Understand your Role in Health and Social Care Settings Care Certificate
£4.97
Understand the importance of knowing your boundaries in the Care industry, your responsibilities and what your organisation expects form you and what you should expect form them. Â having clear boundaries will ensure you appreciate your aims and objectives and the purpose of your input in the workplace.
Your role will have a job description. This tells you
what your main duties and responsibilities are and who you report to. Ask your employer for a copy if you do not have it.
You should know what is expected of you but also what is not included in your role.
It will be almost impossible for a job description to list every task you will do but it should largely reflect your role.
The kinds of duties that might be in your job description are:
- Â Providing care and support, working in a person centred way, communicating well, building relationships and promoting equality and diversity
- Â Working as part of a team, being a supportive team member and developing your skills to improve your work
- Â Contributing to activities in a safe way, keeping and filing clear records, keeping toregulations, following the agreed way of working
- Â Respecting confidentiality by not discussing any personal information on individuals or staff with unauthorised people, and storing records securely.
