MY POLICIES & PRACTICES
CODE OF PRACTICE
The Association of Massage Therapists and Massage and Myotherapy wish to establish massage therapy as a recognised professional healthcare therapy in Australia. I belong to both associations because their values reflect best practice, connection with the community, innovation, governance and a focus on clients. Standards of practice include caring for the health and wellbeing of clients, respecting the privacy of clients and maintaining professional boundaries, and protecting privacy.
Of course, other than the legal and ethical elements of the role, there are also responsibilities which need to be adhered to. This can be referred to as my ‘personal code of ethics’ as usually. This can encompass the duty of client care, the duty to the profession and ensuring my advertising is professional at all times.
SAFETY & WORK ENVIRONMENT
I maintain current certificates in first aid, insurance, working-with-children check and criminal record checks. These are necessary for membership of my professional associations and to maintain my Private Health Provider status. The Certification now acknowledges my business and myself provide a safe environment for both clients, staff and anyone who enters my business.
Consistent and reliable National Best Practices Standard (BPS) and Quality Assurance model audited by Certex International to meet the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand standard(jas-anz.com.au) has ensured the development of our professionalism. Certification with the MMA Standards involves three stages:
1. Application and criminal record check
2. Completion of the Self-Assessment workbook.
3. Inspection of your clinic and confirming of all the information provided in the self-assessment workbook by a trained Certified Site Support Assessor.
COVID 19 SAFETY PLAN
In the clinic, we will maintain 4m square per person & 1.5m social distancing.
In line with current requirements, we have included all the necessary cleaning and infection controls for the prevention of Covid-19 spread. I wear a mask and PPE when I am working now. I also air the room after each client and thoroughly clean all surfaces. Every item used for each client is either washed in hot water or cleaned with alcohol based cleaner. Hand washing and sanitiser gel is used by every person in the clinic and the client’s temperature is taken before they enter the premises. I have completed NSW Workplace Safety COVID 19 Plan.
DAVIS HEALTH CLINIC FORMS & POLICIES
The Clinic forms and Policies ensure that I understand and meet my professional duty of care. Part of this risk management in a business is to develop policies to prevent or minimize uncertain events that could impact its day-to day operations, protect staff members, clients and assets of the business. The Policies also provide a benchmark against which complaints can be assessed and inform criminal or civil investigations. What this essentially means is that massage therapists have something to be held against if things go awry and the power is squarely in the hands of the public when it comes to determining the quality of care.
