Duty Of Care In Health And Social Care

Duty of care means health care professionals have a responsibility to the service users of their service. This means promoting wellbeing and making sure that people are kept safe from harm, abuse and injury.
Aii) How the duty of care affects the work of a social care worker
As a social care worker, you have the duty of care to the people that you provide support for. For you to be able to carry out your duty of care, you need to be familiar with the company’s policies and procedures and should be able to follow them to prevent and minimise accidents and near misses therefore safeguarding service users. It is also important to know that you are accountable for your actions therefore you should ensure that your actions are not putting an individual