Duty of Care
Understand your duty of care in health and social care. Earn your duty of care certificate online with EFAST.
Fully Accredited
CPD Approved
Course Description
Course Overview
This duty of care certificate course covers what duty of care means in health and social care. You will learn how it affects your work, what to do when dilemmas arise and how to respond to complaints effectively.
What You Will Learn
- 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
- 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 Modules
The Implications of Duty of Care
Explains what duty of care means in health and social care and its legal implications.
How Duty of Care Affects Your Work
Covers how duty of care applies to your daily work and responsibilities.
Duty of Care Dilemmas
Explores common dilemmas that arise when duty of care conflicts with other priorities.
Resolving Dilemmas: Support and Advice
Guidance on where to get support and advice when facing duty of care dilemmas.
How to Respond to Complaints
Covers how to handle complaints effectively while maintaining duty of care.
