Task 1 Short Questions Answer the following short questions based on a health or wellbeing setting:

a. What is your understanding of complex needs? In your answer, cover the following points:

• A definition of complex needs.
• How you would adapt the person-centred care you usually provide for a tangata whaiora when they develop more complex needs.

b. What is your understanding of collaboration principles? In your answer, cover the following points:

• An explanation of collaboration principles. • What you think the most important collaboration principle is and why?

c. What is your understanding of a multidisciplinary team? In your answer, cover the following points:

• A definition of a multidisciplinary team (MDT).
• The key members of the MDT that you work with and their roles.
• How the roles interrelate.
• Your responsibilities as part of this team.
• Who you are directly accountable to.
• Your view on how to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team. (word limit 650 words) For

Task 2 you need to choose one of the situations to accurately describe a challenging situation you have faced in the workplace when working collaboratively alongside a person with complex needs. Choose one of the situations to describe. Situation 1 Describe a situation when you cared for a tangata whaiora with complex needs whose family and whānau did not understand why the person was experiencing difficulties, or why certain procedures were being carried out.

Make sure you cover the following:

1. Outline the context and setting, provide background information about the tangata whaiora, their family and whānau and the multidisciplinary team that you worked with.
2. Did this situation cause distress to the family and whānau/tangata whaiora/yourself?
3. How did you deal with the situation?
4. Which collaborative principle did your interactions with the family and whānau come under?
5. Who did you report to or suggest the tangata whaiora, their family and whānau speak to about their care?
6. How would you have worked differently with the tangata whaiora if they were part of a different cultural group (for example, if they were Pākehā). How might you have done things differently if they were Pasifika, Māori or Asian instead? (word limit 600 words)