Identify 10 Code of Rights and explain any three that are important to you as a  support worker.  What type of professional behaviour is expected of you as support worker, while  working in a health and wellbeing setting.

Graduate Profile Outcomes (GPO’s) 

• Apply knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes in a health and well begin setting to provide health and well-being services in an ethical and professional manner.
• Recognise and response to signs of vulnerability and abuse in a health and wellbeing setting.
• Communicate effectively in a culturally appropriate manner to support a person’s  health or well-being.
• Provide culturally appropriate person-centred health and well begin support maximise a person’s independence.
• Recognise and respond to signs of functional, behavioural, environmental, or other health or well-being changes in a person, in a home or community setting.

Assessment 1 

Learning Outcomes 2 and 3  

LO2: Apply knowledge of legislation, regulation, code of rights and understanding of professional  ethical behaviour and cultural competency, while providing support in a health and well begin. 
LO3: Apply communication strategies to support a person’s cultural needs and health and wellbeing. 

Assessment Questions 

1. Identify 10 Code of Rights and explain any three that are important to you as a  support worker. 
2. What type of professional behaviour is expected of you as support worker, while  working in a health and wellbeing setting. 
3. What ethical responsibilities must you demonstrate while supporting a person.  Choose any two.  
4. How you would resolve ethical disputes and grievances, when supporting a person in a health and wellbeing setting?  
5. What is Privacy Act 2020 and why it is important for you as a support worker. 
6. Why is it important for support workers to know Health and Safety Act 2015?
7. Define cultural competency and two main features you will follow as a support  worker to be culturally competent. 
8. Describe 4 types of communication that are used to support a person in a health and  wellbeing setting. 
9. Explain communication strategies that you will use to support a person in a  culturally appropriate manner.
10. How you would communicate with the family /whanau and other health  professional team members to improve a person`s health and wellbeing.
11. Describe any two disabilities that can impair communication. 
12. How as a support worker you will use different modes of communication to interact  with people with communication disabilities. Give 2 examples