Duty of Care and Health Unit 205 To Megan‚ Am just replying to your letter about what’s involved in Care work so u have a better idea about it before you decide whether to apply or not. There’s a lot of duties involved in Care work‚ you must be able to act in the best interests of the residents for example‚ be able to assist them with dressing and undressing‚ help them to the toilet‚ make sure you’re feeding them well and that you give them plenty of fluids. If they’re not able to do it themselves
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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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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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The expectations of my role as a social care worker are defined by the codes of practice released by the General Social Care Council in 2001. These are described below: In my role as care assistant I need to promote and protect the rights and interests of my residents by treating everyone as individuals. I need to uphold my residents’ needs‚ views and wishes where appropriate. I must maintain respect‚ dignity and privacy of my residents at all times and encourages equal opportunities to everyone
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1.1 - 1.2 A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on a carer requiring that they adhere to a good quality and standard of care. It is my duty to safeguard and to take care of vulnerable adults and to ensure that their needs and well being are looked after‚ it is my responsibility to ensure I exercise a good standard of care with respect to individuals safety‚ best interest and personal choices‚ this includes protecting individuals within my care from any harm or abuse that may occur and avoiding
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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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Duty of care 1.1 1. Protect the rights and promote the interests of individuals‚ key people and others. 2. Strive to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of individuals‚ key people and others. 3. Promote the independence of individuals while protecting them as far as possible from danger or harm. 4. Respect the rights of individuals while seeking to ensure that their behaviour does not harm themselves‚ key people or others. 5. Uphold public trust and confidence in health and social care
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The duty of care and the search for certainty: Sullivan v Moody‚ Cooper v Hobart‚ and problems in the South Pacific. Andrew Barker In this article‚ Andrew Barker‚ from the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago‚ considers two recent decisions on the duty of care in negligence: Sullivan v Moody‚ from the High Court of Australia‚ and Cooper v Hobart‚ from the Supreme Court of Canada. In these decisions‚ the two courts have re-evaluated their approach to the duty of care in negligence‚ and suggested
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Duty of care and mandatory reporting are two areas in child protection and juvenile justice that must be considered when working with young people as they could be your legal obligation. What is duty of care? Who do you owe duty of care too? What is mandatory reporting? When should you report a situation? Duty of care is giving reasonable care to individuals you work with‚ co-workers‚ and the general public to protect them from risks of harm that could happen. The measure of reasonable care depends
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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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