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. A duty of care is required in every work place and a greater duty or care is needed especially with younger children being as they are more vulnerable. A duty of care ensures support and care for individuals are provided at the required level within the law and also within the policies and
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SHC 34: Principles of implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young peoples setting. - As a support worker I have a duty of care to ensure all our young people are safe. To encourage them to be healthy and achieve as much as possible. Also to make a positive contribution. My duty of care is also to keep all young peoples information confidental. - It is my duty of care to do what is necessary to safeguard and promote the welfare of our young people. It
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Standard 5 Evidence Booklet Principles for implementing duty of care Main area 5.1 Understanding how duty of care contributes to safe practices: Outcome 5.1.1 Question 1 What does duty of care mean for you in your work role? Your duty is to encourage tenant in the best possible way you can and to support and attending to their needs Outcome 5.1.2 Question 1 How does your ‘duty of care’ contribute to the safeguarding of people you support Standard 5 Main Area 5.2 K now how to address
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Explain how current health and safety legislation‚policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or service. A schools Health and safety policy should conform to the requirements contained in the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Specifically the policy should contain :- a) a General Statement of commitment to H&S‚ signed by Head/Chair of Governors or indicating that it has been endorsed by the committee of the Governing Body which has responsibility for H&S; b) details of
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KROLIKOWSKA Unit 1:Introduction to communication in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Unit code:SHC 21 Unit reference number :F/601/5465 QCF level:2 Credit value:3 1.Understand why communication is important in the work setting 1.1 Identify the different reason people communicate Good communication skills are so important within a health and social care environment because we communicate with others all
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CT235 Introduction to Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings. Understand the implications of duty of care. Define the term ‘duty of care’. All health and social care organisations have a duty of care towards any one that they may look after no matter what their age may be. This basically means that we must do what we can to keep a person of any age in our care safe from harm. Describe how the duty of care affects own work role. I must at all times
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Health and social care settings Everyone is an individual and when they need to use the health and social care services it is import they have access to the setting which precisely meets their needs‚ different setting are designed to do just that and the trained staff within those settings have the skills and knowledge to meet those particular needs. Key elements: If everyone who needed support turned up at the same place‚ things would become rather crowded; more importantly‚ not everyone would
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entering the care proffession as a support worker. As a support worker we all have a duty of care to clients. The duty of care is to ensure that we act in the best possible way to keep our clients safe from harm‚ while at the same time not taking away their independence or their right to make individuaal choices.It is to make sure they have the risks & consequences explained to them in whichever manner they understand (written‚ verbal‚flash cards‚ brail etc) Our duty of care ranges from helping
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Principles of Health and Social Care Practice Introduction This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. The essay consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce‚ including strategies that can influence the performance of others. The first part of this essay will consider
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Equality and Inclusion in Health‚ Social care and children’s Young Peoples Settings. 1.1– Explain what is meant by; A – Diversity: So not that all people are the same and that different people have different experiences‚ skills‚ knowledge‚ race‚ age‚ gender‚ sexual orientation. Working in a nursery with children from civilian parents and Army parents I am fortunate to get to witness more than one culture‚ race or children from different backgrounds. Seeing the children on a daily basis makes
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