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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Elements define the essential outcomes.
2. Apply narrative therapy approaches to own work
   • Research the narrative worldview, narrative therapy approaches, common terms and key concepts
   • Identify work of people from indigenous and/or colonised cultures using narrative therapy approaches
   • Apply concepts of narrative therapy in own work in supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of clients, and observe cultural protocols where appropriate
3. Use externalising practices
   • internalising practices
   • externalising practices may be used to address a range of social and emotional wellbeing issues
   • Use culturally appropriate and safe communication skills to support clients and/or community to use externalising conversations to identify their social and emotional wellbeing issues

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 with at least three clients and/or community groups to utilise narrative theory and externalised conversations as part of social and emotional wellbeing support by:

researching concepts and terminology relating to narrative therapy and externalised conversations, and their particular application to working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and/or communities

using culturally appropriate and safe communication to apply these concepts to support clients and/or communities to:

engage in a narrative therapy approach

use externalising conversations to identify issues to address.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role.

This includes knowledge of:

being multi-storied – problem and preferred stories

both local and general Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander history, e.g. history of colonisation, assimilation, removal, etc.

externalising practices and conversations

how stories shape us

key concepts and language terms characteristic to narrative therapy approaches

making visible the politics of community life, and the tactics of internalisation

stories coming from a social/political/cultural/historical context

the impact of cultural knowledge on approaches to narrative work

unique contributions of indigenous and colonised people’s work to the development of narrative therapy approaches

what makes a story.

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