Course Title: Work legally and ethically
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2023
Course Code: HWSS6095C
Course Title: Work legally and ethically
School: 535T Social Care and Health
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4425 - Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work
Course Contact: Chris Walters
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8268
Course Contact Email: chris.walters@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 55
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify and work within the legal and ethical frameworks that apply to an individual job role.
This unit applies to community services and health workers who play a proactive role in identifying and meeting their legal and ethical responsibilities.
This unit is delivered and assessed in a cluster with CHCADV001: Facilitate the interests and rights of clients.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
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CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically |
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1. Identify and respond to legal requirements |
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2. Identify and meet ethical responsibilities |
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3. Contribute to workplace improvements |
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3.1 Identify situations where work practices could be improved to meet legal and ethical responsibilities 3.2 Pro-actively share feedback with colleagues and supervisors 3.3 Identify and take opportunities to contribute to the review and development of policies and protocols |
Learning Outcomes
This course is structured to provide students with the optimum learning experience in order to effectively demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
There will be a range of learning activities to engage students with course material to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in providing services to people within legal and ethical frameworks. The learning activities will be interactive and will include: group work activities, peer learning, discussions, case studies, reflective learning, quizzes and practice learning exercises.
Teaching Schedule
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Learning Resources
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Overview of Assessment
There are three individual assessment tasks consisting of short answer questions, role plays and a portfolio of work.
In order to achieve competency in this unit, you must be marked as satisfactory for each assessment task. Students are allowed two submissions per assessment. Any further resubmissions is at the discretion of the teacher and coordinator.
Assessment tasks include:
Task 1: Online quiz
Task 2: Role plays
Task 3: Simulated Workplace Portfolio
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: This assessment requires students to assess and review policies to ensure they met legal and ethical requirements. Students will be required to assess policies and procedures from a case study and determine their purpose, complete a policy improvement/development document and undertake a self-reflection exercise.
Assessment Task 2: This assessment requires students to complete short answer knowledge questions to consolidate and demonstrate knowledge, understanding and learning from this unit.
Assessment Task 3: This assessment requires students to demonstrate their skills in assisting a client to make a complaint over 3 role plays.
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix is located in Canvas, at the end of each assessment task.
Other Information
Please refer to the RMIT student page for extensive information about study support, assessment, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters: http://www.rmit.edu.au/students
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