in social care? Well here’s a few things you should know... like the term ’Duty of care’......it means providing care and support for individuals within the law and also within the policies‚ procedures and agreed ways of working of your employer. It is about avoiding abuse and injury to individuals‚ their friends and family and their property. A negligent act could be unintentional‚ careless or intentional that results in abuse or injury. A negligent act is breaching the duty of care. If an individual
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Unit 204 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Outcome 1 Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1) Definition of different types of abuse are: Physical abuse - hitting‚ slapping‚ pushing‚ pinching‚ kicking and burning. Sexual abuse - rape or sexual assault‚ indecent exposure‚ penetration and sexual harassment. Emotional/psychological abuse - bullying‚ shouting‚ swearing‚ controlling and ignoring. Financial abuse - theft‚ fraud and pressure in connection with wills‚ property
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Duty of care- when caring for people that are able and capable of doing things on their own but are in your care. If there is a basketball session and the floor is not dry or hasn’t been dried properly and a child slips and has an injury the person that is caring for the child in the session can be sued for negligence. It’s the duty of the carer to make sure it’s safe to play in a certain activity. Higher duty of care- is for people that are less able of doing basic things daily on their own (young
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```` Samantha Macdonald Unit 12 : principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care‚ or children’s and young people’s settings Duty of Care Lord Atkin defined the duty of care when he gave judgement in the case of Donoghue v Stephenson (House of Lords 1932 relating to a case of a “snail” found in ginger beer sold to a customer” ). He said that: "You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour.
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Duty of Care: GELERAL Week 2::Seminar 2 This concept is based on three proof of elements‚ its ingredients are – A legal Duty of D towards the C to exercise care in such conduct of D as falls within the scope of the duty‚ Breach of that Duty means failure to come up to the standard required by law & Consequential damage to C which can be attributed to D’s conduct. Duty of Care General: Duty is the primary control device which allows the courts to keep liability for negligence within what
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‘Duty of care’ means that as a carer you have the responsibility to do everything you can to keep the service users safe from harm. As a community support worker it is my duty of care to ensure the service users needs and well being are well look after. I respect the individual‚ including keeping them from harm‚ any abuse that may occur or anything that may result in a injury to themselves. I also have to respect their choices which they may have. It is my duty that i conduct my job in a safe and
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Unit 204 - Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Outcome 1: Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1 Define the following types of abuse. Physical abuse:- Physical abuse is defined as any physical force or violence that results in bodily injury‚ pain‚ or impairment. It includes assault‚ battery‚ and inappropriate restraint. Sexual abuse:- Sexual abuse refers to any action that pressures or coerces someone to do something sexually they don’t want to do. . It can also
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courts have established that for negligent conduct to be actionable‚ there must be a duty to take care resting on the defendant‚ which must be breached‚ which must cause damage‚ where the damage must not be too remote form the breach. These requirements carry significant policy controls : of autonomy‚ causation‚ foreseeability and proximity which will be discussed in due course. The courts first recognised such a duty in Hevan v Pender though it was in Donoghue v Stevenson that the law of negligence
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Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care‚ Unit 5. There are many forms of abuse but are usually classified under five main headings‚ physical‚ sexual‚ psychological‚ financial and institutional. Signs of possible abuse can come in physical forms‚ such as bruises‚ cuts‚ burn marks‚ etc; emotional signs like flinching‚ crying and any other changes in the normal behaviour of the client. Although these are signs of abuse it is in no way conclusive evidence of such. Warning
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Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people settings 1. Understanding the implications of Duty of care. 1.1 * A duty of care means that all health and social care professionals and organisations providing health and care services‚ must act in the best interests of the people they support. 1.2 * The expression is that we ‘owe’ a duty of care to the people we work with. ‘owe’ is a useful word to describe the nature of the duty of care because it is
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