Vocational Placement Host Employer Questionnaire (Pre-Placement)

At TAFESA we are keen for our Certifiacte III Aged Care students to gain first hand experience in residential aged care, not only for the valuable skills and knowledge that they will obtain, but also to foster in them an understanding of the workplace and organisational culture. To assist in adequately preparing our student (s) for their placment at your site we would appreciate it if you could answer the following questions. It should take around 5-10 minutes to complete.
Name: 


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. What is the name of your site and organisation*


  1. What is your position in this organisation*


  1. When was the last aged care accredition undertaken at your site?*


  1. Will you or someone else be providing an orientation to your site on the students first day on placement (or prior to placement if appropriate)*
    Yes
    No


  1. During the students orientation tick below what you will be covering*
    Tour of the facility (including area they will be working, toilets, staff tea room)
    Manual handling procedures
    Infection control procedures
    Additional precautions procedures
    Hazard reporting procedures
    Incident reporting procedures
    Emergency and fire safety procedures
    Location of written policies and procedures
    Workplace Health and Safety policy
    First aid procedures
    Supervision arrangements at the site (who can sign their log book)
    Shift dates and times


  1. How many residents live in your facility?


  1. What type care do the residents require?
    High Care
    Low Care
    Dementia specific care
    Secure care
    Language/culture specific care
    Transitional Care
    Respite Care
    Medical Care
    Mental Health Care


  1. Does your organisation have a written equal opportunity policy?
    Yes
    No


  1. What are the specifc health and safety hazards in your site/organisation to which a student placed with you maybe exposed*


  1. What preventative or control measures do you have in place to manage these hazards?*


  1. At present the staff at TAFESA Adelaide plan to make contact with the student and the site within the first week of the students placement and will visit the student once during placement . Usually late in the first week or early in the second week - unless more visits are deemed necessary (eg. the student is not demonstrating the required skills or there other issues).
    Will this level of support meet the needs of your organisation?
    Yes
    No


  1. If not how else could we support your site while the student is on placement?


  1. The TAFESA Vocational Policy states that the placement coordinator should provide all sites with a Host Employer Information Booklet.
    This would have been provided to you electronically by email.
    Would you prefer to receive this in hard copy?

    Here is the link if you did not receive the Host Employer Booklet by email: http://www.tafesa.edu.au/docs/vpip/hemploy.docx?sfvrsn=2 (copy and paste this into the URL bar)*
    Yes
    No


  1. Would you find it helpful for the student to provide you with an A4 sheet with their photo on it and a little bit of information about the student, that you could put on display for staff and residents?
    Yes
    No


  1. Any other comments you would like to make about vocational placement arrangements with TAFESA Adelaide





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