Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

CHCDFV009 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Establish change promoting relationship with users of domestic and family violence

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Issue Date: April 2024


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Unit of Competency CHCDFV009 - Establish change promoting relationship with users of domestic and family violence
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish the user’s willingness to change, confirm the user’s responsibilities and work respectfully with the user to plan and monitor changes. This relationship creates the context for the intervention and is constructed within a framework that promotes user responsibility, accountability, self-agency and direction towards change while maintaining a focus on the safety of others.This unit applies to workers who operate with significant autonomy in therapeutic professional service roles in the community sector. The activity is self-directed.The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand Standards and industry codes of practice.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions. The following conditions must be met for this unit:

use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources, including:

client information

organisation policies and procedures

modelling of industry operating conditions, including:

scenarios that involve complex interactions and problem solving with other people.

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Elements define the essential outcomes
       
Element: Establish willingness to address violent and abusive behaviour
  • Analyse existing case information about the user of domestic and family violence as the basis for work
  • Use questioning to explore how the user understands and locates the responsibility for their violence and abuse
  • Encourage the user of domestic and family violence to recognise the advantages of behaving in ways that are non-violent and non-abusive
  • Explore the user’s aspirations for future relationships to examine how their violence undermines fulfilment of those aspirations
  • Characterise interactions with the user with respect, honesty and a concern for children and partner safety and in accordance with agency/organisation policies and procedures
       
Element: Establish focus on user’s responsibility for change and conditions for intervention
  • Acknowledge and challenge as the focus for change the user’s understanding of the problems their violent and abusive behaviour cause
  • Establish a written contract for the intervention which clearly focuses on the user’s responsibility, the potential for change and the priority of the safety of children and partners
  • Clarify and agree on expectations for mutually respectful behaviours and use of language, including challenging by the worker
       
Element: Use reflective practice to minimise potential for collusion
  • Enact and maintain accountability processes throughout the intervention process
  • Recognise, resist and challenge instances provided by the user for collusion
  • Examine own practices with the user for their potential to replicate dominant behaviours
  • Examine own values and attitudes towards constructions of gender to determine the potential for collusion with the user’s account of their use of violence and abuse
  • Maintain processes that ensure gender accountability between workers
       
Element: Establish respectful and safe practices
  • Establish and maintain practices and strategies that are sensitive to the user’s experiences in relation to membership of a minority culture or experiences of injustice
  • Acknowledge respectfully the user’s experiences of injustice, victimisations, prejudice or discrimination while ensuring that any attribution of causality or responsibility for abusive practices to these experiences is challenged
  • Assist the user to seek and acknowledge evidence of respectful, just and equitable values and practices in their culture
       
Element: Provide opportunities for the user to plan, initiate and monitor changes
  • Encourage the user to make and implement realistic plans to cease all forms of violent and abusive behaviour
  • Provide opportunities for the user to demonstrate their responsible and respectful behaviour
  • Encourage the user to establish and maintain active involvement in ongoing networks of support for responsible and respectful behaviour
       
Element: Establish focus on user’s responsibility for change and conditions for intervention
  • Acknowledge and challenge as the focus for change the user’s understanding of the problems their violent and abusive behaviour cause
  • Establish a written contract for the intervention which clearly focuses on the user’s responsibility, the potential for change and the priority of the safety of children and partners
  • Clarify and agree on expectations for mutually respectful behaviours and use of language, including challenging by the worker
       


Evidence Required

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ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements define the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Establish willingness to address violent and abusive behaviour

1.1 Analyse existing case information about the user of domestic and family violence as the basis for work

1.2 Use questioning to explore how the user understands and locates the responsibility for their violence and abuse

1.3 Encourage the user of domestic and family violence to recognise the advantages of behaving in ways that are non-violent and non-abusive

1.4 Explore the user’s aspirations for future relationships to examine how their violence undermines fulfilment of those aspirations

1.5 Characterise interactions with the user with respect, honesty and a concern for children and partner safety and in accordance with agency/organisation policies and procedures

2. Establish focus on user’s responsibility for change and conditions for intervention

2.1 Acknowledge and challenge as the focus for change the user’s understanding of the problems their violent and abusive behaviour cause

2.2 Establish a written contract for the intervention which clearly focuses on the user’s responsibility, the potential for change and the priority of the safety of children and partners

2.3 Clarify and agree on expectations for mutually respectful behaviours and use of language, including challenging by the worker

3. Use reflective practice to minimise potential for collusion

3.1 Enact and maintain accountability processes throughout the intervention process

3.2 Recognise, resist and challenge instances provided by the user for collusion

3.3 Examine own practices with the user for their potential to replicate dominant behaviours

3.4 Examine own values and attitudes towards constructions of gender to determine the potential for collusion with the user’s account of their use of violence and abuse

3.5 Maintain processes that ensure gender accountability between workers

4. Establish respectful and safe practices

4.1 Establish and maintain practices and strategies that are sensitive to the user’s experiences in relation to membership of a minority culture or experiences of injustice

4.2 Acknowledge respectfully the user’s experiences of injustice, victimisations, prejudice or discrimination while ensuring that any attribution of causality or responsibility for abusive practices to these experiences is challenged

4.3 Assist the user to seek and acknowledge evidence of respectful, just and equitable values and practices in their culture

5. Provide opportunities for the user to plan, initiate and monitor changes

5.1 Encourage the user to make and implement realistic plans to cease all forms of violent and abusive behaviour

5.2 Provide opportunities for the user to demonstrate their responsible and respectful behaviour

5.3 Encourage the user to establish and maintain active involvement in ongoing networks of support for responsible and respectful behaviour

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 intensively to establish relationships with at least 3 different users of domestic and family violence to assist them to change, including:

making a critical assessment of willingness to change

drafting a written contract for each intervention that clearly focuses on the user’s responsibility, the potential for change and the priority of the safety of children and partners

monitoring and critically evaluating changes in the light of information from a variety of sources, including:

the user

user’s family members

colleagues

used the following counselling skills and violence intervention models:

challenging/confrontation

negotiation

undertaken a structured process of reflection to minimise collusion based on work with 3 users of domestic and family violence.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

legal and ethical considerations for domestic and family violence work, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice:

codes of conduct

discrimination

duty of care

human rights

mandatory reporting

practitioner/client boundaries including issues surrounding potential collusion

privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

policy frameworks

records management

rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients

specific legislative frameworks that apply to domestic and family violence

work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations

work health and safety

current and emerging domestic and family violence theory and practice

gender analysis of domestic violence

tactics and politics of abuse

restrictive constructions of masculinity

theories of change

types of user responsible and respectful behaviour, including:

self responsibility

self reliance

self confrontation

separateness/independence from partner

supervision and debriefing models in community services

collaborative practice in working with users of domestic and family violence, including benefits, different models and opportunities

self knowledge, including own biases and the potential impact on work practices.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements define the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Establish willingness to address violent and abusive behaviour

1.1 Analyse existing case information about the user of domestic and family violence as the basis for work

1.2 Use questioning to explore how the user understands and locates the responsibility for their violence and abuse

1.3 Encourage the user of domestic and family violence to recognise the advantages of behaving in ways that are non-violent and non-abusive

1.4 Explore the user’s aspirations for future relationships to examine how their violence undermines fulfilment of those aspirations

1.5 Characterise interactions with the user with respect, honesty and a concern for children and partner safety and in accordance with agency/organisation policies and procedures

2. Establish focus on user’s responsibility for change and conditions for intervention

2.1 Acknowledge and challenge as the focus for change the user’s understanding of the problems their violent and abusive behaviour cause

2.2 Establish a written contract for the intervention which clearly focuses on the user’s responsibility, the potential for change and the priority of the safety of children and partners

2.3 Clarify and agree on expectations for mutually respectful behaviours and use of language, including challenging by the worker

3. Use reflective practice to minimise potential for collusion

3.1 Enact and maintain accountability processes throughout the intervention process

3.2 Recognise, resist and challenge instances provided by the user for collusion

3.3 Examine own practices with the user for their potential to replicate dominant behaviours

3.4 Examine own values and attitudes towards constructions of gender to determine the potential for collusion with the user’s account of their use of violence and abuse

3.5 Maintain processes that ensure gender accountability between workers

4. Establish respectful and safe practices

4.1 Establish and maintain practices and strategies that are sensitive to the user’s experiences in relation to membership of a minority culture or experiences of injustice

4.2 Acknowledge respectfully the user’s experiences of injustice, victimisations, prejudice or discrimination while ensuring that any attribution of causality or responsibility for abusive practices to these experiences is challenged

4.3 Assist the user to seek and acknowledge evidence of respectful, just and equitable values and practices in their culture

5. Provide opportunities for the user to plan, initiate and monitor changes

5.1 Encourage the user to make and implement realistic plans to cease all forms of violent and abusive behaviour

5.2 Provide opportunities for the user to demonstrate their responsible and respectful behaviour

5.3 Encourage the user to establish and maintain active involvement in ongoing networks of support for responsible and respectful behaviour

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
 
Analyse existing case information about the user of domestic and family violence as the basis for work 
Use questioning to explore how the user understands and locates the responsibility for their violence and abuse 
Encourage the user of domestic and family violence to recognise the advantages of behaving in ways that are non-violent and non-abusive 
Explore the user’s aspirations for future relationships to examine how their violence undermines fulfilment of those aspirations 
Characterise interactions with the user with respect, honesty and a concern for children and partner safety and in accordance with agency/organisation policies and procedures 
Acknowledge and challenge as the focus for change the user’s understanding of the problems their violent and abusive behaviour cause 
Establish a written contract for the intervention which clearly focuses on the user’s responsibility, the potential for change and the priority of the safety of children and partners 
Clarify and agree on expectations for mutually respectful behaviours and use of language, including challenging by the worker 
Enact and maintain accountability processes throughout the intervention process 
Recognise, resist and challenge instances provided by the user for collusion 
Examine own practices with the user for their potential to replicate dominant behaviours 
Examine own values and attitudes towards constructions of gender to determine the potential for collusion with the user’s account of their use of violence and abuse 
Maintain processes that ensure gender accountability between workers 
Establish and maintain practices and strategies that are sensitive to the user’s experiences in relation to membership of a minority culture or experiences of injustice 
Acknowledge respectfully the user’s experiences of injustice, victimisations, prejudice or discrimination while ensuring that any attribution of causality or responsibility for abusive practices to these experiences is challenged 
Assist the user to seek and acknowledge evidence of respectful, just and equitable values and practices in their culture 
Encourage the user to make and implement realistic plans to cease all forms of violent and abusive behaviour 
Provide opportunities for the user to demonstrate their responsible and respectful behaviour 
Encourage the user to establish and maintain active involvement in ongoing networks of support for responsible and respectful behaviour 
Acknowledge and challenge as the focus for change the user’s understanding of the problems their violent and abusive behaviour cause 
Establish a written contract for the intervention which clearly focuses on the user’s responsibility, the potential for change and the priority of the safety of children and partners 
Clarify and agree on expectations for mutually respectful behaviours and use of language, including challenging by the worker 

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