unit 304 principles for implimenting duty of care
Think about your job role and responsibilities.
Explain what it means to have a duty of care in your work role.
Explain how your duty of care contributes to safeguarding individuals.
Having a duty of care in my work role basically means that I have a legal obligation to behave in a way that does not cause any harm to the service users and to always act in the best interest of them and others. It also means that I must never act outside of my competence or take on any work that I don’t believe that I can carry out safely. It means that I owe a duty of care to the service users I support, my colleagues, my employer and also the public.
Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of individuals by helping to prevent abuse whether this is in a sexual, physical or emotionally harmful way. It also helps to preserve the respect and dignity of the individuals.
Give examples of and describe three potential dilemmas or conflicts that might arise between individual rights and duty of care. Describe how to manage risks associated with conflicts and dilemmas between an individual’s rights and the duty of care.
Dilemma 1
A service user I support has refused to take medication which is very important to their mental health.
How to manage the risks?
This is a dilemma because it’s the individual’s right to refuse to take their medication but is also my duty of care to make sure they are safe. I would remind them why they take the medication and the benefits of taking them as well as the risks of not taking them. If they still refuse after this then I would log it in the communication book as well as leave a note on my managers desk. At the end of my shift I would hand it over to the next staff member. This way all staff members will be aware of the situation and will be able to monitor the situation.
Dilemma 2
A service user has come to me and said that he is going to have a meal with his parents in a pub bearing in mind that he is a recovering alcoholic and is in
Explain what it means to have a duty of care in your work role.
Explain how your duty of care contributes to safeguarding individuals.
Having a duty of care in my work role basically means that I have a legal obligation to behave in a way that does not cause any harm to the service users and to always act in the best interest of them and others. It also means that I must never act outside of my competence or take on any work that I don’t believe that I can carry out safely. It means that I owe a duty of care to the service users I support, my colleagues, my employer and also the public.
Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of individuals by helping to prevent abuse whether this is in a sexual, physical or emotionally harmful way. It also helps to preserve the respect and dignity of the individuals.
Give examples of and describe three potential dilemmas or conflicts that might arise between individual rights and duty of care. Describe how to manage risks associated with conflicts and dilemmas between an individual’s rights and the duty of care.
Dilemma 1
A service user I support has refused to take medication which is very important to their mental health.
How to manage the risks?
This is a dilemma because it’s the individual’s right to refuse to take their medication but is also my duty of care to make sure they are safe. I would remind them why they take the medication and the benefits of taking them as well as the risks of not taking them. If they still refuse after this then I would log it in the communication book as well as leave a note on my managers desk. At the end of my shift I would hand it over to the next staff member. This way all staff members will be aware of the situation and will be able to monitor the situation.
Dilemma 2
A service user has come to me and said that he is going to have a meal with his parents in a pub bearing in mind that he is a recovering alcoholic and is in