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Work Collaboratively with Care Network and Other Services QUESTION

   

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WORKCOLLABORATIVELYWITH CARE NETWORKAND OTHER SERVICES

Table of ContentsQUESTION 1...................................................................................................................................1Codes of practice....................................................................................................................1Discrimination........................................................................................................................1Dignity of risk.........................................................................................................................1Duty of care............................................................................................................................2Human rights..........................................................................................................................2Mandatory reporting...............................................................................................................2Practice standards...................................................................................................................3Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure...................................................................................3Policy frameworks..................................................................................................................4Records management..............................................................................................................4Rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and individuals accessing the service.....4Specific mental health legislation and its impact on individual workers...............................5Work role boundaries—responsibilities and limitations........................................................5Work health and safety...........................................................................................................5QUESTION 2...................................................................................................................................6Recovery.................................................................................................................................6Recovery oriented practice.....................................................................................................6Health promotion and prevention...........................................................................................6Holistic approach....................................................................................................................7Empowerment/ disempowerment...........................................................................................7Access and equity...................................................................................................................7Early intervention...................................................................................................................8Rights......................................................................................................................................8Social justice and inclusion....................................................................................................8Citizenship..............................................................................................................................8QUESTION 3...................................................................................................................................9Natural Supports.....................................................................................................................9Peer Support...........................................................................................................................9

Family, Friends and Carers.....................................................................................................9Formal Services....................................................................................................................10QUESTION 4.................................................................................................................................10QUESTION 5.................................................................................................................................11QUESTION 6.................................................................................................................................11QUESTION 7.................................................................................................................................12Local Services......................................................................................................................12State Services........................................................................................................................13QUESTION 8.................................................................................................................................13REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

QUESTION 1Codes of practiceOne prime ethical consideration in context with mental health sector is following thecodes of practice. Under The Mental Health Act, 2014, these codes provide guidance andappropriate pathway within mental health industry, or is tending service users suffering frommental health diseases(Bainbridge and et. al., 2015). The codes involve essentials of goodpractice, how to deal with people with mental health needs as well as best practice included inperforming duties and functions, etc.Furthermore, state-based mental health acts outline severallaws and regulations in context with mental health, which assists the sector to develop a code ofpractice, providing advice on how best to achieve certain standards of practice for delivery ofmental health support. The industry has several independent set of codes, which involves areaslike confidentiality, disclosure, privacy, mandatory reporting and so forth.DiscriminationAnother ethical consideration for mental health work is discrimination. Mental healthcare sector focuses on aspects that appropriate and effective treatment is provided to mentalhealth service users regardless of their attitudes and traits. This means that due to several relevantlegislations, the industry is under obligation to provide a fair and equal treatment to peopleadmitted within their facilities. This is applied within the industry by not refusing essentialservices to a person with depression even if they are a drug user, or practitioners must besupportive towards providing housing or other essential support even if someone lost all theirearnings on alcohol. Whereas, several policies are made under acts like Disability DiscriminationAct, 1992, Racial Discrimination Act, 1975 and so forth, which ensures a strict consequenceagainst discrimination, which even includes heavy penalty as well as ceasing license to practice.There are several human rights against discrimination, moreover, several treaties supported byAustralia. For instance, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Convention AgainstTorture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and Convention onthe Rights of the Child, which supports people with mental health needs against discrimination.Dignity of riskThis refers to right of people with mental health needs to appropriately take their ownchoices in case they face a situation where they have to face certain risk. The notion supported1

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