Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish, monitor and review domestic and family violence screening and risk assessment processes in an organisation.
This unit applies to workers who operate with significant autonomy in therapeutic professional service and leadership 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.
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
Elements define the essential outcomes | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Establish screening and risk assessment procedures | 1.1 Access, interpret and use sources of current research and best-practice models of domestic and family violence practice 1.2 Identify and analyse risk for clients of the service in relation to domestic and family violence 1.3 Analyse work practices that may contribute to risk for clients 1.4 Analyse the impact of client diversity on screening and risk assessment procedures 1.5 Use consultation and collaboration in the analysis and development process 1.6 Determine screening and risk assessment procedures appropriate for the organisation based on analysis with client safety as priority focus 1.7 Determine staff roles appropriate to conduct either screening and/or risk assessment 1.8 Select or develop appropriate screening and/or risk |
2. Develop organisation consistency | 2.1 Develop and document administrative processes and tools that support consistency of application in the organisation and client safety 2.2 Provide information to staff about screening and risk assessment procedures 2.3 Provide information to staff on use of specific screening and risk assessment tools 2.4 Integrate and document systems that support referral for maximisation of client safety |
3. Review screening and risk assessment practices | 3.1 Discuss and collaboratively review decisions in relation to risk assessment 3.2 Seek feedback from internal and external colleagues 3.3 Analyse impacts and outcomes of screening and risk assessment for clients, staff and other stakeholders 3.4 Identify and consider current and emerging practice and research in the process of review 3.5 Adjust and amend work practices as part of a process of ongoing improvement |
Evidence of Performance
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:
used critical thinking, analysis, collaboration and writing skills to develop, document and review domestic and family violence risk assessment processes for at least 1 organisation, that include:
safety as the priority focus
documented analysis of factors affecting process development
procedures and processes that support consistency within the organisation, including assessment tools
processes and strategies for collaborative evaluation and modification.
Evidence of Knowledge
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:
children in the workplace and child-focused 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
policy frameworks
records management
rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients
specific legislative frameworks that apply to domestic and family violence work strategies, including:
child protection
family law
domestic and family violence
work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations
work health and safety
domestic violence and its context, including:
social, historical, political and economic context of domestic violence, including types and nature of domestic violence, power and gender issues, child abuse and associated criminal issues
prevalence of myths, unhelpful beliefs, attitudes and practices in the broader society regarding domestic violence and their effects on individuals’ rights to safety and autonomy
current and emerging domestic and family violence theory and practice
key areas of diversity within client groups, how these may give rise to particular risks and ways to respond in systemic ways:
culture, race, ethnicity
disability
religious or spiritual beliefs
gender, including transgender and intersex
generational
sexual identity
impacts and risk factors associated with:
alcohol and other drugs abuse
mental health issues
problem gambling
trauma
theories, principles and practices of:
risk management
strategic and operational planning and evaluation
work organisation
resource management
referral sources and associated protocols
own values and attitudes and their potential impact on clients.
Assessment Conditions
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:
sources of research and best practice models for domestic and family violence work
organisation policies and procedures
modelling of industry operating conditions, including:
scenarios that involve complex problem solving.
Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
Foundation Skills
The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills) that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.