what public service look for in a citizen, How issues may affect the public services - page 1
Keywords: Good Citizens army fire police natural disasters
By Gio on 05/03/2008
Level: BTEC National Diploma
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Groups in Society
Working in the public sector, you are bound to come across a wide range of different people, whether you are patrolling the streets or putting out a fire this will occur. Here are a small number of the groups that the public services will come across at some stage in their career.
Homeless
Ethnic Minorities
Elderly People
Community Groups
Volunteers
Drug Users
Male/Female
Gay/Lesbian/Straight orientation
Students
Drunk
People with illnesses
When working in the public services or in any other jobs you will have to deal with them all the same no matter what they look like or what they act like, this shows good citizenship.
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Good Citizens
A good citizen is someone who has 'empathy' for other people.
A good citizen cares and shares.
A good citizen respects people.
A good citizen judges people on their behaviour not on their colour or appearance.
Qualities of a Good Citizen
Patience
Ability to work as a member of a team
Law Abiding
Self Motivation
Able to make decisions/showing imitative
Leadership – Motivation of others
Commitment
Respectful
Communication/Interpersonal Skills
Taking Responsibilities
Approachable/Friendly
Sense of humour
Trustworthy
Loyalty
What the army looks for in a citizen
Loyal
Trustworthy
Law Abiding
Able to work individually and as a team
Honest
Why are these important to the Army, the list above is important to the army because: In the army you have to be trusted especially when at war and dealing with peoples lives as this could lead to serious consequences, In Iraq at the moment the army are setting examples to the citizens there if the army were seen to break the law then the Iraqis would think we can do that as well, so it is important to have law abiding soldiers. In the army it’s all about teamwork which is showing good citizenship skills whether in training at home or in War Teamwork is displayed.
What the Fire Service looks for in a citizen
Reliability
Flexibility
Teamwork
Law Abiding
Why these are important to the Fire Service, the list above is important to the fire service because: you have to be reliable to turn up to your shift on time otherwise you may let down your watch and this would not be displaying good citizenship towards the fire service. You have to be flexible in case the station was short staffed or there was a major incident, you could be called on at any moment and you would have to turn up. Teamwork is essential to the fire service and is a great feature of
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