Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to understand how human behaviour across the lifespan development stages, and sociological concepts of health and leisure impact on leisure and health programming and client participation.
This unit applies to workers assisting in leisure and health activity programming in a range of contexts.
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. Identify the lifespan developmental stages of the client | 1.1 Identify relevant aspects of human physical, social and intellectual development according to client’s lifespan development stage 1.2 Identify relationship between the lifespan development stage and the needs, interests and skills of the client 1.3. Identify behaviours of the client consistent with lifespan development stage 1.4 Identify and monitor cognitive processes of the client which may impact on development stages across the lifespan |
2. Identify how the Australian social context of health might impact on client participation | 2.1 Identify key social aspects of health provision in Australia and how they might impact on clients 2.2 Identify how demographic issues impact on client health 2.3 Identify health issues that impact on the provision of health services to clients |
3. Identify how the Australian social context of leisure might impact on client participation | 3.1 Identify the role of leisure, in a range of different contexts, as part of everyday life for clients 3.2 Identify different approaches to leisure at different stages of the life cycle and how this impacts on clients 3.3 Identify clients perceptions and attitudes towards leisure |
4. Identify strategies for participation | 4.1 Implement a range of motivational strategies to maximise participation 4.2 Ensure strategies are age and culturally appropriate and clearly communicated with clients 4.3 Determine if client perceptions of health, wellness, illness and disability are impacting on participation in leisure activity 4.4 Incorporate protective and inclusive practices into leisure service delivery 4.5 Recognise ‘acceptable’ and ‘unacceptable’ behaviour or responses to illness and respond in accordance with organisation guidelines |
Foundation Skills
The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (such as 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. |