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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 discriminationduty of care human rights mandatory reporting practitioner / client boundaries privacy, confidentiality and disclosure, including limited confidentiality rationale and processespolicy frameworks records management rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clientsspecific 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 ordersinterstate orders (ISO)child protection ordersfamily court orderscriminal justice system in terms of its relationship/interactions with users of domestic and family violencework role boundaries – responsibilities and limitationswork health and safetycurrent and emerging domestic and family violence theory and practice social justice theory relating to domestic violencetheories of human and social development and relationship to domestic and family violencetheories around masculinities and dominant cultures and role in domestic and family violenceissues that may be present or are explored in working with users of domestic and family violence, including:user blaming, minimisation and denial of their actionsuser attributions of responsibility for their behaviouruser ideas in relation to provocationlocation of the user's violence as a choice, not psychological limitations, illness, stress, a life crisis or substance abuseuser minimisation and inconsistencies with other accounts about their use of violence and abuse user minimisation of the history, existence, seriousness and frequency of violent actionsuser minimisation of the impact of their violence/abusive behaviourinternal and external motivators for change, and how to work with these, includinginternal:feelings of shame, guilt, remorse, regret, frustration, sadness,manipulative and coercive behaviour for resumption of relationship with partner, and/or childrenpreference for non-violent and respectful relating with othersdesire to break historical patterns in family of origindesire for personal change and developmentexternal:pressures/coercion from statutory authorities (e.g. prison)loss of relationshipcommunity/family/cultural/religious pressures/status (e.g. employment, social standing)how to establish a contract for changeintegrated violence intervention modelssupervision and debriefing models in community servicescollaborative practice in domestic and family violence, including benefits, different models and opportunitiesself knowledge, including own biases and the potential impact on work practices.