Understanding Your Role

What you'll learn

• Describe the main duties and responsibilities associated with your role
• Recall the standards and codes of conduct that apply to work within your role
• Acknowledge the central role that previous experiences, attitudes and beliefs can play in influencing someone's day to day practice
• Discuss your employment rights and responsibilities
• Recall the aims, objectives and values of the service in which you work
• Know how and when to escalate concerns at work, and define what is meant by the use of the term 'whistleblowing'
• Explain the importance of openness and honesty in regard to errors you may make within your practice
• Recall the differences between personal and professional relationships
• Explain why it is important to work in partnership with others
• Describe ways in which you can work in partnership with others within your day to day practice
• List the core principles of conflict resolution, as applied to working in partnership with another person or service and identify sources of additiona