Topic 1: Identify and respond to legal requirements
The community trusts and expects service providers to uphold and apply proper standards. As a community worker you have a great deal of responsibility. You must always act in a professional, competent and ethical manner and you need to be familiar with laws, rules, standards and regulations relevant to the community services industry. These protect the rights of both individuals and workers. They also ensure high-quality and safe services are provided.
In this topic you will learn how to:
1A Identify, access and interpret sources of work role legal requirements
1B Identify the scope and nature of own legal responsibilities
1C Adhere to work practice legal requirements, policies and procedures within scope of role
1D Recognise and report potential or actual breaches according to organisation procedures
