2012 - CSO - Team Leader
 

1. Workskills Survey - Team Leader

 

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1. Please type the name of the Community Service Organisation (CSO) that is your primary employer.

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2. Are you employed as:

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3. Are you employed as:

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4. How do you feel in implementing the Victorian Charter of Human Rights in your day to day work?

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5. How do you feel in your ability to model your organisational values?

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6. How do you feel in implementing the Quality Standards to support a person with a disability achieve their outcomes?

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7. How do you feel in following privacy principles as outlined in the Privacy Act 1988?

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8. How do you feel in assisting a person with a disability to follow your organisation’s complaints procedures?

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9. How do you feel in applying your workplace policies and procedures in your day to day work?

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10. How do you feel in following correct health and safety procedures within your organisation?

Example:
• follow safe work practices
• identify and report unsafe work practices.

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11. How do you feel in following correct manual handling policies and procedures within your organisation?

Example:
• lift correctly
• use hoists and equipment as required
• follow strategies to control manual handling risks
• report any difficulty with manual handling tasks
• ensure action plans are formulated and approved for identified risks
• encourage staff to alternate between tasks
• check work routines are monitored to ensure manual handling asks are shared.

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12. How do you feel in following correct incident reporting processes within your organisation?

Example:
• complete a Disease Injury Near Miss Accident (DINMA) report.

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13. How do you feel in following correct infection prevention and control policies and procedures within your organisation?

Example:
• use appropriate equipment when dealing with body fluids and substance spills
• ensure that cuts and abrasions are treated and covered with waterproof dressing
• cover coughs and sneezes.

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14. How do you feel in following correct fire and emergency evacuation policies and procedures within your organisation?

Example:
• follow your evacuation plan
• be familiar with the fire evacuation panel in the house in which you work.

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15. How do you feel in meeting the diverse cultural and linguistic needs and preferences of people with a disability?

Example:
• meet the preferred culturally specific diet habits of a person with a disability.

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16. How do you feel in applying a person centered practice approach in your workplace?

Example:
• work with a person with a disability to clarify their preferred way of doing things.

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17. How do you feel in assisting a person with a disability around person centred active support?

Example:
• identify opportunities for a person with a disability to engage in day to day activities.

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18. How do you feel in working with people with a disability to participate in community life?

Example:
• find out what kinds of things a person wants to do in the community
• investigate how a person can get out more in their community
• support a person to make connections when they are out in the community.

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19. How do you feel in identifying and supporting the preferred communication style of a person with a disability?

Example:
• assist a person access speech pathology services for assessment
• implement the recommended communication strategies
• include the use of communication tools such as communication diaries and chat books.

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20. How do you feel in following basic food safety practices?

Example:
• wash hands correctly
• store food at the correct temperature.

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21. How do you feel in assisting a person with a disability to meet their nutritional needs through menu planning and meal preparation?

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22. How do you feel in assisting a person with a disability to receive the right medication on the right date at the right time with the right dose via the right route?

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23. How do you feel in documenting correctly the medication records of each person with a disability?

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24. How do you feel in following correctly an oral health care plan for a person with a disability?

Example
• brush teeth correctly
• notice any deterioration of a persons oral health, and proactively consulting a dentist
• support the person to have an annual dental review with a dentist.

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25. How do you feel in assisting a person with a disability to meet their personal care needs?

Example:
• showering
• dressing
• shaving.

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26. How do you feel in working with health professionals to develop and implement a health care plan for a person with a disability?

Example:
• contribute to the planning process on the basis of your day to day observations of a person with a disability

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27. How do you feel in recognising the signs of deteriorating health in a person with a disability?

Example:
• when to call the doctor
• when to call an ambulance
• when to use NURSE-ON-CALL.

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28. How do you feel in following your organisation’s policies and guidelines on personal relationships, sexuality and sexual health in relation to a person with a disability?

Example:
• support a person with a disability to engage in relationships of their choice.

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29. How do you feel in assisting a person with a disability to participate in health promoting behaviours?

Example:
• physical activity
• healthy food choices
• activities that promote mental health and wellbeing
• manage sun exposure

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30. How do you feel in using a computer to access your workplace policies and procedures and other organisational information to guide your work?

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31. How do you feel in maintaining client records and information?

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32. How do you feel in implementing a behaviour support plan?

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33. How do you feel in working effectively with a person who demonstrates behaviours of concern?

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34. How do you feel in recording and reporting information on behaviours of concern using the required documentation?

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35. How do you feel in participating in your organisation's Professional Development and Support process?

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36. Based on the needs of the people that live in the house in which you work, select any further learning requirements:

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37. Please select any further professional development learning that will assist YOU in your role:

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38. List the top three skills you would like to work on in the next twelve months: