Explain what it means to have a duty of care in your own work role (1.1) Duty of care means:- • To keep individuals safe • To keep individuals free from harm • To give choice Duty of care is a key concept in working with other human beings. It is a legal term for safeguarding yourself and others. Adults with learning difficulties are often vulnerable as they are yet to develop the physical and cognitive capacity to fully care for themselves; they need care and protection from people around
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Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. To have a duty of care means to be accountable for the children and young people in our care by e.g. exercising authority‚ managing risks‚ working safely‚ safeguarding children and young people‚ monitoring own behaviour and conduct‚ maintaining confidentiality‚ storing personal information appropriately‚ reporting concerns and allegations‚ making professional judgements‚ maintaining professional boundaries‚ avoiding favouritism‚ maintaining
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1. Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role As a practitioner‚ we are obliged to adapt to different sittings for children and young people. Every setting will offer certain benefits and sometimes drawbacks. When working with children and young people‚ we need to respect the duties and responsibilities of our own work role‚ The effective practice as a team member will depend on communicating with co workers and heads. One must respect
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HAVE A DUTY OF CARE IN OWN WORK ROLE. Duty of Care means that practitioners take on legal responsibilities to safeguard the welfare and well being of the children in their care. This includes appropriate attention‚ watching out for potential hazards‚ preventing mistakes or accidents‚ and making wise choices about steps undertaken in a role. Every child should be supported and enabled to live in an environment which is free from prejudice and safe from abuse. My responsibilities under the duty of care
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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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1.1 What it means to have a duty of care in own work setting. Duty of care is the “fundamental obligation that anyone working in child care‚ whatever the type of service and whatever their role‚ is to keep children safe”. (Marilyn Hopkins LLB‚ Dip.Ed.. (March 2006). DUTY OF CARE. This will involve giving appropriate attention in particular tasks to ensure no one is harmed‚ watching out for potential hazards
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DUTY OF CARE Duty of Care The legal definition for the term ‘Duty of Care’ means that person acts towards others and the public with watchfulness‚ attention‚ caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the same circumstances would. If a person’s actions do not meet this standard of care then their acts are considered negligent and any damages resulting may be claimed in a lawsuit for negligence. ‘Duty of Care’ means that whilst we are responsible for another persons wellbeing we must
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have a duty of care in your work rol? Duty of care can be defined as "an obligation‚ recognised by law‚ to avoid conduct fraught with unreasonable risk of danger to others". Every teacher and school authority owes a duty of care to take reasonable care to ensure that their acts or omissions do not cause reasonably foreseeable injury to their pupils. („The Law Handbook”.) A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while
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SHC34 Principles for Duty of Care. Produce a short paragraph for each of the following tasks – 1.1Duty of Care. The term ‘Duty of Care’ means that you are responsible for the welfare of yourself and for the welfare of others too. If you ignore this‚ you are breaking the responsibility for the well-being of others. 1.1Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. Within my work setting daily morning checks are carried out to ensure that the inside and outside environment is safe
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’Duty of Care’ As the owner of my own nursery i have a ’duty of care’ to my employees‚ children and visitors. The legal definition of ’duty of care’ is; ’a requirement that a person acts reasonably towards others and the public with reasonable watchfulness‚ attention‚ caution and prudence to avoid acts or omissions that could expose people‚ for whom there is responsibility‚ to a reasonably foreseeable risk to injury’. (http://www.psctas.org.au/pdf/doc.pdf) If a member of staff did not meet this
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