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

HLTPOP006 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Contribute to working with the community to identify health needs

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Issue Date: March 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency HLTPOP006 - Contribute to working with the community to identify health needs
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work with a particular community in the assessment of their health needs.This unit applies to work in a public health context and workers at this level will work under supervision and within defined guidelines. 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. Where simulation is used, it must reflect real working conditions by modelling industry operating conditions and contingencies, as well as, using suitable facilities, equipment and resources.

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: Assist in conducting a literature review
  • Identify aims of literature review and source relevant organisation reports and key documents with a focus on health needs
  • Consult key stakeholders from the community and other relevant bodies for sources of information relevant to health needs
  • Identify and source information and data at local, State/Territory or regional level that may assist in defining and assessing the health needs of the community
  • Provide feedback to the work team or team leader on sources of information and assist with reviewing literature
       
Element: Participate in a consultation process with the community
  • Contribute to discussions with key stakeholders regarding the health problem, its causes and appropriate interventions and solutions
  • Provide briefing materials throughout the consultation process to identify and clarify issues of interest and concern to stakeholders and own organisation
  • Provide feedback to the team leader or work team on the results of the consultation process
       
Element: Contribute to activities that assist the community to identify their health needs
  • Contribute to activities that assist community to understand the factors contributing to the health issue or problem
  • Collect further information and data when needed for input into the analysis and presentation of results arising from the literature review and consultation processes
  • Collaborate with team and supervisor to recommend activities to stakeholders that would build the ongoing capacity of the community to understand and identify their health needs
       


Evidence Required

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ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements define the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Assist in conducting a literature review

1.1 Identify aims of literature review and source relevant organisation reports and key documents with a focus on health needs

1.2 Consult key stakeholders from the community and other relevant bodies for sources of information relevant to health needs

1.3 Identify and source information and data at local, State/Territory or regional level that may assist in defining and assessing the health needs of the community

1.4 Provide feedback to the work team or team leader on sources of information and assist with reviewing literature

2. Participate in a consultation process with the community

2.1 Contribute to discussions with key stakeholders regarding the health problem, its causes and appropriate interventions and solutions

2.2 Provide briefing materials throughout the consultation process to identify and clarify issues of interest and concern to stakeholders and own organisation

2.3 Provide feedback to the team leader or work team on the results of the consultation process

3. Contribute to activities that assist the community to identify their health needs

3.1 Contribute to activities that assist community to understand the factors contributing to the health issue or problem

3.2 Collect further information and data when needed for input into the analysis and presentation of results arising from the literature review and consultation processes

3.3 Collaborate with team and supervisor to recommend activities to stakeholders that would build the ongoing capacity of the community to understand and identify their health needs

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in the 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:

assisted at least 1 community to identify their health needs, including:

participating in at least 2 consultation processes with a range of stakeholders

assisting in the review of literature from a range of sources

providing at least 2 recommendations to support the ongoing capacity of community to identify health needs.

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

legal, ethical and organisation requirements relating to identifying community health needs, including:

relevant international charters and declarations and documents

national, State/Territory and local health policies, goals, targets and priorities relevant to the community

scope of own role and responsibilities

equity issues in population health

evidence-based practice

quality assurance

social change and advocacy processes

privacy and confidentiality

responsibility to help a community respond to needs they identify which might not necessarily coincide with stated priority health needs

principles of capacity building

community health needs: state, conditions or factors in the community which, if absent, prevent people from achieving the optimum of physical, mental and social wellbeing

types of need:

normative need (based on expert opinion)

expressed need (based on inferences made from observation of use of health services)

comparative need (derived from examining the services provided in a similar population)

felt need (based on what members of the community say they need)

activities that develop an understanding of the factors contributing to the health issue or problem of the community

overview of the stages in population health project planning

theory and practice of population health, including health promotion, and health protection and prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases

consultation and participation principles and techniques, including:

interviews

nominal group process

questionnaires

Delphi Method

focus groups

forums

meetings

conflict resolution, mediation and problem solving techniques

literature review processes and sources of information

difference between and examples of qualitative and quantitative data

communities and types of data relevant to the community, including:

demographic characteristics

patterns of behaviour

lifestyle.


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 specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Assist in conducting a literature review

1.1 Identify aims of literature review and source relevant organisation reports and key documents with a focus on health needs

1.2 Consult key stakeholders from the community and other relevant bodies for sources of information relevant to health needs

1.3 Identify and source information and data at local, State/Territory or regional level that may assist in defining and assessing the health needs of the community

1.4 Provide feedback to the work team or team leader on sources of information and assist with reviewing literature

2. Participate in a consultation process with the community

2.1 Contribute to discussions with key stakeholders regarding the health problem, its causes and appropriate interventions and solutions

2.2 Provide briefing materials throughout the consultation process to identify and clarify issues of interest and concern to stakeholders and own organisation

2.3 Provide feedback to the team leader or work team on the results of the consultation process

3. Contribute to activities that assist the community to identify their health needs

3.1 Contribute to activities that assist community to understand the factors contributing to the health issue or problem

3.2 Collect further information and data when needed for input into the analysis and presentation of results arising from the literature review and consultation processes

3.3 Collaborate with team and supervisor to recommend activities to stakeholders that would build the ongoing capacity of the community to understand and identify their health needs

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
 
Identify aims of literature review and source relevant organisation reports and key documents with a focus on health needs 
Consult key stakeholders from the community and other relevant bodies for sources of information relevant to health needs 
Identify and source information and data at local, State/Territory or regional level that may assist in defining and assessing the health needs of the community 
Provide feedback to the work team or team leader on sources of information and assist with reviewing literature 
Contribute to discussions with key stakeholders regarding the health problem, its causes and appropriate interventions and solutions 
Provide briefing materials throughout the consultation process to identify and clarify issues of interest and concern to stakeholders and own organisation 
Provide feedback to the team leader or work team on the results of the consultation process 
Contribute to activities that assist community to understand the factors contributing to the health issue or problem 
Collect further information and data when needed for input into the analysis and presentation of results arising from the literature review and consultation processes 
Collaborate with team and supervisor to recommend activities to stakeholders that would build the ongoing capacity of the community to understand and identify their health needs 

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