Make sure that the work place is a safe environment to work in. Make sure that emergency plans are set out and that staff know what to do. Prevent any risks to staff and service user’s health. Makes sure that we are informed of any hazards that could hurt us in regards to making sure that we are all coshh trained. (c) 4.
Aii) How the duty of care affects the work of a social care worker It means the duty of care you have in your job is to keep yourself safe and your service user safe. Keep up to date on your training. All ways wash your hands before attending a service user before and after, and wear the protective aprons and gloves that are supplied by your work the duty is in exercising caution and to refrain from causing another person injury or loss. In law, 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. Aiii) What having a duty of care means for a care giving organisation When an employer adheres to the duty of care in a setting such as a residential care home it protects residents as well as the staff.
Unit 4 Q1: In my work role I have a duty of care this means I have the responsibilities to look after my residents and make sure that I meet there individuals care needs according to there individual care plans. I also have the responsibility to protect individuals from harm this means staff, work colleagues, visitors ect. So my duty of care within my job role means I have a responsibility to deliver the service to the service user. By following our organisational policies and the GSCC codes of practice, I am complying with my responsibilities of duty of care. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) says – As far as reasonably practicable I have a duty to: Provide a safe place of work including safe access and egress.
Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. All service users 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 is to do everything reasonable within the definition of my job role to make this happen. 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 take care of vulnerable adults and to ensure that their needs and well-being are looked after.
Part 4 relates directly to the quality and safety of care. Regulation 9 states that: ‘People experience effective, safe and appropriate care, treatment and support that meets their needs and protects their rights’. Manual Handling Operations Regulation 1992 (amended 2002). Under these regulations, it states that employees have general health and safety duties to: * Follow appropriate systems of work laid down for their safety * Make proper use of equipment provided for their safety * Co-operate with their employer on health and safety matters * Inform the employer if they identify hazardous handling activities * Take care to ensure that their activities do not put others at risk When you are supporting someone with their mobility, for instance moving them using specialist equipment such as hoists and slings, it is important that you adhere to the principles for safely moving someone. The things to consider would be: * Explain what you are about to do to the individual you are supporting * Ensure that you get their consent if they have the capacity to choose * Make sure that a risk assessment has been done for the manoeuvre and you have read it.
It will help to maintain the individual's self-identity, self-respect and dignity. Person centred approaches involves hierarchy of needs, physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, self-esteem needs, self-actualisation and promoting wellbeing. Person-centred care also means treating resident with dementia with dignity and respect. Person centred care should be supported by relatives as well as all staff. All staff should follow the philosophy of person centred care as it aims to bring out the best in people with dementia.
Unit 4222-302 Engage in personal development in health, social care or children's and young people's settings (SHC 32) Outcome 1 1.1. In my work role my duties and responsibilities are to provide care to residents, preserving their privacy and dignity, also to promote the residents independence and to make sure they maintain their freedom of choice. My duties include providing the resident with their personal care needs, dietary needs and also to provide them with their daily medication. 1.2 .The expectations of my work role are to provide the resident with their personal needs as instructed in their individual care plans. I am expected to follow the home's codes of practice and conduct and the CSSIW's care standards.
Service users can expect to be accommodated within a clean and safe environment, protected from harm and treated with respect and dignity by social care workers. Service users should receive the right support and care from qualified and trained staff. Service providers should monitor their services ensuring you that you are receiving adequate care or support. Should service users have any issues with their service providers they have the right to complain and have the matter dealt with accordingly. Personal details and records of service users are to be to be kept up to date and stored safely.
Core principles of care was set for the health and social care services to ensure that principles, guidelines and values was followed to promote standards of equality and diversity toward individuals, making sure that personal information was maintain privately and ensuring that individuals had rights. To reduce the risk of abuse there was minimum standards that were set for professional‘s to work towards. These standards identified vulnerable adults to be treated with: • Respect,
Unit 304 Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children's and young people's settings Outcome 1. Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice. Explain what it means to have a duty of care in your own role Having a duty of care in my role means that I have a responsibility, as a Team Leader, to support the staff team and lead a shift as safely and smoothly as possible. Also a duty of care to the people I support in ensuring their needs are met and independence is promoted as much as possible. Ensuring the environment they live in is safe and clean by filling out cleaning rotas and keeping appropriate doors locked for supervised access.