Law and Human Service Workers

The Task

As a Human Services worker there are many areas of law that you choose to work in. Any area you choose will involve interaction with the law. I have choose aged care social worker

Question 1

Explain why you have chosen the particular area of work? What appeals to you about this area?

Question 2

As a human services worker, working in the area you identified in Question 1, explain the types of work you would do in this area? Give examples of how you might assist a client?

Question 3

As a human services worker no matter what field you work in, you will owe a duty of care to your client. Define a duty of care? What does this mean in practice? How will you know if you are meeting your duty of care?

Question 4

Look at the following diagram that explains how the law and human services work interact.

Direct Service Delivery Human Law service ethos ethos Indirect human services work