Such as, if a child needs additional support from other professionals, you would help this child by contacting the certain professionals, if you suspect a child to be in a situation that risks their safety, an adult has disclosed information that may raise concerns over their ability to carry out daily duties in the setting. 4. Always seek advice from the manager. This is very important because if someone has asked you to keep something confidential in the workplace and you are worried about the information you have been given, you should always do this in an area where nobody can overhear what you are saying. It’s better to seek advice verbally rather than using communication such as email, which other people could access.
This is particularly true in cases of suspected child abuse or when a child or young person is at risk. You should at all times tell the individual that you will not be able to keep confidentiality if they disclose something to you which you cannot keep to yourself for these reasons. Any adults who work with children and young people will come to know most of the personal information like date of birth, address and contact details and also sensitive information like behavioural issues, some medical information, family background, whether parents are divorcing and so on. It is the responsibility of the adult to keep this information confidential. They must protect the identity of the child they work with and that of their families and carers.
WRITTEN QUESTIONS Unit Title: Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings Unit sector reference: SHC34 Candidate name: ……… ……………………………………………………………. Answer the following questions, give examples where necessary. Question | Answers | 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role | As a professional working within health care, it is necessary and very important that we follow a code of practice which is set out by each employer in all work settings; this involves putting the needs and interests of those that we care for first. It is vital to keep everyone in our care safe from harm and unnecessary risk, which means we need to ensure that no individual in our care is abused or neglected. Also planning the day and having a routine which best fits around each individual ensuring that their best interests and personal choices come first.
Also there must be standard procedures for dealing with incidents or allegation of abuse against members of staff and volunteers. 5. To have an agreement about working with other organisation like the social services ,CQC, and other multi-disciplinary teams ,etc 6. To ensure that all staff has training that helps them to understand and cope with working with children. And finally to check that there are no known reasons or information available that would prevent staff and volunteers from working with children and these are done with regular DBS check.
1. Understand person centered approaches for care and support. 1.1 Define person centered values. 1.1 Person centered values are about people who are individuals that we support. Each individual, will want to have their own preferences and wishes included in the way we will support them, so we must ensure we have all of their details known to us in care plans etc.
This is essential in order to safeguard the children within our setting. We only hold information about the children that is important for us and their personal welfare. For example this can include, medication records, allergies, parents and full names. When information needs to be passed on and shared with other professionals then we need to ensure that we are complying with the data protection act. This act sets out clear guidelines which can be followed effectively in order to make sure that individuals private information does not get obtained by unnecessary people.
Unit 054 – (A) Principles for implementing Duty of Care in Health, Social Care ot Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. It is important that all staff working in a care setting or enviroment excersice a duty of care within the premisis. Children and young people are classed as vunerable as they have not yet developed the physical and cognitive capacity to care for themselves. Practitioners legally need to put in place procedures to keep children safe within the setting. Duty of care means to so far as reasonable possible look after a child young person and protect them from harm under obligation of the law.
Each member of staff signs a contract to state that they will maintain confidentiality and that any breach of confidentiality will be subject to a disciplinary hearing and most likely the termination of their contract. Everyone involved with working with children understands that the need to share information may only be in the best interest of the child. Parents/carers also sign an agreement with the school which states that all information relating to the child and their family is confidential unless there is a concern about the child’s safety and wellbeing which is in direct relation to the Data Protection Act 1998. There can be some tension between parties when information is shared and the issue of ethnicity or cultural background is raised; one needs to be fully aware of implications when discussing a family’s ethnicity as it may be perceived as prejudiced and irrelevant to the matter at hand. Families may be unwilling to highlight their needs as they are from a culture that believes all problems must be dealt with internally (i.e.
Apart from the nursery care workers in the case study, other professionals who have been trained in how to deal with suspected child abuse or maltreatment should be involved. These professionals will be part of local authorities such as the police, the local social services and the local safeguarding childrens board. All the professionals involved will work as a multi-disciplinary team and their goal will be to support Jessica as much as possible whilst encouraging her to describe the truth of the abuse/maltreatment. It is really important that all local authorities involved work closely together because a lack of communication may cause errors which were seen in the case of Victoria Climbie. Often the child or young person who has disclosed the information will have done so in fear of reprisal from the abuser(s) which is why it is important to reassure them that they have nothing to fear.
* A clear account of the incident will be recorded and given to the line manager. * The keyworker or/and the line manager will talk with all concerned at a level the children will understand and will formally record the incident in the Incident Book. * Parents/carers will be invited in to discuss what has happened and what will happen next. * Each child must be given an opportunity to talk and the discussion should remain focussed on finding a solution to the problem and stopping the bullying from recurring * The adult will try to remain neutral and deliberately avoid direct closed questioning which may be interpreted as interrogatory or accusatory. Pupils who have been bullied are supported by: * Offering an immediate opportunity to discuss the experience with their keyworker or line manager, or with another member of staff with whom they