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CHCCCS011 Meet Personal Support Needs

HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client work

1. Scenario: Jan, a community service worker, found a hypodermic needle in the workplace reception area bathroom. She immediately followed workplace policy by making the area safe and disposing of the syringe.

a) Which policy/policies would guide her actions?

b) Give (6) steps she would follow to safely dispose of the needle.

c) Who would she inform about the situation?

2. What groups of people in the community are considered to be high risk in an evacuation of a fire?

3. Scenario: Ally believes that some staff in her workplace are not following the safety guidelines for working in a home-based environment. She thinks there is a risk to the health and safety of clients and workers.

a) Who should Ally discuss her concerns with?

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b) What could she say?

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a) What is manual handling?

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b) Provide three (3) examples of safe manual handling practices you could follow in a workplace.

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5. List six (6) steps must you take prior to commencing any personal care procedure in any context?

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6. Provide (3) examples of how you can ensure your personal safety when providing personal support in an Aged Care facility.

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7. How does a Person Centred approach promote independence of a client?

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8. You are the support worker for Jane, 28 years old, who has limited mobility and requires a hoist when attending to her core needs. When you arrive to Jane's home you notice that the hoist Jane requires to use the bathroom is broken.

a) What is the hazard?

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b) Who do you report it to?

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c) What policy/policies do you need to follow?

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d) What could you do next to assist Jane?

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a) List the three (3) main methods by which infection is transmitted?

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b) Give (3) three examples of how you can minimise the risk of transferring infection from one person to another?

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10. Who is responsible for the WHS right or responsibility listed below. It may be the employer, employee or both?

	Employer/ Employee
Use equipment accordingly	Employee
Provide a safe and health workplace
Provide supervision sufficient to ensure safety
Participate in Training
Report any risks or injuries
Provide adequate facilities for the welfare of the employee
Provide equipment
Facilities for hand washing and meal rooms
Follow safe operating procedures
Ensure anything used at the workplace is safe when used properly

11. Scenario: You are required to carry out the garbage bags every Wednesday evening to the large bin out the back. The garbage bags are becoming very heavy and overflowing making them difficult to move?

a) What physical injuries are you at risk of?

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b) What could you do to make this task easier, and which aligns with workplace policy and procedure?

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c) Who would you report this to?

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12.

a) List three (3) signs of stress?

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b) How do YOU manage YOUR stress?

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c) If you were having trouble managing YOUR stress, who do you report this to?

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13. Look up the meaning of Ablement AND Re-ablement support. How would this apply in your work in Aged care or disability sector?

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14. Provide (3) three examples of how you would consider the cultural needs of the person you are supporting.

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15. For each of the legal and ethical requirements listed below, give one example of how these are applied in an organisation providing care.

Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

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Duty of care

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Work health and safety, including manual handling

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16.

a) List (3) different reports used in your workplace?

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b) Where and how are these reports stored to maintain confidentiality and privacy?

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17. Hierarchy of Risk Control

Complete the following table by putting a number from 1-5 next to the statements below, according to the HIERARCHY OF CONTROL

Order
	Engineering Controls
	Eliminate
	PPE
	Substitution
	Administrative Controls

18. Click on the following link and find 2 rights from 'Charter of Aged Care Rights'^[1], which relate to workplace health and safety or personal care.

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^[1] https://www.agedcarequality.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights#charter%20of%20aged%20care%20rights

Posted Date: Jun 23, 2024 06:01 AM

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