 SCENARIO
You are working as asupport worker in a government-funded aged care organisation. You are working withanother support worker, Alex. He has been assigned in communitycare of aged care clients in a remote area. Since the community isfar from the main office of the organisation, Alex often has tomake out-of-pocket expenditures for activities involved in thecommunity programs. Staff and volunteers are required, as perorganisation’s policies and procedures, to report anyreimbursements for expenses in behalf of the organisation.Reporting these expenses for reimbursements are done via an onlineportal every week. One day, youoverheard Alex speaking with a new support worker about how hemakes extra money from his work. Alex said that he would increasethe values of the expenses incurred in his reports forreimbursements. He said that he has never been questioned becausethey submit digital copies of receipts as part of the reportingprocess. He also told the new volunteer that people he knew wouldassist him with dockets that he would report as his own. He furtherasked the new support worker not to tell anyone about this. |
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Task 2 Write an email to your supervisor andreport about the scenario. In your email, provide the followinginformation:
Guidance: There is no need tosend an actual email. Write your email in the spaces providedbelow. Ensure to maintain privacy and confidentiality when writingyour email. |
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Adam Laurens <adam.l@agedcarepractice.org.au> |
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