Question

Outline the responsibilities of managers in the development and monitoring of policies and procedures, including those related to:

• children in the workplace

• codes of conduct

• codes of practice

• complaint management

• continuing professional education

• discrimination

• dignity of risk

• duty of are

• human rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• relationship between human needs and human rights

• frameworks, approaches and instruments used in the workplace

• informed consent

• mandatory reporting

• practice standards

• practitioner/ client boundaries

• privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

• policy frameworks

• records management

• rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients

• industrial relations legislation and requirements relevant to organisation

• specific requirements in the area of work, including:

• key practices that are prohibited by law

• auditing and inspection regimes

• main consequences of non-compliance

• need to apply for licences and associated mandatory training and certification requirements

• statutory reporting requirements

• business insurances required including public liability and workers compensation

• accreditation requirements

• requirements to develop and implement plans, policies, codes of conduct or incorporate certain workplace practices

• work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations of different people

• work health and safety

(350-400 words in total)