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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Elements define the essential outcomes
2. Identify client priorities and interests
   • Evaluate available information to determine nature of client education and support needs
   • Investigate and confirm key issues of concern
   • Determine stage in client decision to seek information or change
   • Review current skills and expectations for skill development
   • Develop strategies to match client educational needs
   • Identify and organise resources required to support strategies
   • Seek additional assistance and expertise as required
3. Communicate with clients about parenting, health and well-being
   • Tailor information, and the way it is presented, to the specific needs of the group and the community
   • Acknowledge and support client strengths
   • Provide information on key knowledge and skill sets that support positive parenting, health and well-being and which aligns with current policy
   • Provide information on factors that can impact on family capacity to function effectively
   • Explore the interrelationships between different behaviours, attitudes and beliefs and their impact on family well-being
   • Encourage clients to share experiences
   • Conduct ongoing assessment of client skills, knowledge and attitudes
4. Support the practice of new behaviours
   • Raise awareness of health and well-being issues with clients not contemplating change
   • Encourage clients to develop active support networks and further development options
   • Promote effective parenting techniques and healthy lifestyle habits
   • Provide clear feedback to clients on progress in skill development
   • Identify and respond to client difficulties in changing behaviours in a supportive way
   • Identify issues that may require referral to professional support and discuss with the client
5. Communicate professional support services to clients
   • Identify possible professional support services available to clients
   • Provide information on referral pathways to professional support services
   • Encourage clients to seek professional support if appropriate
6. Evaluate education support provided
   • Seek feedback from clients regarding services provided
   • Assess the success of support services in meeting objectives
   • Identify potential improvements and integrate into future practice

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:

provided parenting, health and well-being education to at least 2 different clients or client groups, using processes to:

identify specific needs and tailor education to address needs

evaluate program against identified needs of each client or client group.

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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 education in parenting, health and well-being, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice:

children in the workplace codes of conduct

discrimination

duty of care

human rights

mandatory reporting

privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

records management

work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations for those without legal qualifications

work health and safety

factors that affect the capacity of families to function effectively

key stages of child development and needs at different stages

features of a healthy lifestyle, including:

role of nutrition and diet

exercise and physical activity

safety and security

different models of parenting including cultural differences

different models of parents/families

traditional

non-traditional

opposite sex

same sex

impact of positive parenting in regards to formation of healthy lifestyle behaviours of children

support networks available to parent and families.

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