They also have a moral and ethical duty not to cause, or fail to prevent, physical or psychological injury, and must fulfil their responsibilities with regard to personal injury and negligence claims. Aiv: How the duty of care contributes to safeguarding individuals. In your role you have a duty of care to raising concerns you may have about any aspect of your work. These can range from inadequate working conditions, poor equipment, poor practise by other staff; to raising concerns about potential abuse cases and situations of neglect. It is your duty of care to safeguard individuals from harm.
How can positioning inhibit and improve communication? Positioning can create barrier on receiving and interpreting messages which inhibit communication. If we cannot see each other then it will inhibit communication. In care setting, it is important to keep our eyes at the same level as the person that we are communicating with. But it is as important to consider positioning while working with different people having different difficulties.
Protecting the public interest includes protecting clients, creditors, governments, employers, etc. This principle calls for resolving conflict by remembering that the CPA’s responsibility is to the public while serving the client and employers interest. A CPA must have integrity so that they have the public trust has been served in reference to the client’s confidence and will not use the public trust for personal gain. Due care calls for continued improvement of competency and quality of service, any CPA who performs professional services without having the necessary skills is in violations of the due care standard. By continuing education to maintain ones CPA certificate helps meet this standard.
201- 4.1 Q. Explain the term ‘confidentiality’ A. It means that whatever information you tell to a Service will not be passed on and the person you see won’t tell anyone that you’ve been to see him or her without your permission. It gets more complicated if you want to talk to the Service about something that he or she thinks may be harming you or someone else, like you’re being hurt by someone or someone is making you do something you don’t want to do. If that happens the Service will talk to you and try to persuade you to get help, but if you don’t agree the Service can get help without your permission if he or she thinks it’s best for you.
| They assume they have the duty to take action that may override the demands of law, religion, and social customs. | 3. Law Enforcement | They have the duty to respect privacy of information and action. | Law enforcements role is to protect our rights, as such the organizations must take actions based on legal and ethical standards and must notify private parties so they are known by all. | They assume they have the duty to take action that may override the demands of law, religion, and social customs.
Supporting people to make informed choices Most of the choices that people make in life naturally involve some element of risk, and the decisions made by people using health and social care are no different. Avoiding risks altogether would constrain their choices and opportunities. Risk is a concept that tends to have negative connotations but people take considered risks all of the time and gain many positive benefits. As new health and social care choices and opportunities arise, they are likely to involve the consideration of taking risks. , Why is it important to let people make their own decisions whenever possible?
Unit 304 Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children or young people’s settings 1.1 To have a duty of care means to be accountable for clients in our care by e.g. exercising authority, managing risks, working safely, safeguarding clients and others monitoring own behaviour and conduct, maintaining confidentiality, storing personal information appropriately, reporting concerns and allegations, making professional judgements, maintaining professional boundaries, avoiding favouritism and maintaining high standards of conduct outside the professional role. 1.2 Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of the individual clients by having a number of policies and procedures to follow ensuring that a clients health and safety is paramount. This is done by daily checks, risk assessments, fire drills so clients are aware of where to go and what do to. Risks assessments are extremely important and must be implemented and met all the time.
Explain using examples the meaning of the term duty of care Duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on individuals which requires them to adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing acts that could foreseeably harm others. In a negligence claim, duty of care is the first element that must be proved. It depends entirely on the court to determine if a duty of care is owed exist or should. People, generally, are mostly negligent in their daily lives; however, there are some certain steps required of a right thinking person to must have taken to avert a potential harm to anyone, which a duty of care is legally owed to. It’s entirely up to the court of law to determine if a duty of care exists in some certain negligence cases.
Be aware of dilemmas that may arise about Duty of Care and the support available for addressing them 2.1 Describe dilemmas that may arise between the Duty of Care and an individual’s right You may have a case as a care worker where an individual may want to do something which could be a risk to their own health and safety. It’s your duty of care to do all you can to keep them safe but you also have the duty to respect them as an individual. This causes a dilemma. An example of this is a resident no longer wanting to use her Zimmer Frame, but in her care plan it states that she uses it to help her move
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.