’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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Patriotic Duty I believe in the soldier every little boy wants to become. By this I mean I believe in serving your country. As children we have all probably played army man and doctor‚ and we had fun. But what happened to that? Is it like the bad taste in our mouth? So very dry and disgusting finding out we have to actually work to achieve those? In my opinion I find it as a pride to look forward to‚ serving my country and protecting others. I like America I find I should serve it as my patriotic
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College Writing 1 3 December 2‚ 2012 Opening Paragraph One of the most anticipated video games of the year‚ Call of Duty Black Ops II came out with a wave of anticipation and controversy. Questions and mystery surrounded the game as the previous ones failed to live up to lofty expectations. Treyarch‚ the designer of the first Call of Duty Black Ops was already at odds for mediocre product they had previously produced. There will always be players who love the game and those who hate it:
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Fiduciary Duties of Directors 1) Duty to act in good faith in the interests of the company In Re W & M Roith Ltd [1967] 1 All ER 427‚ the controlling director of a company had given many years services without having a service contract. He was then given a service agreement providing for payment of a pension to his widow if he died while still a director. He was already in poor health at this time and he died two months later. The pension was paid for several years and then the company went into
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Understanding How Duty of Care Contributes to Safe Practise What duty of care means in children and young people settings Duty of care – it’s required we have to give the right amount of attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to harm to other people. Duty of care is the legal term for safeguarding yourself and others. Children (especially young children) are vulnerable because they have not yet developed the physical and cognitive skills to care for themselves‚ so they need
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Duty of Care In a work setting where we are working with children our duty of care is of utmost importance‚ we need to ensure that we do everything within our power to ensure that children and young people that use our setting get the best care possible and that no harm comes to them. When working with children and young people we not only have a duty of care to the children but also to their parents and carers who will be trusting and expecting us to provide the best care for their children. A
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Duty of care Define the term ‘duty of care’ Duty of care means that you must aim to provide high quality care to the best of your ability and to ensure the well being of the service users. We all have a duty of care to consider the effects of our actions upon other people who may be affected. In the workplace you have policies and procedures that you have to follow. These policies and procedures will affect your role as a carer. Describe how the duty of care affects own work role I keep my
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ASG 1 Unit 054 Task A Provide a brief written explanation of the following: 1. What duty of care means in children and young people’s settings. Duty of care in childcare settings means to keep children and young people safe‚ protecting them not only from physical harm but also from neglect‚ emotional and sexual harm and abuse. It is guarding the rights of the child in your care‚ as they have the right to be independent and to be treated with respect and dignity. This also includes respecting
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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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presentation: The video clip was quite interesting I found it to be very educational as to the legal obligations of therapists in the mental health field. There were issues that were brought up that were quite important‚ such as therapists need to understand confidentiality‚ privileged information‚ and a therapists responsibility related to reporting suspected child abuse‚ elder abuse‚ and/or suicidal ideations‚ and possibly the most important of them all is a therapists duty to warn. The first case they
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