policy
Summary: Duty of Care for Students
Description
Duty of care is a legal concept that has its origins in common law. This policy explains what ‘duty of care’ means, how teaching staff may discharge their duty of care to students, and circumstances in which non-teaching staff, external providers and volunteers may owe students a duty of care. 11.11.09 version 1.1 published with addition of procedural information regarding Working With Children Checks policy.
- Application:
- Mandatory
- Effective Date:
- 26 June 2007
- Owner:
- No Owner Set
- Document Type
- Policy
- Theme/s:
- Apprentices and Trainees , Curriculum , Health and Safety , Legal / Accountability , Quality Assurance , Students , Vocational Education and Training
- Audience/s:
- Administrators Apprentices & Trainees Community Educators Industry & Employers Parents & Guardians Registered Training Organisations Staff Students Tafe Staff
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