Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes.
- Identify social and cultural issues impacting on clients in Australian society
- Identify major social and cultural institutions in Australian society and their societal functions
- Identify ways in which major institutions in Australian society can impact clients as individuals and as part of community and family groups
- Examine and identify possible effects and consequences of conditions and experiences of inequality on clients as individuals and as part of community and family groups
- Identify impacts of long-term unemployment and associated issues on clients as individuals and as family members
- Where relevant, identify factors associated with age in Australian society and their impact on clients as individuals and in family and community settings
- Analyse impacts of social and cultural factors on clients
- Use available information to identify and analyse social and cultural factors impacting on individual clients, groups or communities
- Clarify current health and wellbeing and associated needs for individual clients, groups or communities
- Make informed decisions in relation to specific work to be undertaken and/or services to be provided to client/s
- Monitor impact of social and cultural factors on community work and services provided to clients
- Monitor impact of work undertaken and/or services provided to clients, in line with scope of own work role and organisational policies and procedures
- Review effectiveness of work undertaken and/or services provided to clients, in relation to identified social and cultural factors impacting on clients, groups or communities
- If required, revise aspects of work undertaken and/or services provided to better address social and cultural issues and enhance outcomes for clients, groups or communities