Unit SHC34. Principles for implementing duty of care. LO: understand how duty of care contributes to a safe practice.

Know how to address conflicts and dilemmas between individual rights and duty of care.

Take a couple of minuets to think about the key term duty of care. What does this mean to you?
Share this with the person next to you. Write a sentence or draw a picture that describes what duty of care means to you. Feed back as a class. Can you improve your definition by adding anything else to your sentence / picture?

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What will I learn in this unit? How do I demonstrate a duty of care? What is duty of care?

What does it mean to have a duty of care?

Fill in the blanks in the paragraph using words from the box.

What do we mean by duty of care?

Duty of care: a requirement to exercise a reasonable degree of attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to harm to other people
( Penny Tassoni CYPW Early Learning & Child Care.)

A KEY CONCEPT WHEN WORKING WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS

Your duty of care will be supporting a child to foresee and cope with potential dangers

Mild. Who do you think has the greater duty of care?

What skills do these children need to develop to lessen the Spicy duty of care? Hot!

How are these images related to the duty of care?

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What can you see in the two images; can you make a link?

Why do children become sick?

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What influence will your duty of care have on a childs health?

Mild Explain why you think this young person isn't safe. Compare the duty of care between a baby and a teenager.

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From the information given, develop a set of instructions about how to keep young people safe.

What will help me write this criteria?

Starter activity mind map Fill in the missing words task Text books Own experience in placement

Duty of care key words

In pairs carry out a risk assessment in and around the Early Years Department.
1.

Look for potential hazards.

2. Record hazards on your risk assessment form.

3. Identify what needs to be put in place to minimize the risks.

The younger and more vulnerable the child the more of a duty of care you will have towards them.

The care and attention that you give keeps a child safe as they develop: The ability to foresee danger and risk. A stronger defence and immune system Empathy- how their actions effect others. Communication skills- to be able to talk about the harm others may be doing to them

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duty is to carry out risk assessments in your setting and when going on visits outside setting.
precautions to avoid risks and remove hazards without damaging learning potential. / hazards - safety from incidents, accidents and infections.

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Risks

Babies and under 3s - very dependent on an adult for care and protection on a physical and psychological level. Your role and responsibility to ensure a duty of care by

carrying out risk assessments.

Managing childrens behaviour by setting clear

expectations and boundaries.

Observing and assessing childrens development. Understanding child protection and abuse.

It is your duty to:

Understand the ways that children may be abused by others. Be aware of the physical and emotional indicators of abuse. Follow appropriate policies and procedures.

EYFS legal duty to take action if abuse suspected.

Its your duty to: Observe children and assess their development.

Look out for any indications that their development is not progressing as expected for their age. Early identification To work in partnerships with parents and carers and other professionals so that the relevant action is taken. support put into place.

Its your duty to: Have knowledge and understanding on childrens behaviour and the stage of development of each child.
Set clear expectations of behaviour according to the age/stage and individual need of child. Discourage behaviour that may cause harm or distress to others using appropriate strategies. Follow policy and procedure

How duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals.

Observation and assessment

Behaviour management Safeguarding

Child protection Risk assessments

Use your text book to support your answer

Remember to quote and reference.

DUTY OFCAREUse your prior learning on duty of care to support this.

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v individual rights.

A balance is needed when addressing conflict and dilemma.

What is the greater priority? Who or what is the most important?

UN convention on the Rights of the Child

Children Act 1989 highlights that the welfare of the child is paramount. The law will often give the child the right overriding those of the parents. Your duty of care is to uphold these rights and acknowledge that the parents have overall responsibility. Childcare Act 2006 section 40 welfare requirements (EYFS). You must be sensitive to the ways that you intervene as this could cause conflict. Balance your duty of care and keeping children safe

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of parents and children. Storing of personal information and only sharing with permission from the parent / carer.

Conflict when the parent

abuser.

carer is the

Dilemma what do you do?

Can we do this without permission?

What do you think???

What do you think???

The duty of care that you have for the babies and children you care for must not prevent them from gaining precious learning experiences.

Dont be over protecting or over cautious. Children do not need to be wrapped up in cotton wool!

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have a right to have experiences that facilitate their learning. allow and plan for challenge and risk in childrens play. need to learn how to manage risks and understand that life is full of risk and challenge.

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Children

What could be a potential conflict and dilemma? What are the child's rights? Where is your duty of care? How would you manage the situation?

Group roles Scribe, reader, detective, problem solver and pacifier. Example A 12 year old tells you that she hasnt been taking her medication as it makes her feel sick. She asks you not to tell her parents as they will go mad.

Read through the scenario. 1. What would you do in this situation? 2. Identify the dilemma and the conflict. 3. Explain what your duty of care is in this situation? Write this in your class books.

Explain what conflict and dilemma is. Give examples of potential conflicts and dilemmas between duty of care and an individuals tights. Explain who is at risk and what the potential risk is. How can practitioners manage the risks associated with conflicts and dilemmas.

Where would a practitioner go to get support and advice so that they can manage the conflict and dilemma professionally. manage this?

The framework that provides assurance to parents and carers that their children are safe.
Aims to allow all children to meet the 5 outcomes of ECM. Challenge: What are the 5 outcomes?

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Think how you could improve the activity by adding risk and challenge. Identify valuable learning.

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Join another pair making a group of four. Feed back to each other.

One person from each group now feed back to the whole class.

Your challenge:

Discuss in your groups how you can make the activity you have been given more challenging for the child.

Can you add an element of risk?

Now write up your own activity plan on the sheet provided. The activity must provide the children risk / challenge.

Think of five effective communication skills you would use when dealing with a complaining parent. Write them down on post it notes or on your white board. Share with the person next to you. Has the person next to you got anything different? Can you now add

Working in pairs and 1 group of 3 select your characters, EYP/teacher/keyworker/parent? Read the scenario and think about how you are going to act out this role. On the table are some key words to remind you how you should conduct yourself when dealing with complaints. See how many you can use! Now swap roles so that both have a turn at being the EYP and parent.

Fancy a CHALLENGE: reflect on how you responded, what could you have done better? How might this of changed the situation?

Search on the internet for a complaints procedure. Try and find one from a similar setting to your placement. What is the Complaints procedure?

There may be times when a practitioner has to deal with a complaint from a parent or carer, for example__________ When dealing with a complaint the practitioner must ____________________________ It is within a practitioners duty of care to manage complaints appropriately and professionally. Practitioners must_________________

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a copy of the confidentiality policy from your setting. does the policy and procedure maintain children and families rights?

How

Cover sheet Name and PIN on every page Pages numbered Unit number and title on every page. Assessment criteria written on your work

Think about your daily practice in placement.

Note

down any examples of actions that you may of carried out to demonstrate your duty of care.

Now

reflect - How were your actions safeguarding or protecting the children? What did you do well and what would be even better? www.ebi

List 5 things you need to do to keep children safe. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

PD sheets Reflective diaries Targets and goals Cache task SHC 32 C.V

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