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Evidence Guide: CSCOFM203A - Maintain the health, safety and welfare of offenders

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Tips for gathering evidence to demonstrate your skills

The important thing to remember when gathering evidence is that the more evidence the better - that is, the more evidence you gather to demonstrate your skills, the more confident an assessor can be that you have learned the skills not just at one point in time, but are continuing to apply and develop those skills (as opposed to just learning for the test!). Furthermore, one piece of evidence that you collect will not usualy demonstrate all the required criteria for a unit of competency, whereas multiple overlapping pieces of evidence will usually do the trick!

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CSCOFM203A - Maintain the health, safety and welfare of offenders

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Maintain the health of offenders.

  1. Check the special needs of offenders and how they relate to the correctional environment.
  2. Interact with offenders to identify and check on any problems.
  3. Give offenders the information they need to protect their health, and avoid stress and risk to their welfare.
  4. Help offenders to cope with and resolve problems that may affect their health and welfare.
  5. Give accurate and relevant information on health issues.
  6. Report health and safety concerns to authorised people.
  7. Refer offenders to specialists according to policies and guidelines.
Check the special needs of offenders and how they relate to the correctional environment.

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Interact with offenders to identify and check on any problems.

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Give offenders the information they need to protect their health, and avoid stress and risk to their welfare.

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Help offenders to cope with and resolve problems that may affect their health and welfare.

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Give accurate and relevant information on health issues.

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Report health and safety concerns to authorised people.

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Refer offenders to specialists according to policies and guidelines.

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Promote safety.

  1. Assess risks to safety and respond giving priority to the protection of people involved.
  2. Maintain current knowledge and skills in relation to emergency responses.
  3. Assess incidents and respond immediately and effectively according to the nature of the emergency, the condition of the people involved and the degree of urgency.
  4. Respond to requests for support and call for extra support according to emergency procedures.
  5. Record all incidents in the form and detail required.
  6. Provide information about the incident and participate in review of the incident and response.
  7. Ensure that the environment is maintained to prevent and remove hazards.
  8. Organise training in all approved safety measures and promote safe practices in all activities.
  9. Supervise the use of personal protective clothing and footwear for all activities requiring it.
  10. Ensure conduct and contact with offenders minimise intrusion on personal privacy and provocation of aggressive behaviour.
Assess risks to safety and respond giving priority to the protection of people involved.

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Maintain current knowledge and skills in relation to emergency responses.

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Assess incidents and respond immediately and effectively according to the nature of the emergency, the condition of the people involved and the degree of urgency.

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Respond to requests for support and call for extra support according to emergency procedures.

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Record all incidents in the form and detail required.

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Provide information about the incident and participate in review of the incident and response.

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Ensure that the environment is maintained to prevent and remove hazards.

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Organise training in all approved safety measures and promote safe practices in all activities.

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Supervise the use of personal protective clothing and footwear for all activities requiring it.

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Ensure conduct and contact with offenders minimise intrusion on personal privacy and provocation of aggressive behaviour.

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, the range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Evidence for assessment must be gathered over time in a range of contexts to ensure the person can achieve the unit outcome and apply the competency in different situations or environments.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

In addition to integrated demonstration of the elements and their related performance criteria, look for evidence that confirms:

the knowledge requirements of this unit

the skill requirements of this unit

application of employability skills as they relate to this unit.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

This unit contains a wide range of variables to reflect the diverse nature of correctional services. Selection from the range of variables will reflect the specific requirements of the work site and the defined work role.

Valid assessment of this unit requires:

a workplace environment or one that closely resembles normal work practice and replicates the range of conditions likely to be encountered by an individual maintaining the health, safety and welfare of offenders as part of a coordinated team, including coping with difficulties, irregularities and changes to routine

copies of legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines relating to maintaining the health, safety and welfare of offenders

access to appropriate learning and assessment support when required.

Method of assessment

The following assessment methods are suggested:

observation of performance in routine workplace activities within a range of agreed responsibilities and in various work locations

written and/or oral questioning to assess knowledge and understanding

completion of workplace documents and reports produced as part of routine work activities

third-party reports from experienced practitioners

completion of performance feedback from supervisors and colleagues.

Guidance information for assessment

Assessment methods should reflect workplace demands, and any identified special needs of the candidate, including language and literacy implications and cultural factors that may affect responses to the questions.

In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess the underpinning knowledge.

Required Skills and Knowledge

This section describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit.

Required skills:

providing offenders with information about what practice and behaviour is required of them to protect their safety and health

providing specific information to offenders related to identified risks

checking health, safety and hygiene practice of offenders

reporting on concerns about the safety and welfare of offenders

consulting offender information systems

providing information to team members, management and specialist services about risks to offenders and concerns about safety and welfare

managing the routine safety and protection of offenders classified at risk

responding to emergencies

using first aid techniques

advising on personal protective clothing and footwear

reporting risks and incidents.

Required knowledge:

organisation policies, procedures and codes of conduct related to the health and safety of offenders

principles of duty of care and humane treatment defined in organisational policies and procedures

statutory obligations related to health and safety of offenders where defined in organisational policy, procedures and delegations

a limited range of specific support services within the organisation, and general or specific external agencies and their general criteria or guidelines for service specifically related to principal offender needs

principles and requirements of specific examples of offender case management

record keeping and report writing according to organisation procedures, and format relevant to offender welfare

specific human behaviour and development, and conditions relevant to an identified cross-section of offender circumstances.

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the performance criteria is detailed below. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.

Information may include information prepared by the organisation and information prepared by external specialist agencies dealing with the following issues:

drug or alcohol abuse

smoking

nutritional and dietary

exposure to sun

personal hygiene

work and equipment safety

self-harm

sexually transmitted disease

infection and contagion

sexual health and control

stress management

behaviour and attitude management

chronic health conditions, such as asthma and diabetes

early detection and referral of conditions.

Health and safety concerns may relate to:

physical harm

suicide and self-harm

assault, aggression and violence

threats of self-inflicted injury or suicide

threats from dangerous substances

threats from weapons

infection and contagion

aggravation of existing condition

chronic illness

accidents

dangerous equipment

misuse of equipment.

Specialists may include:

social worker and counsellor

medical staff

drug or alcohol service

occupational health and safety officer

program coordinator

case manager

psychiatric services

sport and recreation

catering

maintenance

education officer

emergency unit

first aid officer

supervisor

special training.