Make sure to keep a three seconds following distance between you and the car in front of you. Keeping this distance makes it safer if some unexpected event happens that may cause the car in front of you to stop suddenly. Also, make sure to use your turn signals, turning without using these signals may lead into some serious accidents. Finally, check your blind spots, changing lanes without checking your blind spots is a hazardous habit. To drive safely, make sure to stay out of other cars blind spots too.
The employer also has a duty of care for staff members, to ensure that working conditions are safe, and suitable to deliver the service. 1.2. Describe how duty of care affects own work role. My duty of care means that I must aim to provide high quality care to the best of my ability and say if there are any reasons as to why I may be unable to do so. My organisation and I have a duty of care to ensure that the service users we care for are safe, protected from abuse by other service users, staff, carers, friends and family.
* Act within your competence and not take on anything you do not believe you can safely do. (Aii) How does the duty of care affect the work of a social care worker? As a care worker we owe a duty of care to the people we support, our colleagues, our employer, ourselves and the public interest. Everyone has a duty of care. * Our duty of care means that we must aim to provide high quality care to the best of our ability and speak out if there are any reasons why we may be unable to do so.
They also have to do everything in their power to keep people safe from harm and exploitation. As a care professional, you must ensure that you do not do something, or fail to do something, that causes harm to someone. You have a professional duty of care to act only within your own competence and not to take on something you are not confident about. Your duty of care underpins everything that you do; it is what underlies the code of practice and it should be built into your practice on a day to day level. Exercising your duty of care is also a legal requirement, you have to recognise that you are responsible for the welfare of a vulnerable person.
This could be from themselves or others so all tasks needs to be assessed prior to undertaking them to ensure the risks are reduced to the minimum level and that they receive the appropriate level of support. Aiii The duty of care is a guideline that is held within the care setting to ensure the care staff are aware of their responsibilities and know what is expected of them whilst they are promoting the well being of the individuals being supported. These guidelines are in place to protect individuals within the care setting whether it is a person living within the care setting or the support staff working within the organisation. Aiv Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of individuals because it sets out the standards required to provide appropriate levels of care within the setting so that no harm comes to either the individual living within the setting or the staff supporting them e.g. complaints or accusations.
Unit Number: SHC 34 Question 1.1: Explain what it means to have a Duty of Care in own work role. The standard definition of DUTY of Care is: A requirement to exercise a “reasonable” degree of attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to harm to other people. But how does this translate to my own work role??? In my opinion My Duty of Care to the young people I care for is to evaluate and monitor that the young people are at all times in a safe environment. That they are treated with respect for themselves and their privacy.
Don’t judge a child on what their parents wear. This is also for the children you don’t judge on what they wear. I need to be committing to meeting the child’s individual needs and how to keep and show respect and dignity with the children to help with the development of the child. I will need to work within the guidelines of an equal and opportunities of the code of practises by following the rules and regulations of the settings. I will need to be able to not allow my personal preference or prejudges to influence them by putting the child’s needs before my own needs and preferences.
I make sure I go by all these in my work role so I know I’m safeguarding the children to the best of my ability. Observing and assessing children’s development is essential so you are alert to anything that is not expected of that child at their development, we should also keep parents/careers up to date. Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals by protecting them from any harm weather it’s physical or psychological. IN our nursery we safeguard children by * Setting clear boundaries for children’s behaviour and using strategies to discourage behaviour which could harm others. We do this according to their developmental stage.
UNIT SHC34 Principles for implementing duty of care Please refer to unit assessment criteria when answering these questions. Explain what it means to have a duty of care in your own work role. (1.1) According to Wikipedia 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. That means that we must do everything we can to keep the people in their care safe from harm. It is not only the care establishment that needs to prioritize the safety, welfare and interests of the people using its services, but also the care workers of the establishment.
1. Why is it important to safeguard children and young people? Legislation, guidelines and policies place a duty on all those working in schools to ensure the health, safety and security of children in their care.The importance of safeguarding children and young people is also significant in enabling them to develop and reach their full potential. Failure to safeguard children and young people can have a negative impact on a child’s development and health. Children and young people need to be protected from neglect and abuse and have a safe environment in which to grow up in with parents, teachers and any other close adult being approachable and accessible if needed, should a child develop a difficulty that concerns them.