Overview - Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children's and Young People's Settings
It is vital that those working within health, social care or children and young people’s settings not only understand what it means to have a duty of care in their work role but also how to effectively implement duty of care in everything they do.
On completion of this e-learning course, learners will be able to outline, understand and act upon their duty of care helping to ensure the safety and well-being of those they support and for their own professional development to ensure the balance between acting on their responsibilities and allowing people the rights to make choices.
On completion of this course learners will be able to:
- Identify how duty of care contributes to safe practice
- Address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care
- Outline how to respond to complaints
The content of this course has been mapped to the underpinning knowledge within the following units on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF):
Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
This unit is a mandatory unit within the following qualifications:
Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce
Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England
Introduction to duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
This unit is a mandatory unit within the following qualifications:
Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England
Level 2 Certificate for the Children and Young People's Workforce
For a full list of qualifications in which these units are mandatory please click here:
For more information about this or any of our courses mapped to the QCF please contact us on the details provided below.