Roles, responsibilities, and professional boundaries

This week’s topics

Roles, responsibilities, and professional boundaries

1. Job descriptions and operational duties
2. Statutory requirements
3. Accountability in multidisciplinary teams
4. Limits of own role
5. The Care Certificate Standard 1: Understand Your Role - What you need to know @skillsforcare
6. Rights and responsibilities in the workplace

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Explain the duties and responsibilities of own work role.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the duties and responsibilities of own work role.

Study materials

Videos

• The Care Certificate Standard 1: Understand Your Role - What you need to know @skillsforcare · YouTube · CaringforCare · 18 min · for registered students
• Rights and responsibilities in the workplace · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students
• The Care Certificate Standard 1 Understand your role What you need to know · YouTube · The Care Training Company · 36 min · for registered students
• The 3Ps of professional practice · YouTube · Siobhan Maclean · 11 min · for registered students
• Explain why it is important to work in partnership with others · YouTube · Care Certificate · 3 min · for registered students

Further resources

• The Cavendish Review: healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
• The NHS Constitution for England · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
• Care and support statutory guidance (Care Act 2014, DHSC) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students