Reference no: EM133038640

You are a qualified mental health nurse from the United Kingdom and have recently moved to Melbourne to begin your new role as a mental health nursing manager for a not-for-profit organisation. You have been provided with an extensive statement outlining your roles and responsibilities in the job. You have also completed an induction training program. You still feel concerned that the compliance requirements followed in the UK are different from those in Australia. During your first week, you are required to respond to a critical incident where a service user physically harassed and assaulted one of the support workers at the orgaa.

1.Identify a risk that you need to manage in this situation between the service user and support worker

2.b. Briefly explain two (2) possible consequences and / or penalties for yourself, if you do not comply with your legal responsibilities to provide a safe workplace for the support worker who was harmed.

c. Briefly describe how you could assess and act on the need for specialist legal advice relating to the critical incident described in the scenario.