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The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria Required Skills and Knowledge the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package

Critical aspects of assessment	The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills This unit is most appropriately assessed in the workplace or in a simulated workplace setting under the normal range of workplace conditions Assessment must demonstrate consistency of application of skills and knowledge described in this unit of competency

Access and equity considerations	All workers in community services should be aware of access equity and human rights issues in relation to their own area of work All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment In recognition of particular issues facing Aboriginal andor Torres Strait Islander communities workers should be aware of cultural historical and current issues impacting on Aboriginal andor Torres Strait Islander people Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues in particular relating to factors impacting on Aboriginal andor Torres Strait Islander clients and communities

Context of and specific resources for assessment	This unit can be assessed independently however holistic assessment practice with other community services units of competency is encouraged Resources required for assessment include access to relevant workplace or simulated realistic workplace setting where assessment may take place

Method of assessment	Assessment may include observation questioning and evidence gathered from a workplace environment

Range Statement



The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.

Cultural respect	This unit of competency supports the recognition, protection and continued advancement of the inherent rights, cultures and traditions of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples It recognises that the improvement of the health and well being status of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people must include attention to physical, spiritual, cultural, emotional and social well being, community capacity, self-determination and governance Its application must be culturally sensitive and supportive of traditional healing and health, knowledge and practices

The history of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people includes:	Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander customs and lifestyle before European colonisation Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander experience of colonisation and invasion Post-colonial legacy of social and economic disadvantage Survival and maintenance of culture, kinship and connection with the land Evolution and scope of the role of the Aboriginal health worker up to the contemporary context

Community control refers to:	Community participation and control in decision-making is essential to all aspects of community services work, and the role of the community services worker is to support the community and/or key decision-makers in this process Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community control is: the guiding principle and model for the delivery of services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people a sector of the Australian community services industry with its own history a practice which underpins Aboriginal community strengthening and survival a statement of self-determination

Agencies and associated community services may include:	Community controlled health services Women's/men's centres Government health services Welfare agencies Emergency services Police Education and training organisations Non-government and private enterprise Community Government Councils Elected community organisations Homeland/outstation service providers Churches

Cultural safety refers to:	Maintaining the traditional and contemporary protection of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities': intellectual property human rights resources ownership of materials Community and self-protection of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander workers

Cultural factors that may produce stress include:	Community and/or own expectations that may involve, for example: extended work hours functions outside health work role unrealistic accountability/responsibility for resolving community problems community and family pressures conflict between work role and community and family responsibilities Multiple accountabilities to employer, family, personal and community Conflict between community and family responsibilities and obligations and work role

Organisation policies and regulatory requirements may include:	Privacy and confidentiality guidelines Treatment manuals Occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines Infection control guidelines

Barriers to access and equity in relation to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander services may include:	Racism, including community and institutionalised racism Discrimination Socioeconomic status Access to essential services and infrastructure Lack of coordination of government at all levels Inadequate resources/funding Lack of community control and ownership Lack of political leverage Language barriers Disease focus of mainstream health care delivery Differences in concept of ill health Geographic access to Primary Health Care and specialist health services Cultural barriers, such as family and kinship barriers Language/literacy

Social, political, economic and environmental factors that impact on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health include:	Health outcomes Stolen generations Colonisation and invasion Land rights and native title Dispossession Acts of government including assimilation policies Racism and discrimination Media Employment Poverty Mortality/morbidity Police-community relations Housing Education Substance misuse Acculturation Political leverage Levels of unintentional injury

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community service, strategies, policies and resources may include:	National, state/territory and regional Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander strategies, policies, joint planning bodies relevant to a range of community services National Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peak Organisation and their state/territory affiliates Resources available nationally, locally and at the state/territory level

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CHCCD420A - Work to empower Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities

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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Evidence Required

Range Statement