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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Assist offenders to identify their need to change
   • Gather information on offenders' behaviour and drug-taking or drinking history from a range of different sources.
   • Encourage offender to review their behaviour and experiences with drugs or drinking honestly, realistically and critically.
   • Confirm and acknowledge offenders' past attempts to control use.
   • Respond promptly to signs of distress or crisis according to the context and emergency response guidelines.
   • Encourage offender to assess and explore their level of commitment, the effect and benefits of incentives and the options for change that exist.
   • Assist offenders to identify realistic and achievable goals for change.
   • Check strategies for intervention with drug and alcohol behaviour for consistency with the organisation’s policies and objectives.
   • Assist offenders to develop a plan and timetable for action to achieve their goals.
2. Support offenders to meet their goals
   • Identify and provide information and resources required by offenders to assist them meet their goals according to availability and priorities.
   • Encourage and develop opportunities for the offender to develop their own resources.
   • Respond promptly to significant departures from goals and report them.
   • Allocate or provide individual counselling and group support according to offenders' needs, goals and the suitability of available programs.
   • Gather information on offenders' progress from a range of different sources and match it against the goals and action plan.
   • Negotiate changes or adjustments needed with the offender and other interested parties.
   • Acknowledge offenders' progress and respond suitably.
   • Document and report outcomes against goals.
3. Assist offenders to identify their need to change
   • Gather information on offenders' behaviour and drug-taking or drinking history from a range of different sources.
   • Encourage offender to review their behaviour and experiences with drugs or drinking honestly, realistically and critically.
   • Confirm and acknowledge offenders' past attempts to control use.
   • Respond promptly to signs of distress or crisis according to the context and emergency response guidelines.
   • Encourage offender to assess and explore their level of commitment, the effect and benefits of incentives and the options for change that exist.
   • Assist offenders to identify realistic and achievable goals for change.
   • Check strategies for intervention with drug and alcohol behaviour for consistency with the organisation’s policies and objectives.
   • Assist offenders to develop a plan and timetable for action to achieve their goals.
4. Support offenders to meet their goals
   • Identify and provide information and resources required by offenders to assist them meet their goals according to availability and priorities.
   • Encourage and develop opportunities for the offender to develop their own resources.
   • Respond promptly to significant departures from goals and report them.
   • Allocate or provide individual counselling and group support according to offenders' needs, goals and the suitability of available programs.
   • Gather information on offenders' progress from a range of different sources and match it against the goals and action plan.
   • Negotiate changes or adjustments needed with the offender and other interested parties.
   • Acknowledge offenders' progress and respond suitably.
   • Document and report outcomes against goals.