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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Elements define the essential outcomes
2. Evaluate parent/carer needs
   • Review information that identifies current client parenting situation
   • Provide information and use targeted questioning to assist fathers, mothers and carers to explore their current situation and challenges as individuals and as a family
   • Encourage parents/carers to recognise their beliefs, values and perceptions about children, their own roles and the place of children in their lives
   • Identify situations beyond scope of own role and make referrals according to organisation procedures
   • Reflect on information provided and use as a basis for work
3. Facilitate development of team parenting skills
   • Assist parent/s to identify their own strengths and areas for developmentas parents, individually and as a team
   • 2.2 Work with parents to develop strategies and tools to build on their own and each other's strengths
   • Identify and work collaboratively to find solutions to the particular challenges faced by separate and single parents
4. Develop parenting skills in parents of very young children
   • Assist parents to identify relevant areas for development of their parenting confidence and competence by reviewing areas of concern
   • Use and share tools and strategies to assist parents to develop parenting confidence and competence
   • Assist parents to review current skill development and identify further appropriate opportunities for development
   • Identify and use internal and external resources for additional sources of assistance
   • Document advice and support provided according to organisational procedures

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 collaboratively with at least 3 sets of parents/carers presenting with different situations to develop parenting skills, including:

first time parents/carers

carers who are not fathers or mothers

separate/single parents

parents/carers from diverse cultures

worked with parents/carers experiencing challenges arising from at least 3 different types of stress.

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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 working with parents/carers, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice:

codes of conduct

duty of care

mandatory reporting

privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

records management

rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients

work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations

work health and safety

models and theories for working with parents, including infant attachment theory and the impact of good attachment on child development

roles of fathering and mothering, parenting, parenting skills and the important role played by fathers, mothers/carers and parents in the life of their child/children

types of issues and stresses that may affect fathers, mothers, caregivers and families of very young children, and their key indicators including:

addictions

attachment

breast feeding challenges

changes in relationship

cultural or religious considerations

developmental delays

financial stresses and economic factors

housing

levels of natural supports

lifestyle changes

mental health

post-natal depression

relationship changes

relationships between siblings and baby

sleep deprivation

social isolation

value placed on the role of father, mother, caregiver

child development and corresponding needs of babies and very young children including key social, physical, psychological, cognitive and emotional development

general health and well being requirements for babies including general requirements for sleep, nutrition, stimulation and settling

types of tools and strategies that may assist clients develop parenting skills, including:

developing understanding of other perspectives

respecting roles played by others

time management skills

honest, assertive and respectful communication

active listening

importance of compromise

maximising equitable opportunities to meet personal needs

building confidence and competence in parenting skills

recognising the importance of the relationship between the partners and ensuring time to maintain this relationship

sources for referral and ways in which these can be accessed

own experience, biases, values and beliefs and their potential impact on ability to work effectively with various client groups.

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