‘Duty of care’ is a
legal obligation of your role within the organisation you are working for. It means
you have been appointed to carry out your duties in accordance with policies and
procedures and national care standard framework, by safeguarding individuals,
enabling their choices and managing risks.
Duty of care
informs us how to carry out our duties according to all policies and procedures
that serves to individual’s best interest. Having duty of care in our own work
role, helps us to protect individual service user as well as ourselves from harm and
abuse. The organisation also has a duty of care to ensure all legislations are
in practice and care standards are maintained.
