2016
DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2016.1218457
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Learning manual handling without direct supervision or support: a case study of home care workers

Abstract: How home care workers (HCWs) adapt their classroom training to their workplaces is central to their own safety and that of their care recipients. A case study approach was adopted for this inquiry into home care worker training in Australia, where new workers were directly observed and interviewed in their workplaces following classroom training. Findings from the study advance four contributions: (a) learning is person-dependent, (b) artefacts in the form of written materials afford a valuable form of learnin… Show more

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“…However, given the financial restrictions of many Australian home care service providers and the subsequent ad-hoc approach to training (Palesy & Billett, 2017), combined with a HCW workforce which is largely casualised and characterised by high staff turnover (Palesy et al, 2018), imposing HL training on top of what is already offered to HCWs is likely to be challenging. For these reasons, and in keeping with the HCWs' interview responses around curriculum and pedagogies, rather than delivering standalone HL training, some kind of training checklist that embeds HL enhancement strategies, that can be used by service providers when designing and delivering their existing in-house training might be worthy of consideration.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…However, given the financial restrictions of many Australian home care service providers and the subsequent ad-hoc approach to training (Palesy & Billett, 2017), combined with a HCW workforce which is largely casualised and characterised by high staff turnover (Palesy et al, 2018), imposing HL training on top of what is already offered to HCWs is likely to be challenging. For these reasons, and in keeping with the HCWs' interview responses around curriculum and pedagogies, rather than delivering standalone HL training, some kind of training checklist that embeds HL enhancement strategies, that can be used by service providers when designing and delivering their existing in-house training might be worthy of consideration.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, formal qualifications are not mandatory for entry into home care work (ANF, 2009). In Australia, larger providers usually offer systematic training programs, while smaller home care agencies provide much less and/or ad hoc training, often citing financial constraints or a pre-existing skill set of their workers as reasons for this (Palesy & Billett, 2017). Even when offered, formal training programs vary between training providers in terms of course content and delivery, are largely too short, and allow insufficient time in a workplace for sufficient skills development (ASQA, 2013;Lawn et al, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%