Elements and Performance Criteria
- Collect information to plan a session or program
- Identify sources of information required to plan a session or program
- Ensure information is as up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive as available sources allow
- Check conflicting information with relevant sources
- Respect participants' and organisation's rights to confidentiality
- Give consideration to the full range of participant's needs
- Determine the condition of the participant in consultation with relevant support personnel and the participants aims and priorities
- Conduct relevant tests and assessments
- Assess the likely demands of the activity on the participants
- Advise participants of any obvious reasons why they should not participate in a given session or program
- Identify support personnel necessary for the session or program
- Refer participants with special requirements beyond own level of responsibility to a competent person/agency
- Assess the work environment with regards to the workplace context
- Produce a session or program plan
- Develop a plan which includes aims relevant to identified needs and learning
- Ensure the plan includes tasks and activities to achieve the aims and is realistic to the participants and resources available
- Identify and consider external factors which are likely to disrupt or influence the delivery, value and outcome of the session or program when planning the program
- Assess and confirm session and participant-specific risks are within acceptable levels of supervision
- Ensure the plan conforms to legislation, health and safety requirements and accepted good practice, taking into account age and stage of development of participants
- Ensure the plan enables everyone to take part to the best of their ability, according to their needs and avoids discrimination or stereotyping
- Seek agreement on the plan with staff, participants and organisations where relevant
- Resource a session
- Arrange a venue appropriate for the session, the participants and their abilities
- Arrange equipment and resources appropriate for the activity and participants
- Ensure equipment is safely modified and/or conditioned for use by different participant groups
- Check resources for availability and safety
- Arrange financial resources necessary for the session, where relevant
- Ensure arrangements make the best use of available resources and minimise damage to the chosen environment
- Ensure arrangements are sufficiently flexible to allow the activity to be modified to meet particular needs
- Confirm arrangements and resources with the appropriate staff, support personnel, organisations and participants
- Provide advice to participants on physical resource requirements for the session
- Organise and brief support personnel as to the extent and limitations of responsibilities, special needs of participants and expectations regarding attitudes to participants