Client programs and government initiatives change all the time

This unit requires that you complete 5 assessment tasks. You are required to complete all tasks to demonstrate competency in these units.

 Croft, H 2013, The Australian Carer 3rd edn, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW.

How to submit your assessments

Your assessor will give you feedback about how well you went in each task, and will write this on the back of the Task Cover Sheet.

Make sure you photocopy your written activities before you submit them – your assessor will put the documents you submit into your student file. These will not be returned to you.

You can make an appeal about an assessment decision by putting it in writing and sending it to us. Refer to your Student Handbook for more information about our appeals process.

Assessment plan

Read through the assessments in this booklet before you fill out and sign the agreement below. Make sure you sign this before you start any of your assessments.

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assessment? If yes, what are they?

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Assessor signature: ____________________________________________________ Date: ________________________

Students: Please fill out this cover sheet clearly and accurately for this task. Make sure you have kept a copy of your work.

None of this work has been completed by any other person.

I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with any other student/s.

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if you can email them the file or if you need to print a hard copy and submit it.

 You will do this task in your own time.

 Write in the due date as advised by your assessor: ___________________________________

 Answer the questions that were incorrect verbally.

QUESTION 3

Provide three examples of how you would protect client or customer information.

QUESTION 4

a)	What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Who uses this?

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b)

c)

Bridgette, a registered nurse, is being harassed by a male senior staff member, Alex. He constantly mocks her because she is overweight. Bridget works with Alex on a daily basis and he constantly make jokes and comments about the quality of her work. He also mocks her when she has to do any physical tasks – saying she will probably have a heart attack because she its so fat. When an opportunity to take on a project comes up Alex tells Bridgette that she should not attempt to apply for it because she wouldn’t be fit enough to do the job.

You must not discriminate against another person or group of people. Discrimination in employment occurs when one person is treated less favourably than someone else is treated, or would be treated, in the same or similar circumstances, because that person has a particular attribute.  Fair Work 2009

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission Australian Human Rights Commission

QUESTION 6

1.

Would you consider Ellen’s choices unlawful? Explain your answer.

Yes, Ellen’s actions are unlawful because her father strongly said he did not want to be moved into a care facility. Ellen has taken the matter into her own hands and has breached her father’s dignity of risk.

possible consequence of a breach of each.

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		Consequence of breach
Work role boundaries
		Breach may lead to injury or illness of worker or client.

QUESTION 9

a)	Describe the relationship between legal and ethical frameworks.

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g) Provide one example of an ethical requirement.

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Hilda will need to adapt her work by finding out new procedures, perhaps training staff, and undergoing her own professional development. Because Job roles, work practices, client programs and government initiatives change all the time. Hilda will need to learn constantly – she may not do any more formal study, but she will need to keep abreast of changes and trends etc for the remainder of her community services working life.

industry, what are two other qualifications that Hilda could study?

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	Student ID: UCAS050484
Unit:  CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically
	Assessor to complete
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Case study 1
Case study 2

I __________________________________________________________ declare that these tasks are my own work.

None of this work has been completed by any other person.

Date:__________________________________________________________________________________________________

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