Duty Of Care

Learning Outcome

On completion of this Duty of Care course, learners should know and understand the following:

• Defining your role
• Understand your role and responsibilities
• Health and social care working relationships
• Understand the working relationship in health and social care
• Working together
• Work in ways that have been agreed with your employer and in partnership with others
• Safe practice
• Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice
• Duty of care support
• Understand the support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care
• Complaints
• Deal with comments and complaints
• Incidents, errors and near misses
• Deal with incidents, errors and near misses
• Confrontation
• Deal with confrontation and difficult situations

Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve answered the most common questions our training experts often get asked regarding Duty of Care. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

What is duty of care in health and social care?

Duty of Care in Health and Social Care is a legal obligation to safeguard others while they’re in your care, including promoting their wellbeing and keeping them safe from harm, abuse and injury.

How does duty of care contribute to safeguarding individuals?

Duty of care contributes to safeguarding individuals because it is a healthcare worker’s duty and prime concern to look after their patients and ensure their safety and wellbeing. As a result, the duty of care and safeguarding go hand in hand.

How does duty of care affect a care worker?

Duty of care affects a care worker in many ways because it’s their responsibility to protect the individuals they care for from harm and promote their rights and wellbeing. Carers must ensure they keep the individuals’ interests and wishes at heart. For example, if you don’t have the appropriate resources to provide care due to poor working conditions, then as part of your duty of care, you are required to pass on these concerns to someone such as your manager to resolve this issue.

Delivery Methods

Our online Duty of Care courses in healthcare are available 24/7, anytime, anywhere. Perfect for staff with busy schedules or difficult shift patterns.

• Study when you want 

• Track staff progress 

• Study anywhere you want on any device

Get Certified

Just follow these four simple steps, sit back, relax and let us do the hard work for you and your team.

1.Book A Course Book this Duty of Care course by calling us or sending us a message.

2. Login Once everything has been booked, you will receive login details for you and your staff.

3. Complete Course Complete the Duty of Care training course you purchased in the delivery method you chose.

4. Become Certified Great! Now you’re certified and can download the Duty of Care certificate from the portal.

Great! Now that you’re certified, you can download the Duty of Care certificate from the portal or request a certificate, and we will email it to you in PDF form.