List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
Elements define the essential outcomes | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Engage person in a supportive process | 1.1 Analyse existing case information about the user of domestic and family violence as the basis for work 1.2 Establish an appropriate physical space that conveys safety and privacy 1.3 Establish trust and collaboration with the person who has been subjected to family violence, including explanation of the process 1.4 Use engagement and questioning techniques that invite the person to share their perspectives and concerns 1.5 Maintain an ethical relationship with the person with appropriate boundaries 1.6 Attend to the appropriate cultural context for the client |
2. Acknowledge the seriousness of domestic and family violence on individual well being | 2.1 Convey messages that acknowledge the traumatic impact of domestic and family violence 2.2 Listen for the specific safety concerns of the person involved 2.3 Interrupt self-blame using supportive communication techniques 2.4 Recognise how the dynamics of domestic and family violence have impacted the person’s ability to make decisions and plan 2.5 Recognise how the health status of the person has been impacted by domestic and family violence |
3. Prioritise safe interventions | 3.1 Clarify the current situation and circumstances of the person and their dependents 3.2 Clarify the client’s perception of safety 3.3 Manage dynamics of power in worker client relationship using interpersonal skills 3.4 Prepare a safety plan with the client based on identified needs 3.5 Provide accurate and current legal information according to the person’s needs 3.6 Identify the need for, and action referrals according to organisation procedures |
4. Identify and explore presenting problems | 4.1 Encourage the person to describe the presenting problems and explore their understanding of their concerns 4.2 Encourage the person to notice and discuss their concerns in relation to associated behaviours or situations 4.3 Elicit the person’s understandings of attempts to manage their concerns in the past 4.4 Encourage the person to describe actions they have taken to resist, minimise and avoid violence 4.5 Encourage the person to describe relationships of respect and trust they have experienced 4.6 Elicit the person’s understanding of ways to build respectful and trusting relationships |
5. Attend to practical concerns | 5.1 Explore safe accommodation options for the person 5.2 Collaboratively identify and explore the concerns and issues that impact on the person’s situation and life 5.3 Collaboratively explore the person’s support networks and sources of assistance 5.4 Make relevant referrals according to organisation policies and procedures and the person’s specific needs |
6. Promote realistic and achievable actions that support safety | 6.1 Recognise and work with the impact of diversity and cultural obligations on the client's ability to change their circumstances 6.2 Recognise and work with the significance of the client's perception and assessment of safety 6.3 Recognise the client's ability to take appropriate actions in the timing most appropriate for the individual involved 6.4 Support and encourage actions that promote the individual's control of their situation |
The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:
provided effective interventions and developed and documented plans for at least 5 different clients who have been subjected to domestic and family violence
explored the full range of practical considerations, including:
financial issues
legal issues
work related issues
support networks and assistance
matched intervention modalities and techniques to clients needs, goals, and values, using each of the following on at least 1 occasion:
cognitive behaviour therapy
solution-focused
narrative
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systemic.
The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:
legal and ethical considerations for the domestic and family violence work, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice:
codes of conduct
discrimination
duty of care
human rights
mandatory reporting
practitioner/client boundaries
privacy, confidentiality and disclosure, including limited confidentiality rationale and processes
policy frameworks
records management
rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients
specific legislative frameworks that apply to domestic and family violence, including:
family law
child protection
domestic violence
work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations in a therapeutic relationship
work health and safety
individual and systemic therapeutic models and their application, including evidence-based therapies and culturally sensitive approaches
strengths, limitations, and contraindications of specific therapy models, including risks of harm associated with models that incorporate assumptions of family dysfunction, pathogenesis, or cultural deficit
the development of theories of intervention
difference between supportive and interventionist counselling
counselling models, their principles and how they are used, including:
cognitive behaviour therapy
solution focused
narrative
image
systemic
how to distinguish between content and process issues
timing and appropriate termination of counselling
group work models and how they are used
advocacy, community work and community development models
issues affecting family relationships and their impacts and dynamics, including:
domestic and family violence
all abuse types
mental health
disability
post-traumatic stress disorder
socioeconomics
inter- generational issues
dynamics of intimate relationships
complex interpersonal interactions, power in relationships, abuse and conflict
support groups available to people who have lived with family violence
issues the affect different groups in the community
own values, family of origin work.
Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions. The following conditions must be met for this unit:
use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources, including:
client information
modelling of industry operating conditions, including:
scenarios that involve complex interactions and problem solving with other people.
Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.