INTRODUCTION Duty of care for students – ‘Duty of care is a legal concept that relates to the common law. The common law is a collection of legal principles that have been established over time by the courts’ (WADE‚ 2007) The duty of care policy plays an integral role in schools in combination with other school policies and practices. The ‘duty of care for students’ policy explains clearly what duty of care means‚ and what the teaching staff responsibilities are and how teaching staff may discharge
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Joanne Evans Unit 4222-205 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care (HSC024) Outcome 1 Know how to recognise the signs of abuse. 1.1 Define the following types of abuse. Physical Abuse: - Physical abuse such as hitting‚ pushing‚ pinching shaking‚ misusing‚ medication‚ scolding and hair pulling. Sexual Abuse: - Sexual abuse such as forcing someone into unwanted sexual activity‚ being touched inappropriately‚ rape‚ sexual assault‚ or sexual acts to which
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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 any individual working within the care sector that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care whilst performing any acts that could foreseeable harm others. It is my responsibility that: - Whilst caring for an individual I promote their independency and assist them to understand and exercise their rights. - That I use established processes and procedures to challenge and
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Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health Social care or Children and young people’s setting 1) Understand how Duty of Care contributes to safe practice 1.1- Explain what it means to have a duty of care in your own work role As a professional working within health care‚ it is necessary and very important that we follow a code of practice which is set out by each employer in all work settings; this involves putting the needs and interests of those that we care for first. It is vital
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Safeguarding Safeguarding: This means protecting everyone’s right to be safe and stopping abuse. Safeguarding adult principles (Department of health 2013 Statement of government policy on adult safeguarding) Empowerment- presumption of person led decisions and informed consent Prevention- it is better to take action before harm occurs Proportionality- Proportionate and least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented Partnership- Local solutions through services working with their
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Standard 6 Principles of safeguarding in health and social care Your Name: Workplace: Start Date: Completion Date: Contents 1. Recognising possible indicators of harm or abuse 2. Ways to reduce likelihood of abuse 3. Responding to suspected or disclosed abuse 4. National and local context of protection from harm and abuse 5. Questions CIS Assessment Induction Workbook – Six Standard 6 Principles of safeguarding in health and social care 1. Recognising
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Research Task 3 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people (2.0) 1) Children and young people have a right to be provided with physical and emotional needs to maintain the health‚ safety and their development in society. Without food‚ water or shelter‚ these needs are not met‚ and therefore the child/young person cannot develop. It is therefore‚ important that safeguarding is in place in order that every child./ young person is reaching their full potential in life. Children/young
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Social factors that contribute to a diverse and equal society in which we live in Ethnicity: ethnicity defines people and groups who share characteristic such as language‚ religion‚ dress‚ and origin. Discrimination can happen when people consider the ethnic characteristics of other people inferior to their own. Faith: faith gives people spiritual beliefs and in influences their cultural traditions and what they celebrate. Discrimination can happen when people assume that their beliefs and practices
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after children you have a duty of care to them‚ this means it is your responsibility to keep the child safe and free from harm. The younger the child the greater the duty of care is‚you need to be vigilant and pay attention to keep children safe. Mentally risk assessing situations as they arise will help you see any potential dangers to the child and help you plan to avoid any risk. You also need to be aware of a child’s feelings and help them develop them so they understand how words as well as actions
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SHC 34 Duty of Care When working you have a duty of care in your own work and this is to pay attention and to keep young children safe as they develop. The younger and more vulnerable a child is‚ the greater the duty of care you have to provide them As a practitioner it is our job to safeguard children daily in various ways to protect them from harm whether it is physical or psychological. We carry out risk assessments in the work setting to avoid any potential hazards; we also set rules and
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