Reference no: EM133629582
Assignment:
Develop a detailed reference resource that would be suitable to include in the office of a community services and health care or mental health organisation, and that would also be suitable to provide to a new employee to assist with their training in advocacy.
The various legal and ethical considerations that relate to advocacy, and how they are applied in community services and health care or mental health organisations, including but not limited to:
Develop a detailed reference resource that would be suitable to include in the office of a community services organisation, and that would also be suitable to provide to a new employee to assist with their training in advocacy.
Common advocacy issues that relate to:
i. Alcohol and other drugs.
ii. Cultural and linguistic diversity.
iii. Risk of self-harm.
iv. Women.
v. Men.
vi. People under 18 years of age.
vii. Ageing.
viii. Disability.
ix. Chronic illness.
x. Community education.
xi. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
xii. Mental health.
xiii. Lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI).
xiv. Migrants and refugees.