Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes
- Plan to deliver a daily living skills program based on identified goals
- Obtain information about the daily living skills program from an allied health professional
- Consult allied health professional about the daily living skills program requirements and desired client outcomes
- Use screening and data collection tools to gather information on functional status and performance to feedback to allied health professional in line with role
- Identify program requirements outside scope of role and responsibilities as defined by the organisation and discuss with allied health professional
- Identify and confirm impact of the program’s contribution to the client’s overall care plan
- Determine client availability according to organisation protocols
- Identify cultural and spiritual issues that might have an impact on client’s maintenance of daily living function
- Identify and plan for any risk and safety issues that may impact on the client’s ability to participate in program
- Assist with developing daily living skill and maintenance program based on identified goals
- Assist professional to work with client and carers to identify current skills and abilities and how these can be built upon to participate more meaningfully in the client’s environment(s)
- Assist professional to work with client and carers to identify their needs and priorities in terms of specific skill development and maintenance
- Identify skills that need to be developed that are outside scope of role and responsibilities as defined by the organisation and refer to the allied health professional
- Assist allied health professional to work with the client and carers to develop goals that will enable work at the client’s own pace to acquire and retain skills for daily living
- Support the client and carers to identify methods that will build upon their strengths when developing, and retaining daily living skills
- Deliver daily living skill development and maintenance program
- Gather the equipment and materials to deliver the daily living program, in line with client needs, specifications of the allied health professional and legislative and organisation guidelines
- Check safety and efficiency of any equipment and materials
- Support client to carry out activities in ways that promote safety, involvement and confidence, and adhere to the cultural and spiritual beliefs and preference of the client
- Provide support according to principles and practices of active support, in a manner that is respectful of the client and provides encouragement and motivation to optimise client interest and involvement
- Set up the environment to optimise client interest, participation and involvement
- Identify and respond appropriately to any risk to clients or others and report accordingly
- Provide reinforcement and constructive feedback to client and carers about involvement in activities
- Recognise when client becomes distressed, in pain or communicates their desire to slow down, change activity or stop and follow stepping down procedures outlined in treatment plan or organisational guidelines
- Seek advice if safety issues arise
- Assist with evaluating daily living skill development and maintenance program
- Assist allied health professional to work with client to review progress
- Work with professional and client to determine methods of evaluating the effectiveness of activities and methods
- Under direction of an occupational therapist, adapt the environment and activity to maximise functional independence
- Comply with supervisory requirements
- Seek assistance when client presents with needs or signs outside limits of own authority, skills and/or knowledge
- Report client difficulties to the supervising allied health professional for advice before continuing the program
- Participate in supervision processes with the treating allied health professional in accordance with organisational protocol
- Clean and store equipment and materials
- Document client information