You have to build professional relationships with people you support to enable you to deliver the care required to each individual so you can get to know them and find out their likes and dislikes and routines they may have. You must make sure you do not over step the boundaries of the relationship for example visiting them out of working hours or inviting them to your own home. Some people you support may show an interest in your personal life but it is important to keep the answers you reply to their questions minimal, it is fine to share basic information but you must not share significant personal details about yourself. The other relationship of working is building relationships with staff members, team work takes time to work well, not everyone will share the same views on how tasks should be completed, and most teamwork relationships will depend on how well the team is managed. Supportive team working is a good term and can help towards a great team
Your employer should display a copy of this Act on their main premises. The main purpose of the legislation is: • To secure the health, safety and welfare of people at work • To protect others from risks arising from the activities of people at work • To control the use and storage of
Unit 005 – The role of the health and social care worker 1.1 A working relationship is different from a personal relationship in many ways. In a working relationship you need to be professional and formal, follow trusts policies and procedures, have time limits and structure, offer advice in a professional manor using facts you have learnt, change your way of working to different people’s needs, be polite and friendly at all times, and to not breach confidentiality. 1.2 Activity worksheet 2.1 In the workplace it is important to work within your job role as you need to be accountable for your actions and be able to explain why you have made a certain decision. Also, you have a responsibility to carry out duties of care and follow trust policies and procedures. The scope of the job role is laid out in your job description.
A working relationship in health and social care is based upon professional settings followed by rules regulations and procedures. It’s based upon an employer to employee basis… when professional friend-ships can form but under rules and regulations only permitting things personal relationships would allow whereas work relationship would not allow. 2.1 Describe why it is important to adhere to the agreed scope of the job role? It’s important that when working with young adult or vulnerable person the job role is carried out to its criteria to regulations set by the company to protect yourself the person you care for and the company, to encourage the improvement to that person’s life and help achieve new goals and encourage more life goals safely and professionally. 3.1 Explain why it is important to work in partnership with others?
* Take reasonable care not to put other people, including other employers and members of the public at risk by what I do at work * Co-operate with my employer making sure I have the proper training and I understand and follow my organizations health and safety policies. * Not to interfere of misuse anything that has been provided for my health and safety or welfare. * Report injuries, strains or illnesses that are suffered as a result of doing my job. * Tell my employer if something happens that might affect my ability to work, for example becoming pregnant or sustaining
2. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 This act requires organisations to provide information about their services and policies to individuals requesting information through the agreed channels. 3. HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 From the stand point of health and social care, service users have the legal right to have their privacy and family life respected as well as freedom from degrading treatment. 4.
1.3 I follow the codes of practice, regulations, minimum standards and national occupational standards to ensure that my personal attitudes and beliefs so not obstruct my quality of work. Give an example from your work place: In my work place I keep my beliefs and personal attitudes to myself as part of policies and procedures. Standards may include: * Codes of practice * Regulations * Minimum standards * National occupational standards 2.1/2.2/2.3 I attended a training course for “Abuse Indicators”, organised by my employer. The course covered symptoms of different types of abuse, financial, physical, sexual, institutional, etc. It also covered what staff should do if they suspect abuse of a service user, who to report it to, and the procedures to follow.
2.2 Outline what is meant by agreed ways of working. Agreed ways of working are the policies procedures set up by the company who you work for and with national guidelines. The policies are set in place so that are introduced so that companies service users and employees Working together can work together and stick to the limits of their job role. If they don’t it could cause injury to themselves or to others and make
3 What are the responsibilities of the employer in WHS? The employee? EMPLOYER provide a safe and healthy workplace identify any hazards reduce risk support the health and safety committee provide training in workplace safety define and set guidelines of safe practise for each task to be undertaken in the workplace Provide equipment to protect workers as needed (personal protective equipment – PPE). EMPLOYEE work safely take care to consider the safety of others when working report any health and safety concerns to a supervisor or to the health and safety committee assist and support employers to follow health and safety provisions Wear PPE whenever needed. (Safe Work Australia, 2011, np) 4 Define the following terms – a.
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998’ Explain the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer The main Health and safety policies and procedures with my employer are that the employer will carry out risk assessments to make sure there are no health and safety issues in the work place to protect us and to have a duty of care to others, to provide a safe and healthy place to work, to keep temperatures at a safe level to protect staff and residents, to keep equipment safe, make sure the work places are well ventilated, to make sure we have windows that can open and close, and to protect people from falls etc. Analyse the main health and safety responsibilities of self: My main health and safety responsibilities in work would be to follow the training that I have been given, to co-operate on my manager’s health and safety rules and to take reasonable care of your own and other people’s health and safety. The employer or manager: The employer has a responsibility to follow the regulation which is known as the ‘Health and Safety at Work Act 1974’. This is