HLTAHW075
Manage community health projects


Application

This unit describes the required skills and knowledge to meet project management responsibilities within particular community health programs either in relation to a particular task, or within the context of broad management responsibilities.

This unit applies to senior Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers overseeing clinical aspects of the delivery of primary health care services and/or managing the overall delivery of primary health care services and programs to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.

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

1. Plan a community health project

1.1 Consult key community stakeholders to determine community needs in planning the project

1.2 Develop project proposals/submissions in response to community consultation

1.3 Include consultation with key community stakeholders in project planning processes

1.4 Ensure project plans are in line with community, organisation and legislative requirements

2. Prepare action plan

2.1 Ensure project plan identifies required actions and resources

2.2 Document plan and discuss with other workers

2.3 Identify project risks and assess likelihood and impacts

3. Implement and evaluate project

3.1 Follow project plan and review in operation to address identified community needs

3.2 Ensure community is kept informed of progress on the project

3.3 Discuss project outcomes with supervisors and the community

3.4 Reflect on project recommendations with the supervisor and community

3.5 Document project outcomes

3.6 Evaluate project outcomes and document results

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:

planned, implemented and evaluated at least one community health project to support the provision of health services for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals and communities by:

consulting appropriately with community, stakeholders, staff and research team about the purpose, methodology and aims of the research

ensuring confidentiality of community information relevant to the project

performing a project risk assessment

coordinating flow of information with community and research team

facilitating groups for research, discussion and feedback purposes

documenting the progress and outcomes of the project

referring to relevant legislative and organisational requirements as appropriate.


Evidence of Knowledge

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role.

This includes knowledge of:

relevant Commonwealth, state/territory and local government policies

community/sector networks associated with community health

funding guidelines related to community health projects

local Community Health Plans

organisation policies and guidelines.


Assessment Conditions

Skills must be demonstrated working:

in a health service or centre

as a senior member of and/or supervising a primary health care team

with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients.

In addition, simulations and scenarios must be used where the full range of contexts and situations cannot be provided in the workplace or may occur only rarely. These are situations relating to emergency or unplanned procedures where assessment in these circumstances would be unsafe or is impractical.

Simulated assessment environments must simulate the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment.

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

Assessment must be undertaken by a workplace assessor who has expertise in this unit of competency and who is:

an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker

or:

accompanied by an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person who is a recognised member of the community with experience in primary health care


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.