Laser Lessons - Lesson

Understand support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care

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In this lesson you will learn:

About the dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual’s rights
Where to get additional support and advice about how to resolve such dilemmas

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Laser Reading text: ‘Assessing risk’
‘Conflicts and dilemmas that may arise between duty of care and the rights of children and their families/carers’ from WJEX CBAC

Read this article on the Safenet website which describes the working day of a safenet children and young people’s worker, noting in particular the difficulties of balancing the duty of care with individual rights
Use the internet to research examples of incidents where schools or other childcare settings have been accused of a breach of duty of care.
What possible situations involving a duty of care conflict or dilemma might you encounter at your setting?

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