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

CHCDFV011 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Establish and maintain the safety of people who have experienced domestic and family violence

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Issue Date: March 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency CHCDFV011 - Establish and maintain the safety of people who have experienced domestic and family violence
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work with the user of domestic and family violence with a focus on promoting the safety of others. It includes the ability to establish linkages between referring agencies, services providers, and statutory agencies including the criminal justice system to prioritise safety.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

risk assessment tools

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 and maintain the safety of other people as the primary focus
  • Analyse existing case information about the user of domestic and family violence as the basis for work
  • Explain and reinforce during the period of the intervention the key principleswhich place the safety of other people as the primary focus
  • Recognise and share informationrelevant to the safety of other people with agencies and workers throughout the intervention
  • Assess all interventions with the user for their impact on the safety of other people
  • Document and prepare case notes for the user that makes specific reference to issues affecting the safety of others
       
Element: Make a responsibility assessment
  • Explain the rationale for assessment to the user in terms of its contribution to enhancing the safety of other people
  • Evaluate the user’s acceptance of responsibility for their actions
  • Explore issues of blame, minimisation and denial with the user in order to analyse ownership of responsibility for the violence and abuse
  • Identify, encourage and strengthen indicators which demonstrate acceptance of responsibilitywith the user
  • Identify in case notes areas where responsibility has been demonstrated, details of the user’s goals for behaviour change and the agreed processes for change
       
Element: Undertake ongoing risk assessment
  • Assess risk to safety of other people during every contact with the user
  • Engage and explore with the user to whom or what they attribute responsibility for use of violence and abuse
  • Reappraise over the period of the intervention current and previous behaviours and levels of risk as indicators of future risk
  • Record and act upon, in accordance with policy, discrepancies between the user’s account of their potential for violence and abuse and the account of risks to others safety and other workers
  • Assess behaviour for evidence of recognition of responsibility and actions in minimising risk to the other people
       
Element: Develop processes to support limited confidentiality
  • Provide to relevant stakeholders, a clear and comprehensive written explanation of the limits to confidentiality
  • Obtain written acceptance of the parameters and need for limited confidentialityfrom the user
  • Take action in response to risk according to documented protocols relating to safety of others
  • Maintain, over the period of the intervention, processes to respond to threats to the safety of other people
       
Element: Establish processes for involvement of partners and children
  • Monitor work practices to ensure that they are consistent with statutory processes and services that promote safety of all people
  • Make reasonable efforts to contact the partner and children experiencing the domestic and family violence and abuse and offer information and support
  • Offer those that have experienced the violence and abuse opportunities to provide information to inform the intervention
  • Explain to those people who have experienced the violence and abuse that contact does not place them under any obligation
       


Evidence Required

List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements define the essential outcomes

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

1. Establish and maintain the safety of other people as the primary focus

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

1.2 Explain and reinforce during the period of the intervention the key principleswhich place the safety of other people as the primary focus

1.3 Recognise and share informationrelevant to the safety of other people with agencies and workers throughout the intervention

1.4 Assess all interventions with the user for their impact on the safety of other people

1.5 Document and prepare case notes for the user that makes specific reference to issues affecting the safety of others

2. Make a responsibility assessment

2.1 Explain the rationale for assessment to the user in terms of its contribution to enhancing the safety of other people

2.2 Evaluate the user’s acceptance of responsibility for their actions

2.3 Explore issues of blame, minimisation and denial with the user in order to analyse ownership of responsibility for the violence and abuse

2.4 Identify, encourage and strengthen indicators which demonstrate acceptance of responsibilitywith the user

2.5 Identify in case notes areas where responsibility has been demonstrated, details of the user’s goals for behaviour change and the agreed processes for change

3. Undertake ongoing risk assessment

3.1 Assess risk to safety of other people during every contact with the user

3.2 Engage and explore with the user to whom or what they attribute responsibility for use of violence and abuse

3.3 Reappraise over the period of the intervention current and previous behaviours and levels of risk as indicators of future risk

3.4 Record and act upon, in accordance with policy, discrepancies between the user’s account of their potential for violence and abuse and the account of risks to others safety and other workers

3.5 Assess behaviour for evidence of recognition of responsibility and actions in minimising risk to the other people

4. Develop processes to support limited confidentiality

4.1 Provide to relevant stakeholders, a clear and comprehensive written explanation of the limits to confidentiality

4.2 Obtain written acceptance of the parameters and need for limited confidentialityfrom the user

4.3 Take action in response to risk according to documented protocols relating to safety of others

4.4 Maintain, over the period of the intervention, processes to respond to threats to the safety of other people

5. Establish processes for involvement of partners and children

5.1 Monitor work practices to ensure that they are consistent with statutory processes and services that promote safety of all people

5.2 Make reasonable efforts to contact the partner and children experiencing the domestic and family violence and abuse and offer information and support

5.3 Offer those that have experienced the violence and abuse opportunities to provide information to inform the intervention

5.4 Explain to those people who have experienced the violence and abuse that contact does not place them under any obligation

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 with at least 3 different users of domestic and family, including:

establishing and maintaining the safety of other people as the primary focus of the intervention

conducting an assessment of responsibility with the user

conducting and documenting initial and ongoing risk assessment

developing and documenting processes to support limited confidentiality

establishing processes for intervention to be informed by:

partners

children

preparing reports and case notes that reflect the complexity of practices and processes used in work with users of domestic and family violence

collaborated with other services, including the criminal justice system

used the following counselling skills and violence intervention models:

challenging/confrontation.

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 the 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

privacy, confidentiality and disclosure, including limited confidentiality rationale and processes

records management

rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients

specific legislative frameworks that apply to domestic and family violence, including the following types of legal orders:

apprehended violence orders (AVO)

domestic violence orders (DVO)

violence restraint orders (VRO)

probation and parole orders

interstate orders (ISO)

child protection orders

family court order

work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations

work health and safety

current and emerging domestic and family violence research, theory and practice

principles for working with user of domestic and family violence who behave violently and abusively

tactics and dynamics of violence and abuse

principles of good practice in relation to providing integrated services for working with users of domestic and family violence and abuse

domestic and family violence assessment instruments and how they are used

intervention models and practices

gender and power issues/politics of abuse

inter and intra agency protocols and policies (needs more)

collaborative practice in domestic and family violence, including benefits, different models and opportunities

principles of risk assessment in domestic and family violence

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


Submission Requirements

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here

Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

(add new lines for each of the assessment tasks)


Assessment Tasks

Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements define the essential outcomes

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

1. Establish and maintain the safety of other people as the primary focus

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

1.2 Explain and reinforce during the period of the intervention the key principleswhich place the safety of other people as the primary focus

1.3 Recognise and share informationrelevant to the safety of other people with agencies and workers throughout the intervention

1.4 Assess all interventions with the user for their impact on the safety of other people

1.5 Document and prepare case notes for the user that makes specific reference to issues affecting the safety of others

2. Make a responsibility assessment

2.1 Explain the rationale for assessment to the user in terms of its contribution to enhancing the safety of other people

2.2 Evaluate the user’s acceptance of responsibility for their actions

2.3 Explore issues of blame, minimisation and denial with the user in order to analyse ownership of responsibility for the violence and abuse

2.4 Identify, encourage and strengthen indicators which demonstrate acceptance of responsibilitywith the user

2.5 Identify in case notes areas where responsibility has been demonstrated, details of the user’s goals for behaviour change and the agreed processes for change

3. Undertake ongoing risk assessment

3.1 Assess risk to safety of other people during every contact with the user

3.2 Engage and explore with the user to whom or what they attribute responsibility for use of violence and abuse

3.3 Reappraise over the period of the intervention current and previous behaviours and levels of risk as indicators of future risk

3.4 Record and act upon, in accordance with policy, discrepancies between the user’s account of their potential for violence and abuse and the account of risks to others safety and other workers

3.5 Assess behaviour for evidence of recognition of responsibility and actions in minimising risk to the other people

4. Develop processes to support limited confidentiality

4.1 Provide to relevant stakeholders, a clear and comprehensive written explanation of the limits to confidentiality

4.2 Obtain written acceptance of the parameters and need for limited confidentialityfrom the user

4.3 Take action in response to risk according to documented protocols relating to safety of others

4.4 Maintain, over the period of the intervention, processes to respond to threats to the safety of other people

5. Establish processes for involvement of partners and children

5.1 Monitor work practices to ensure that they are consistent with statutory processes and services that promote safety of all people

5.2 Make reasonable efforts to contact the partner and children experiencing the domestic and family violence and abuse and offer information and support

5.3 Offer those that have experienced the violence and abuse opportunities to provide information to inform the intervention

5.4 Explain to those people who have experienced the violence and abuse that contact does not place them under any obligation

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 
Explain and reinforce during the period of the intervention the key principleswhich place the safety of other people as the primary focus 
Recognise and share informationrelevant to the safety of other people with agencies and workers throughout the intervention 
Assess all interventions with the user for their impact on the safety of other people 
Document and prepare case notes for the user that makes specific reference to issues affecting the safety of others 
Explain the rationale for assessment to the user in terms of its contribution to enhancing the safety of other people 
Evaluate the user’s acceptance of responsibility for their actions 
Explore issues of blame, minimisation and denial with the user in order to analyse ownership of responsibility for the violence and abuse 
Identify, encourage and strengthen indicators which demonstrate acceptance of responsibilitywith the user 
Identify in case notes areas where responsibility has been demonstrated, details of the user’s goals for behaviour change and the agreed processes for change 
Assess risk to safety of other people during every contact with the user 
Engage and explore with the user to whom or what they attribute responsibility for use of violence and abuse 
Reappraise over the period of the intervention current and previous behaviours and levels of risk as indicators of future risk 
Record and act upon, in accordance with policy, discrepancies between the user’s account of their potential for violence and abuse and the account of risks to others safety and other workers 
Assess behaviour for evidence of recognition of responsibility and actions in minimising risk to the other people 
Provide to relevant stakeholders, a clear and comprehensive written explanation of the limits to confidentiality 
Obtain written acceptance of the parameters and need for limited confidentialityfrom the user 
Take action in response to risk according to documented protocols relating to safety of others 
Maintain, over the period of the intervention, processes to respond to threats to the safety of other people 
Monitor work practices to ensure that they are consistent with statutory processes and services that promote safety of all people 
Make reasonable efforts to contact the partner and children experiencing the domestic and family violence and abuse and offer information and support 
Offer those that have experienced the violence and abuse opportunities to provide information to inform the intervention 
Explain to those people who have experienced the violence and abuse that contact does not place them under any obligation 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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