Question

John works in a residential group home for adults with physical disability. The routine includes a weekly group outing for the residents. All residents must attend, as staffing levels do not provide for staff to remain at the group home to supervise residents who do not participate in the group outing.

Not all residents get their first choice of outing and John tries to make this a bit fairer by allowing residents to take it in turns to choose the outing each week, but residents are not happy with this.

John has discovered that the low levels of staffing in the group home have come about because the manager agreed to share his allocation of staff with another group home which is supervised by his fiancée.

John is aware that this is an ethical issue which impacts on service and practice standards.  

question:

- List two types of laws that relate to the role of a community services worker and provide an example of each.

Answer 1

Answer:-

Community worker can play a key role in assisting their clients to access legal help .Law for community workers is a free education programme for community workers in all fields of community work.

It aims to help---

• Identify legal problems.

• Assist their clients to understand the legal system and legal procedures.

1. In NSW the children and young persons ( care and protection) act 1998 require all community services and health worker to contact their community services if they have concerns for the safety , welfare or well being of a child.

2. Occupational health and safety legislation exists to ensure that workers can operate in a safe environment .Occupational Health and safety legislation also requires organization to make arrangements for workers compensation and obliged them.