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Assignment:

1. When working in community services and/or healthcare contexts, what are the five stressors you may encounter?
2. In the context of working in community services and/or healthcare, identify five (5) physical indications and manifestations of stress that you may experience.
3. Provide an explanation of complex and challenging client behaviours in the context of working in community services and/or healthcare.
4. What are the five (5) strategies that you can employ to deal with difficult client behaviour? (Note: Regardless of whether or not the behaviours are associated with emotional, aggressive, cognitive deficit/impairment, or non-compliance)
5. What effect could grief and loss have on those who work in community services and/or healthcare?
6. What are the short-term and long-term impacts of being exposed to challenging working environments and stressful incidents?
7. list of two (2) services that can be referred to, both within an organisation and in the wider community.
8. What are the objectives of informal and formal debriefing sessions, both within and outside of the organisation and in the community?
9. What kind of workplace counselling and support is available to employees within the organisation?
10. How do exercise, diet, and nutrition impact physical health?
11. What five (5) strategies should be put in place to help employees maintain a healthy work-life balance?
12. What are complementary and alternative healthcare techniques, and why are they important?

Questions: the case study and answer the following questions:

After caring for a client who has been in her care for the better part of two years, a community care worker/health care worker has formed an emotional bond with her. When the client passes away unexpectedly, the care worker started experiencing grief reactions, depression and mood swings, and anxiety attacks.

1. When working with clients for an extended period of time, it is normal to experience feelings of grief and loss.

2. "Grief-work" is a term used to describe the process of dealing with grief.

3. What three (3) strategies may the caregiver use to help her in coping with her grief and loss?

the case study and answer the following questions:

As a care worker, you've been assigned a client that is extremely abusive and physically threatening to you and the rest of the staff. You've had previous interactions with this client, and it wasn't a pleasant experience for anyone.

1. What are the warning signs of abusive and physically threatening behaviours?

2. In order to protect yourself and others from abusive and physically dangerous behaviours, what are the three (3) best measures to employ?

the case study and answer the following questions:

During a shift in which you are working alone while other care workers are assisting other clients, you notice that one client is yelling in pain because the nurse forgot to give him pain relief medication, and another client requires your assistance with a manual handling task that requires the assistance of another person, and a third client requires your assistance to read an official notice that must be answered.

1. If you were to organise and prioritise your time management tasks according to the scenario described in the case study, how would you carry out the activities?
2. How should you prioritise your tasks when everything is important?
3. In the context of community services and/or health care, identify and explain the name of the technique used for task planning and prioritisation?
4. What are the legal rights that employees have under the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act)?
5. What protections does the Fair Work Act provide to employers?