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.

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

The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills

This unit is most appropriately assessed in the workplace or in a simulated workplace setting under the normal range of workplace conditions

Consistency in performance should consider the range of clients and situations encountered in the workplace

Access and equity considerations:

All workers in community services should be aware of access, equity and human rights issues in relation to their own area of work

All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment

In recognition of particular issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities

Context of and specific resources for assessment:

This unit may be assessed through a range of assessment activities that include workplace tasks

Assessment should reflect the diversity of settings within which leisure and health work takes place and the range of client groups with whom leisure and health professionals work

Resources required include access to relevant workplace or simulated setting

Method of assessment:

In cases where the learner does not have the opportunity to cover all relevant aspects in the work environment, the remainder should be assessed through realistic simulations, projects, previous relevant experience or oral questioning on 'What if?' scenarios

Assessment of this unit of competence will usually include observation of processes and procedures, oral and/or written questioning on Essential knowledge and skills and consideration of required attitudes

Where performance is not directly observed and/or is required to be demonstrated over a 'period of time' and/or in a 'number of locations', any evidence should be authenticated by colleagues, supervisors, clients or other appropriate persons

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

Essential 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

These include knowledge of:

Meaning of terms such as:

sociology, society, social structure, socioeconomic status

culture, gender, trans-cultural

institutions, power

The leisure and health worker's fit in the health system

Australian health system and its impact on different groups, including

older people

Aboriginal Australians

Different individual/group approaches to leisure and how this is influenced by society

Different approaches to leisure through the life span

Different models of disability and the impact on service provision for people with disabilities

The experience of disability

Factors that have had an impact on individual leisure e.g.

legislation governing access for people with disabilities

economic effect of drought

Essential skills:

It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to:

Describe how own work context fits into the Australian health system (e.g. provision of funding, accreditation and registration requirements, private versus public sector etc)

Apply knowledge of ways specific groups in Australia approach leisure and how these approaches are shaped by the society in which they live

Apply knowledge of ways different models of disability impact on provision of services to people with a disability

Analyse the experience of disability and how and why this experience varies for different groups in our society

Identify factors in Australian society over recent years which have impacted on individual leisure involvement in both positive and negative ways, including legislation governing disabled access and economic effects of drought

Apply knowledge of the social context of health and leisure to the development of leisure activity programs

Apply knowledge of the sociological perspective of disability to the development of leisure activity programs

The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. 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.

Sociological concepts may include but are not limited to:

Sociology, society, social structure, socioeconomic status

Culture, gender, trans-cultural

Institutions, power

Social context of health may include but is not limited to:

Australian health system

Commonwealth, state, territory and local government roles and responsibilities

Public and private sectors

Provision of services to specific groups such as:

aged care provision in the community

residential aged care

rural and remote

Aboriginal Australian health care

migrant health

Specific issues related to health care and the workplace such as:

funding

registration

assessment of clients

availability of services

respite care

Impact of different models of care on health and illness such as:

medical model

social model

Current emphasis on health provision as opposed to health improvement

Specific groups may include but are not limited to:

Older people

Aboriginal Australians

Youth

Children

Migrants

Social context of leisure may include but is not limited to:

Work and leisure

Leisure and family

Leisure and the life cycle

Leisure roles and socialisation

Leisure provision for older people

Impact of (micro) culture on leisure e.g. growing up in rural Australia vs urban Australia vs remote community

Impact of life experience on leisure

Individual leisure aspirations and societal constraints

Impacts of sociological factors on people with a disability may include but are not limited to:

Disability as a social construct

Social and medical models

Stigma and prejudice

Provision of services to people with disabilities

Various experiences of disability

Societal factors that impact on people's experience of disability

Impact of political and social policy on people with disabilities and their families

Impact of disability in relation to leisure