Graduate Profile Outcomes (GPO’s)
- Apply knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes in a health and well begin setting to provide health and well-being services in an ethical and professional manner.
- Recognise and response to signs of vulnerability and abuse in a health and wellbeing setting.
- Communicate effectively in a culturally appropriate manner to support a person’s health or well-being.
- Provide culturally appropriate person-centred health and well begin support maximise a person’s independence.
- Recognise and respond to signs of functional, behavioural, environmental, or other health or well-being changes in a person, in a home or community setting.
Assessment 1
Learning Outcomes 2 and 3
LO2: Apply knowledge of legislation, regulation, code of rights and understanding of professional ethical behaviour and cultural competency, while providing support in a health and well begin.
LO3: Apply communication strategies to support a person’s cultural needs and health and wellbeing.
Assessment Questions
- Identify 10 Code of Rights and explain any three that are important to you as a support worker.
- What type of professional behaviour is expected of you as support worker, while working in a health and wellbeing setting.
- What ethical responsibilities must you demonstrate while supporting a person. Choose any two.
- How you would resolve ethical disputes and grievances, when supporting a person in a health and wellbeing setting?
- What is Privacy Act 2020 and why it is important for you as a support worker.
- Why is it important for support workers to know Health and Safety Act 2015?
- Define cultural competency and two main features you will follow as a support worker to be culturally competent.
- Describe 4 types of communication that are used to support a person in a health and wellbeing setting.
- Explain communication strategies that you will use to support a person in a culturally appropriate manner.
- How you would communicate with the family /whanau and other health professional team members to improve a person`s health and wellbeing.
- Describe any two disabilities that can impair communication.
- How as a support worker you will use different modes of communication to interact with people with communication disabilities. Give 2 examples