Scenarios legallethical 1 - You are a disability worker and your client has indicated that he wants to go to a dance festival. He has a
health condition and if he gets bumped his bones break easily. He communicates using eye movement. (1
blink means yes, and 2 blinks means no). His family say that he cannot go to the concert because he is
likely to get hurt. You are going to the festival yourself on the weekend, so you arrange with one of the group
homes staff where he lives to pick him up lives and you take him to the festival in your car. The parents are
very angry, and they complain to the supervisor.
Questions
a) What ethical frameworks (code of ethics) might inform workers with regard to the scenario?
b) Identify and explain 1 legal concern that is raised in the scenario.
c) List 3 policies that might inform the workers about their conduct in relation to the scenario.
d) What service standards inform workers in the scenario?
e) What penalties/risks/consequences are likely to result from this scenario?
f) Who would need to be notified (relevant authority) about this legal or ethical incident?
g) What documentation would need to be completed and submitted as a follow up to the incident?