’a requirement that a person acts reasonably towards others and the public with reasonable watchfulness‚ attention‚ caution and prudence to avoid acts or omissions that could expose people‚ for whom there is responsibility‚ to a reasonably foreseeable risk to injury’. (http://www.psctas.org.au/pdf/doc.pdf) If a member of staff did not meet this
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Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings. Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. A duty of care is an obligation that any child or young person that is in your care is well looked after and is not harmed in a particular task. Within the setting in which I work I would carry out daily checks to ensure that my setting from the inside and outside are safe before the
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Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. To have a duty of care means to be accountable for the children and young people in our care by e.g. exercising authority‚ managing risks‚ working safely‚ safeguarding children and young people‚ monitoring own behaviour and conduct‚ maintaining confidentiality‚ storing personal information appropriately‚ reporting concerns and allegations‚ making professional judgements‚ maintaining professional boundaries‚ avoiding favouritism‚ maintaining
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ASG 1 Unit 054 Task A Provide a brief written explanation of the following: 1. What duty of care means in children and young people’s settings. Duty of care in childcare settings means to keep children and young people safe‚ protecting them not only from physical harm but also from neglect‚ emotional and sexual harm and abuse. It is guarding the rights of the child in your care‚ as they have the right to be independent and to be treated with respect and dignity. This also includes respecting
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SHC34-1 Duty of care is to keep children and young people safe and to protect them from sexual‚ physical and emotional harm. Children have a right to be safe and to be treated with respect and dignity. We as adults must take reasonable steps to ensure the safety and well being of children. Failure to do this could be regarded as professional neglect. Always act in the child’s best interests. Follow the correct procedures if you have any concerns for the child’s well being‚ set clear boundaries
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Unit 3: Safe‚ healthy and nurturing environment for children. Snack time at my placement is at 9.30am. The children at my setting all have a story leading up to snack time‚ whilst a story is being read to the children I help the children to come in pairs to wash their hands in the bathroom. Once the children have all washed their hands they go back into story room and then when the story is over they line up at the door in story room then walk into red room and sit around the tables in there. Once
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Duty of care Define the term ‘duty of care’ Duty of care means that you must aim to provide high quality care to the best of your ability and to ensure the well being of the service users. We all have a duty of care to consider the effects of our actions upon other people who may be affected. In the workplace you have policies and procedures that you have to follow. These policies and procedures will affect your role as a carer. Describe how the duty of care affects own work role I keep my
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