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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Elements define the essential outcomes
2. Establish screening and risk assessment procedures
   • Access, interpret and use sources of current research and best-practice models of domestic and family violence practice
   • Identify and analyse risk for clients of the service in relation to domestic and family violence
   • Analyse work practices that may contribute to risk for clients
   • Analyse the impact of client diversity on screening and risk assessment procedures
   • Use consultation and collaboration in the analysis and development process
   • Determine screening and risk assessment procedures appropriate for the organisation based on analysis with client safety as priority focus
   • Determine staff roles appropriate to conduct either screening and/or risk assessment
   • Select or develop appropriate screening and/or riskassessment tools
3. Develop organisation consistency
   • Develop and document administrative processes and tools that support consistency of application in the organisation and client safety
   • Provide information to staff about screening and risk assessment procedures
   • Provide information to staff on use of specific screening and risk assessment tools
   • Integrate and document systems that support referral for maximisation of client safety
4. Review screening and risk assessment practices
   • Discuss and collaboratively review decisions in relation to risk assessment
   • Seek feedback from internal and external colleagues
   • Analyse impacts and outcomes of screening and risk assessment for clients, staff and other stakeholders
   • Identify and consider current and emerging practice and research in the process of review
   • Adjust and amend work practices as part of a process of ongoing improvement

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:

used critical thinking, analysis, collaboration and writing skills to develop, document and review domestic and family violence risk assessment processes for at least 1 organisation, that include:

safety as the priority focus

documented analysis of factors affecting process development

procedures and processes that support consistency within the organisation, including assessment tools

processes and strategies for collaborative evaluation and modification.

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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:

children in the workplace and child-focused 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 work strategies, including:

child protection

family law

domestic and family violence

work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations

work health and safety

domestic violence and its context, including:

social, historical, political and economic context of domestic violence, including types and nature of domestic violence, power and gender issues, child abuse and associated criminal issues

prevalence of myths, unhelpful beliefs, attitudes and practices in the broader society regarding domestic violence and their effects on individuals’ rights to safety and autonomy

current and emerging domestic and family violence theory and practice

key areas of diversity within client groups, how these may give rise to particular risks and ways to respond in systemic ways:

culture, race, ethnicity

disability

religious or spiritual beliefs

gender, including transgender and intersex

generational

sexual identity

impacts and risk factors associated with:

alcohol and other drugs abuse

mental health issues

problem gambling

trauma

theories, principles and practices of:

risk management

strategic and operational planning and evaluation

work organisation

resource management

referral sources and associated protocols

own values and attitudes and their potential impact on clients.

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