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Define the term ‘duty of care’. What does this mean to you?
‘Duty of care’ is a legal obligation which is given to those in care work. Duty of care is making sure you have the best interests of your client in mind, such as not acting or failing to act on a situation that could potentially harm your client. It would also mean making sure that everything your do or you client does can be done safely. When acting in a client’s best interests you must do so with the permission unless your client lack the capacity to make a decision when it needs to be made. Duty of care means to me, that while you are caring for a client yu must doing everything in your power to keep them from harm, help them with any tasks that they may struggle with. As well as making sure them happy and feel safe and making sure that even outside of your care they’re being taking care of well so making sure that there is no sign of abuse.
1.2
Describe how this affects your job role in the work place?
Duty of care in my workplace affects my role because whilst the children we care for are with us their our responsibility so this means constant supervision, making sure the children are feed and watered, taking any objects away that could potentially cause harm, making sure that there is no sign of abuse, helping them to do tasks that they are yet unable to complete on their own.
2.1
Describe two examples of the differences that might occur between your clients’ rights and your ‘duty of care’
When caring for a clients you must respect thiers rights and choices, however sometimes there with be a conflict for example if your clients refuses to use their walker but their care plan instructs that they use it then you must do all you can to encourage the use of the walker. However a compromise can be met, if they do refuse to use their walker then ten try getting them use a different but similar piece of equipment such ass a stick and see how they get on. However before doing this you must make sure that your client knows the risks of not using the walker so that everyone is aware of the potential risks.
Another example would be if your caring for someone and they have to take medication and their care plan states that they are not allowed ibuprofen yet they want a ibuprofen then you must perform your duty of care and do not give them a ibuprofen as it could be potentially harmful to your client. Even