CHCLEG001 Work Legally And Ethically Assessment

Question 1

List six common pieces of legislation you need to understand to work effectively in community services. Include the legislation that protects the safety and welfare of workers and clients in your list.

Question 2

• List 3 pieces of legislation that relate directly to your role, as a worker, in community services.
• What legislation relates directly to your client’s personal information

Question 3a

How can you protect client privacy and confidentiality?

Question 3b

When is it acceptable for personal information about a client to be disclosed?

Question 3c

Describe a situation that could result in a breach of a client’s privacy?

Question 3d

How should this breach be reported and who should it be reported to?

Question 4

List 3 possible ways people can be discriminated against when accessing community services. Ethically, what should you do if you have observed that discrimination in your workplace.

Question 5

List a minimum of two key components of the following workplace policies and procedures.

• Code of conduct
• Complaints
• Professional boundaries
• Duty of care
• EEO
• Industrial relations
• Records management

Question 6

Outline the difference between a legal and ethical issue

Question 7a

List five personal values and attitudes that are beneficial when working in community services.

Question 7b

Why is it essential to ensure non-judgemental practice in the workplace?

Question 8a

You have noticed on a social media platform that a colleague has posted a picture of a client. This is a serious breach of your workplace policy and code of conduct. While deciding what to do about this you check the post again and notice that it has been removed. You confront your colleague about the post and they deny having taken a picture or posting. You have a good working relationship with your colleague and don’t want to create conflict, but you feel you need to inform a supervisor.

Describe the ethical dilemma here?

Question 8b

What are the principles involved in this decision?

Question 8c

What options are there to resolve this dilemma?

Question 8d

What could be the consequences of informing your supervisor? What are the consequences if you do not?

Question 8e

Explain which option you would choose and why?

Question 9

Outline two ways in which employees can contribute to reviewing and improving workplace policies and procedures.

Question 10

When working with children, what international policy underpins all state and federal legislation related to children?

What is a piece of legislation that relates to working with children in your state?

Question 11

Provide a brief description outlining your understanding of the following:

• Professional development and its benefits
• Difference between human needs and human rights
• Informed consent
• Mandatory reporting
• Dignity of risk
• Work Health and Safety Act 2011