Elements and Performance Criteria
- Follow daily lifestyle routines
- Support people to maintain their routines in accordance with organisation policies and procedures
- Locate and follow staff routines according to organisation policies and procedures
- Provide a safe and predictable environment for people
- Identify opportunities for skill development and/or maintenance within daily routines
- Identify and act upon opportunities to engage people in daily activity
- Identify opportunities for enjoyable experiences within daily routines
- Identify and report changes in person's needs according to organisation policies and procedures
- Make time requests of person appropriately and within person's capabilities
- Consider person's individual needs, strengths and preferences when engaging in daily routines and activities
- Identify problems with engaging clients and seek appropriate assistance
- Provide an environment conducive to positive and adaptive responses
- Use reinforcement appropriate to the individual
- Contribute to the development of a behaviour support plan
- Observe and record the type, frequency and triggers of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Observe and record environmental context of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Observe and record person's emotional well being in the context of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Observe and record person's health status in the context of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Observe and record person's medication in the context of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Participate in the development of an individual response plan by providing accurate records of observations
- Provide support to the person to use positive and adaptive responses
- Follow strategies identified in the individual response plan
- Communicate with positive interactions
- Monitor strategies to determine effectiveness in developing and maintaining positive and adaptive responses
- Monitor strategies to determine reduction of risk of harm to the person and others
- Monitor strategies to determine level of intrusion on person's dignity and self-esteem
- Complete documentation