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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Elements define the essential outcomes
  2. Establish theaccountability frameworks within which the intervention takes place
  3. Assess motivation for change
  4. Address issues relating to child protection
  5. Assist the user of domestic and family violence to develop awareness of choices
  6. Monitor and evaluate change in the users of family and domestic violence
  7. Critically reflect on own interactions and behaviour within the intervention

Performance Evidence

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:

worked intensively with at least 3 different users of domestic and family violence to assist them to individually acknowledge their responsibility for their violent and abusive behaviour, including:

making a critical assessment of motivation for change

working to develop awareness of choices in the user

monitoring compliance and critically evaluating changes in the light of information from a variety of sources, including:

the user

user’s family members

colleagues in the criminal justice system

preparing reports that reflect the complexity of work with users of domestic and family violence

used the following counselling skills and violence intervention models:

challenging / confrontation

negotiation

undertaken a structured process of evaluation and reflection on interventions based on work with 3 users of domestic and family violence and integration of evidence based practice approaches.


Knowledge Evidence

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 the following types of legal orders:

apprehended violence orders (AVO)

domestic violence orders (DVO)

violence restraint orders (VRO)

probation and parole orders

interstate orders (ISO)

child protection orders

family court orders

criminal justice system in terms of its relationship/interactions with users of domestic and family violence

work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations

work health and safety

current and emerging domestic and family violence theory and practice

social justice theory relating to domestic violence

theories of human and social development and relationship to domestic and family violence

theories around masculinities and dominant cultures and role in domestic and family violence

issues that may be present or are explored in working with users of domestic and family violence, including:

user blaming, minimisation and denial of their actions

user attributions of responsibility for their behaviour

user ideas in relation to provocation

location of the user's violence as a choice, not psychological limitations, illness, stress, a life crisis or substance abuse

user minimisation and inconsistencies with other accounts about their use of violence and abuse

user minimisation of the history, existence, seriousness and frequency of violent actions

user minimisation of the impact of their violence/abusive behaviour

internal and external motivators for change, and how to work with these, including

internal:

feelings of shame, guilt, remorse, regret, frustration, sadness,

manipulative and coercive behaviour for resumption of relationship with partner, and/or children

preference for non-violent and respectful relating with others

desire to break historical patterns in family of origin

desire for personal change and development

external:

pressures/coercion from statutory authorities (e.g. prison)

loss of relationship

community/family/cultural/religious pressures/status (e.g. employment, social standing)

how to establish a contract for change

integrated violence intervention models

supervision and debriefing models in community services

collaborative practice in domestic and family violence, including benefits, different models and opportunities

self knowledge, including own biases and the potential impact on work practices.