Core Essentials

Understanding Duty of Care and Participant Rights


Description
This course will help you understand your responsibilities regarding Duty of Care, Informed Choice, and Dignity of Risk. You will learn why these responsibilities are essential for you, your participants, and your organisation. We will explore what constitutes a breach of Duty of Care and the potential consequences. Finally, you will learn how to support participants in making informed decisions and living meaningful lives while embracing the concept of dignity of risk.

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

1. Define Duty of Care, Informed Choice, and Dignity of Risk

2. Describe your responsibilities related to these obligations

3. Explain what a breach of Duty of Care is and how it may occur

4. Understand how Informed Choice and Dignity of Risk work together

5. Demonstrate how to fulfill your legal obligations
Content
  • Duty of Care, Informed Choice and Dignity of Risk
  • Course Objectives
  • Learning Objective 1: Actions and Inactions
  • Disability Support Professional
  • Reflective Practice 1
  • Minimum standard of care
  • Physiological Harm
  • Physical Harm
  • Participant Safety
  • Known Concern
  • Note
  • Known injury
  • Foreseeable injury
  • Reasonable action
  • Duty of Care Policy and Procedure
  • Reflective Practice 2
  • Learning Objective 2 Complete
  • Learning objective 3
  • What are the consequences?
  • Seriousness of the injury
  • Reflective Practice 3
  • Learning Objective 3 Complete
  • Learning Objective 4
  • Upholding Rights
  • NDIS Practice Standards
  • Independence and informed choice
  • Definition of Dignity of Eisk
  • Dignity of Risk vs Duty of Care
  • Manage Risks
  • Informed Choice
  • Life's Possibilities
  • Legal Obligations
  • Risk Assessment
  • Reflective Practice 4
  • Learning Objective 4 Complete
  • Learning Objective 5: Meet your Legal Obligations
  • Dignity of Choice and Control of their Life
  • Duty of Care and Informed Choice
  • Reaching Personal Goals
  • Support and Encouragement
  • Let's Recap Duty of Care
  • Reflective Practice 5
  • Learning Objective 5 Complete
  • Summary
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: 1 year