Employment and Public Concern
Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Task A
Ai Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/manager within your service. You need to update your staff handbook to reflect current employment law.
1)Identify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this.
Once you have identified a reliable source of information:
a) List three aspects of employment covered by law.
b) List three main features of current employment legislation.
2) Briefly outline why employment law exists.
Task B
1) Describe the terms and conditions of your employment as set out in your contract of employment or employment agreement.
2) Describe the information which needs to be shown on your pay slip/statement.
3) Identify two changes to personal information which you must report to your employer.
4) Describe the procedure to follow if you wanted to raise a grievance at work. You may describe this in writing or produce a flow chart or diagram.
5)Explain the agreed ways of working with your employer in relation to the following areas:
Data protection
Grievance
Conflict management
Anti-discriminatory practice
Health & safety
Confidentiality
Whistleblowing
6) Explain how your role contributes to the overall delivery of the service provided.
7) Explain how you could influence the quality of the service provided by;
a)following best practice within your work role;
b) not carrying out the requirements of your role.
8) Describe how your own work must be influenced by National factors such as Codes of
Practice, National Occupational Standards, Legislation and Government Initiatives.
9 a) Identify two different representative bodies which influence your area of work.
c) Describe the role of the two representative bodies you have identified.
Task C Career Pathway
Create a career pathway plan for yourself, indicating what opportunities are open to
Task A
Ai Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/manager within your service. You need to update your staff handbook to reflect current employment law.
1)Identify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this.
Once you have identified a reliable source of information:
a) List three aspects of employment covered by law.
b) List three main features of current employment legislation.
2) Briefly outline why employment law exists.
Task B
1) Describe the terms and conditions of your employment as set out in your contract of employment or employment agreement.
2) Describe the information which needs to be shown on your pay slip/statement.
3) Identify two changes to personal information which you must report to your employer.
4) Describe the procedure to follow if you wanted to raise a grievance at work. You may describe this in writing or produce a flow chart or diagram.
5)Explain the agreed ways of working with your employer in relation to the following areas:
Data protection
Grievance
Conflict management
Anti-discriminatory practice
Health & safety
Confidentiality
Whistleblowing
6) Explain how your role contributes to the overall delivery of the service provided.
7) Explain how you could influence the quality of the service provided by;
a)following best practice within your work role;
b) not carrying out the requirements of your role.
8) Describe how your own work must be influenced by National factors such as Codes of
Practice, National Occupational Standards, Legislation and Government Initiatives.
9 a) Identify two different representative bodies which influence your area of work.
c) Describe the role of the two representative bodies you have identified.
Task C Career Pathway
Create a career pathway plan for yourself, indicating what opportunities are open to