Community & Aged Services
Duty of Care
For community care and allied health workers in a disability and aged care setting
Duration: 8 mins 20 secs
Duty of Care is part of our lives. Everyday when we work or play we practise duty of care. Using workplace examples from a community care setting, this video clearly explains the complex concept of duty of care.
This video explores typical dilemmas, such as challenging behaviour, medication and privacy, which workers might face with their clients and offers a simple and effective process to attempt to solve those dilemmas without impinging on the rights of individual clients.
Project developed by Fran Haarsma Productions and funded under the Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL) Program by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
Topics covered:
This video explores typical dilemmas such as:
Challenging behaviour
Medication
Privacy
Rights of the individual
Resource Material for:
Community Services Training Package
CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support
CHC32015 Certificate III in Community Services
For example, use for competencies:
HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct care work
CHCCCS031 Provide individualised support
CHCCCS040 Support independence and wellbeing
CHCCCS038 Facilitate the empowerment of people receiving support
The Duty of Care video can also be used when working with volunteers.