Duty of Care (in adult care)

When you are given the responsibility of caring for someone, there is a great deal of trust being placed in you that you will make sure they stay safe and out of harm’s way. You have a Duty of Care to ensure they are safe and supported, and encouraged to live as independently as possible. This course explores the Duty of Care in practice (including assessing risk and adverse events) and how the Duty of Candour relates to this.

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• Understanding the Duty of Care 10:23

  • 1: Tutorial video: An introduction to the Duty of Care 01:27
  • 2: Transcript: Understanding the Duty of Care 01:00
  • 3: Video: Duty of Care in health and social care settings 04:56
  • 4: Presentation: Conflicts, dilemmas and the Duty of Care 03:00

• Assessing risk and the Duty of Care 08:28

  • 5: Video: Assessing risk 02:28
  • 6: Reading text: Personalisation and risk 04:00
  • 7: Presentation: Adverse events 02:00

• The Duty of Candour and the Duty of Care 08:00

  • 8: Reading text: The Duty of Candour in practice 02:00
  • 9: Presentation: The Duty of Candour 06:00

• Activity section 03:00

  • 10: Activity sheet (optional) 03:00

• Assessment Quiz 10:00

  • 11: Multiple-choice quiz 10:00

Learning objectives

• You will understand the Duty of Care you have to the individuals you care for and support in health and social care
• You will know the difference between an adverse event, near miss, error, and incident
• You will understand the Duty of Candour and the importance of honesty and transparency when an adverse event has occured
• You will understand the importance of respect, dignity, independence, and decision making for adults in health and social care

Advantages of the course

• Practitioners need to support people to live as independently as possible and encourage them to make their own decisions. There will be times, though, when practitioners face a dilemma between supporting independence and keeping someone safe. This course presents you with some conflicts and dilemmas and you are given an opportunity to consider what the best action to take would be.
• It is important to be honest with managers and the individual and their family if there has been an adverse event, near miss, incident, or error. We are all human and mistakes happen – often, it is the ‘cover up’ or lack of transparency that families feel more upset about than the actual mistake itself. This course provides steps to take when an adverse event has occured.
• Additional reading will encourage you to reflect on the learning and dive deeper into areas of interest
• A multiple-choice assessment at the end will assess learning and you will be given a certificate on completion of the course

Health and social care practitioners who are new to role or need refresher training. It will also be benefical for practitioners studying for the Care Certificate.

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