SHC34 SHC34-1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. 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 Examples how we do this in my setting. Within our setting we carry out daily checks to ensure that the environment inside and outside is safe before the morning session starts. We have daily cleaning
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Breach in that duty of care? So‚ you’ve established a duty of care is owed‚ now we need to know if that person has breached the duty of care‚ meaning if you owe someone a duty of care and you’ve not met the standards required‚ this is generally displayed through the ‘reasonable man test’‚ which is a test to show how someone else would of reacted in that situation‚ someone in your department‚ so if you had a surgeon you’d ask another surgeon their opinion(a child is not expected to reach the standard
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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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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
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Amy-Leigh Skiller CACHE PIN: BCA; 203.0 Safeguarding and duty of care Task 1 CYP 3.3-1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3‚1.5‚ 3.2‚ 3.3‚ 5.2/ SHC 34- 3.1‚ 3.2 Children act 1989 Aims of the act: The main aims of the Act are: • to bring together private and public law in one framework; • to achieve a better balance between protecting children and enabling parents to challenge state intervention; • to encourage greater partnership between statutory authorities and parents; • to promote the use
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Unit 054: Principles for implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s settings Outcome 1: Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice What it means to have a duty of care in my work role A duty of care is a key concept in working with others. The term ‘duty of care’ includes the concepts: • To keep individuals safe • To keep individuals free from harm • To allow/give choice Anyone working in a childcare setting‚ whatever the service
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organisation all individuals are assessed as are the care providers to ensure that placements can meet and preferences of the individuals. The organisation conducts independent assessments by a qualified key member of the team to assess the needs and preferences of the individual to ensure that the organisation have the facilities and resources to cater for them. The key areas for assessments for needs and preferences would be: Emotional Physical Social Leisure Key professionals then hold a Care Planning
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Today we use the word safeguarding instead of child protection. It has a much broader range and is produced to provide a framework to protecting children and young people‚ bringing with it specific recruitment and selection‚ training and vetting procedures such as C R B checks. It also highlights the need to ensure that inappropriate behaviour does not take place and outlines the preferred means by which any allegations or suspicions are reported and acted upon. Safeguarding a child or young person
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Introduction to Duty of Care in Health and Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Undestand the implications of Duty of Care. 1.1 Define the term "duty of care’. Duty of care is an obligation that a person/healthcare worker acts towards others and public with watchfulness‚ attention and caution in a reasonable and civilized way. SU needs to know that his welfare‚ safety and interest are put in the centre of attention of any healthcare organisation. 1.2 Describe how duty of care affects
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Poor hand washing; Studies have shown that poor hand washing techniques are most common among health care staff. Areas that are frequently neglected are the finger tips‚ palms of the hand and thumbs. Having a correct hand washing technique in place is important as it cuts down the risk of the spread of harmful micro- organisms. Using liquid soap and water removes most of the transient organisms and is adequate for most purposes. Using an alcohol rub is useful‚ when there are no washing facilities
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