1.1 Define the Term ‘duty of care’ Duty of care means that it is your duty to provide a good quality standard of care to the people you look after, your colleagues, your employer and yourself. This care must be provided at all times and must: * be carried out in a way that will keep people safe from harm * be carried out by acting in the best interest of individuals * be carried out within your own competence and do not do anything that cannot be done safely * work effectively as part of a team * Provide a high standard of practice and care at all times * remain professional at all times to maintain the good reputation of your profession * Keep clear and accurate records * Keep your knowledge and skills up to date * Maintain a safe working environment * Maintain personal hygiene 1.2 Describe how duty of care affects your own work role (think of the tasks you do) I must only carry out duties that are within my own job role, responsibility and competence. If I am asked to do a task that does not fall in line with the above then I must decline. I must follow and adhere to the correct companies policies and procedures and provide a standard of care in line with the principle ‘codes of practice’ in all aspects of my work. This includes acting in the best interests of the patients and ensuring their health, safety and welfare.
This statement is relevant to my role as it is achieved by not abusing or neglecting patients. Also not putting myself or anyone else in unnecessary danger and not discriminating anyone for their differences for example; religion & race. Also keeping all information confidential and on a need to know basis. Be accountable for the quality of your work and take responsibility for maintaining and improving knowledge and skills. This statement is also relevant to me as it is achieved by making sure all standards are met.
We must adhere to the policies and procedures of our setting. It’s also important to remember that our work is in a regulated setting and requires the confidence of our service users and families. Therefore our behaviour outside of work may also affect our work status. To maintain good behaviour and to keep good standard of work whilst complying with the codes of conduct, we have produced the following information for in-house training in order to promote good practice in health and social care .The coming up programme entitled “Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care” covers the following. The idea of diversity is to embrace or encompasses acceptances and respect by understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our individual differences.
Promote independence of people we support which protecting them as far as possible from danger or harm. Respect the rights of people we support whilst seeking to ensure behaviour does not harm themselves or others. Uphold public trust and confidence in your service. Be accountable for the quality of my work and I take responsibility for maintaining and improving my knowledge and skills. 2.1 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service protocol.
You must be accountable for keeping records safe, reporting problems, and for your own decisions. You must also be observant and keep your training and policies up to date. You must follow standard procedures in all care work this includes use of resources and equipment. As your role as a carer you must respect the individuals wishes, maintain confidentiality and recognise signs and symptoms of abuse, we must also make sure that the individual has their right to make their own decisions and respect them, report concerns to line manager. Understand support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care.
When social care workers are aware of their own duty of care and follow the code of practices this enables them to work under clear guidelines ensuring a safer work environment and that all acts are done with the individuals best interests. Safeguarding is not just about keeping individuals safe in the care setting, but making sure they are safe from illness, abuse or injury. Everyone working
The importance of care principles and values. It is important that service workers in health and social care environment understand the principles and values which must be used in everything they do. This is important so the service users feel safe and respected. Privacy- It is important for a service user to be given privacy because every individual has a right to keep some parts of their life’s to themselves. It’s important for the service users to be given space so they can have their personal space and do things themselves privately.
There are also legal duties of care that must be accepted at all times. In my role as a support worker I have a duty of care towards the services users I support, my fellow colleagues and anyone that visits the premises. This duty of care is implemented in to the policy and procedures of the company. My duty of care ensures that I aim to provide high quality of care to the service users and ensure that they are protected and safeguarded from harm and anything that can hurt or affect their levels of care. Within this duty of care there also things like omissions or a failure to act that needs to be considered because if you fail to do something for a service user that is expected of you, then you have failed your duty of care and this can result in harm for the service user.
Duty of Care: Definition Duty of Care is a legal obligation to always act in the best interests of everyone to ensure that those receiving healthcare services receive safe and appropriate care and safe from danger and misuse. It is a code of practice that should be adhered to by healthcare professionals in everything they do to ensure they stay within the legal requirements for their role and to ensure that they are protected in the event of a claim of malpractice or negligence. It is also important that healthcare professionals act with independence as they are responsible for the wellbeing of those they care for. They must stay within their own professional competence and confidence levels and do all that they can to keep those receiving care from them safe from harm, as those they look after are often the more vulnerable members of society. The healthcare professional must always keep front of mind that with this kind of role comes a certain amount of responsibility.
Describe how the duty of care affects own work role At work the duty of care what I have is to keep myself and my residents safe. That is mean I have to update my trainings, following all security procedures in order to keep things safe. 2. Understand support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care 3.3. Describe dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual’s rights Me as a care assistant I have to do everything to keep my residents safe, I have duty of care to that people.