Duty of Care Duty of care refers to the obligations and responsibilities that people in authority have for those in their charge. Whether a duty of care is owed depends in part on the position of the person in authority‚ particularly his or her status as an expert with superior knowledge. Proof that a duty of care has been breached generally leads to a court awarding damages to the injured party to compensate for financial loss. Duty of care in child care Obviously people who work in child
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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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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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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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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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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’ 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: 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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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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SHC34-1 Duty of care is to keep children and young people safe and to protect them from sexual‚ physical and emotional harm. Children have a right to be safe and to be treated with respect and dignity. We as adults must take reasonable steps to ensure the safety and well being of children. Failure to do this could be regarded as professional neglect. Always act in the child’s best interests. Follow the correct procedures if you have any concerns for the child’s well being‚ set clear boundaries
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