Hsc025 the Role of Health and Social Care Workeer

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HSC 025 1 HSC 025 1 3 3.1 1.2 3.3 3.4 We all experience a number of different types of relationship throughout our lives. These include: • Family relationships • Friendships • Intimate personal and sexual relationships • Working relationships Working relationships are different to other forms of relationship because the relationship serves a particular, non-personal purpose to do with achieving tasks or coordinating roles in an organisation. Most working relationships are formed between individuals who are not of equal status, and have clear boundaries. A person’s job description, and the line management arrangements that exist in the work setting, often define these boundaries. As a result, one person usually has more power or authority in the relationship that the other. Relationships between students and teachers, between employers and employees, and between colleagues, are examples of working relationships. Effective working relationships tend to be based on good communication, trust respect, mutual support, sharing, shared goals, reliability, cooperation and honesty between the people involved. Employer/employee relationships The employer-employee relationship is an example of a formal relationship. That is, it is based on a set of rules and expectations about how people should relate to each other because of their employment relationship. Employment relationships can affect an individual’s self-image, their social skills and

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