Description
DUTY OF CARE |
Course Benefits:
- This course is a mandatory requirement for people working the care sector.
- The course is recommended by Skills for Care as minimum standards for people working in social care.
- The course is recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as minimum standards that people working in social care need to meet before they can safely work unsupervised.
- This course meets the Duty of Care module of the mandatory Common Induction Standards (CIS).
- The course meets all the knowledge criteria for Unit 4 of the QCF (NVQ) Diploma in Health & Social Care – Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings.
- The course meets all the duty of care outcomes of the Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care qualification otherwise known as the technical certificate.
- The course can be used for credit transfer or Recognition of prior learning (RPL) to Unit 4 of the Technical Certificate in Health & Social Care – Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings.
- The course can be used for credit transfer or Recognition of prior learning (RPL) to Unit 4 of the QCF (NVQ) Diploma in Health & Social Care – Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings.
- The Course has credit value under the QCF framework and recognized throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.
Course Objective
This course helps those who work in health, social care or children and young people’s settings to understand the concepts of duty of care and how it contributes to safe practice, and how to address dilemmas or complaints that may arise where there is a duty of care
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, learner must be able to:
- Understand the meaning and concept of Duty of Care
- Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practices.
- Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care.
- Know how to respond to complaints.
Course Contents
Module 1: Meaning and Concept of Duty of Care
Module 2: Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practices.
Module 3: Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care.
Module 4: Know how to respond to complaints.
Guided learning hours
An average of 14 hours is recommended for this course.