What to expect from this course
A duty of care is the requirement that all health and social care professionals, and organisations providing health and care services, must put the interests of service users first.
Working in the health and social care sector involves working with lots of different people with a variety of needs, dependencies, backgrounds and wishes. As a care worker, you have a duty of care towards all the people you are involved with during your working hours. This means you have to employ a reasonable level of care to ensure they are kept safe from harm, abuse and injury.
This course will give you an introduction to the concept of duty of care, cover how duty of care affects your work, what to do if you come across a duty of care dilemma and where to go for support or advice along with some practical examples of duty of care situations.
Course content includes:
- Course Structure
- The Implications of Duty of Care
- How Duty of Care Affects Your Work
- Duty of Care Dilemmas
- Resolving Dilemmas: Support and Advice
- How to Respond to Complaints
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Duration
Approximately 1 hour but you can spend as little or as much time on each subject as you wish, and go forward or back through the course at any time.
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Access
This online course can be completed on any PC or mobile device. Study at your own pace and log in and out as often as you wish.
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Features
Appeals to all learning styles with interactive quizzes, video and audio features.
Allows you to work at your own pace, testing your knowledge as you progress through the course.
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Assessment
Assessment is by a short multiple choice end of course test, on successful completion of which a CPD-accredited certificate can be downloaded.
