Role boundaries and safety

Review questions

Role boundaries and safety

Non-clinical support begins by understanding the person's actual request, not assigning a diagnosis. This module teaches a worker to explain the role, check setting safety and urgent needs, then distinguish supportive listening, practical information and qualified referral. Specific consent matters: a person may permit sharing a name to request an appointment while withholding their story, or choose paper rather than a message to a shared phone. The worker therefore keeps a minimal record that separates the person's account, observation and unverified service details. A stated imminent danger changes the priority to the approved local response protocol; an unanswered call is not a successful handover. Learners practise these choices through decision cards, call scripts and escalation cases while diagnosis and treatment remain outside the role.

Review questions

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  1. Question 1A visitor says, ‘I want the housing centre number, but I do not want to discuss why I moved.’ The setting is safe and a verified number is available. What is the best first step?
  2. Question 2A worker has a social-service address in an old directory but has not confirmed its hours. Maryam asks to go today. Which decision record preserves the evidence?
  3. Question 3Huda asks only for a service address. She shares her phone and does not want a message. The address and today's hours are confirmed; no urgent danger is known. Which response respects her permission?
  4. Question 4Nader agrees to a joint call to a housing service and to sharing only his name and appointment request. He declines sharing why he left home. What should the worker say on the call?
  5. Question 5A visitor states an imminent danger. The worker calls the first urgent channel but gets no answer. The protocol names a fallback. What action and record are correct now?
  6. Question 6A visitor says she is sad after moving and wants information about a support group. She states no imminent danger, and no site hazard is apparent. Which decision fits the facts?