Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain health and wellbeing by preventing and managing personal stress.
This unit applies to work in a range of health and community services settings, in particular work roles that operate in high stress situations and circumstances.
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. Develop strategies to manage personal stress | 1.1 Recognise sources of stress in own job role 1.2 Recognise triggers and own response to stress 1.3 Identify strategies to effectively prevent, reduce and manage stress 1.4 Identify internal and external options and resources for additional support 1.5 Develop a personal stress management plan that responds to identified stressors and triggers |
2. Implement stress management strategies | 2.1 Use strategies from personal stress management plan that address personal triggers and stressors 2.2 Organise own workload to minimise stress and inform relevant personnel of any variations and difficulties affecting work requirements 2.3 Identify and adopt strategies to balance work/life priorities |
3. Evaluate stress reducing strategies | 3.1 Monitor and review effectiveness of stress management strategies 3.2 Adjust strategies not meeting the desired outcome and recognise when additional resources and/or support is needed 3.3 Access internal or external options and resources for additional support to meet desired outcomes of the stress management plan |
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. |