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CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically Student Full Name:…………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………. S tu d e n t A s s e s s m e n t CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically Question 10. Using the scenarios below, ▪ Identify what are the needs/beliefs of the person involved ▪ Analyse the problem (what you see the problem is) ▪ Legal/ethical obligations ▪ Code of ethics/policies to guide your decision ▪ Identify possible solutions Scenario Needs/Beliefs of persons involved Legal/Ethical obligations Analyse the problem Code of ethics/policies to guide your decision Possible solution Jennifer is aged 2 years. Her mum insists she has peanut butter sandwiches for lunch as she doesn’t like hot meals Skylar (parent) asks Samantha (Educator) to babysit her children on the weekend. She will pay her $70 Brendan’s (aged 4) parents are separated with a domestic violence order prohibiting Brendan’s dad John from going to the Centre or his home. You overhear his mum talking to another parent about John coming over last weekend and that he has been coming over as they are trying to work their problems out CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically ©ACCCO 2019 CHCLEG001 Assessment v4.3 August 2019 Page 27 of 35 SECTION THREE: CASE STUDY Read the following case study and answer the questions to follow. Ensure you refer to legislation, ethics, policies and your job description in your answers. You have been working at ACCCO Children’s Service for about a year. In your first week at the service, Matthew and Tamsin started too. You clearly remember their parents Brenda and Simon being heavily involved in their children’s care, both would come to drop off and pick up the children, and both signed the enrolment form. About six months ago, you noticed a difference in the family with Brenda coming separately to Simon for pickup/drop off and both parents started making negative comments about each other. About a month later, Brenda told you that she and Simon had separated, and Simon was moving out on the weekend. Brenda made it clear that they weren’t going to reconcile, and she makes statements about how Simon has been spending all their money gambling and was spending too much time at the pub with his mates. Last month, Brenda arrived with Michael and introduced him as her boyfriend. They both picked up and dropped off the children together from then on and more recently Matthew and Tamsin have been calling (Michael) “Daddy”. Last weekend, Michael officially moved in with Brenda and her children, but Brenda asked you not to tell anyone especially Simon. Meanwhile, Matthew’s behaviour has changed at the service. He has become more and more clingy and has had several emotional outbursts involving aggression. Brenda, and Michael have been buying Matthew and Tamsin expensive toys lately and they bring them to the service to show them off. This has been causing disruption in the service. The family are continually forgetting to bring things for the children – three times in the last week they’ve forgotten to bring in a hat and several times this month they’ve not provided lunch for their children. Other Educators are not aware of this situation but are becoming increasingly concerned with the change in both Tamsin and Matthew. You don’t want to share the information you know as you’ve been asked to keep it to yourself, however you feel you need to talk to others who need to know. Then today, Brenda arrived and asked you to take Simon off the enrolment form and put Michael as the Father. She said to you she doesn’t want Simon to pick them up anymore and not to refer to him as ‘Daddy’ around the children. She also wanted you to treat Michael as the children’s father. Question 1. What is Brenda’s legal rights in this situation? Question 2. What is Simon’s legal rights in this situation? 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Satisfactory □ Not Yet Satisfactory □ Satisfactory □ Not Yet Satisfactory □ Satisfactory □ Not Yet Satisfactory □ Satisfactory □ Not Yet Satisfactory □ CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically CHCLEG001 © ACCCO 2016 CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically v1 2 This is one of the units of competency in the CHC Community Service Training Package which lead to a National Qualification © ACCCO 2016 Written by: Karen Neal Review Committee: Karen Neal, Rebecca Hobson Publication History: March 2016 This publication is copyright to ACCCO, Brisbane Queensland, Australia. With the exception of fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1968, no part may be reproduced without written permission. PLEASE NOTE: This document is to be used solely by the ACCCO student enrolled in this unit. It must not be distributed, copied or used in any other way other than for the individual student to develop their knowledge and skills for their studies without express written permission. Disclaimer: This learning guide has been developed to support learning for CHCLEG001. It should be used in conjunction with other methods of training to meet the needs of the individual student and mode of delivery. Assessments included are suggestions only and the individual RTO should customise these for their own use to ensure all assessments meet audit requirements in the state they are being used. © ACCCO 2016 CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically v1 3 Content Introduction to the Unit 4 Unit outline 6 Chapter 1 Legal responsibilities 8 The role of legislation Current children’s services legislation; NQF, NQS, Law, Regulations, Assessment Industrial Awards Work Health and Safety Family Law Reform Act Duty of Care responsibilities Children’s Rights Child Protection Anti Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Freedom of Information Confidentiality and sharing information Accepting responsibility and accountability within job roles Ongoing learning about legislation Chapter 2 Ethical responsibilities 32 Legal vs Ethical frameworks Code of ethics Rights – United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child Competing values systems Ethical curriculums Ethical issues, dilemmas and conduct Chapter 3 - Workplace responsibilities 49 Policies and procedure Working within position descriptions Managing complaints Focusing on quality improvement References 65 Evaluation 66 © ACCCO 2016 CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically v1