- PUADEFCH002C - Provide ethical and pastoral advice
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PUADEFCH002C
Provide ethical and pastoral advice
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
The application of this unit in the workplace - the environments, complexities and situations involved - will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.
This text will be useful for the purposes of job descriptions, recruitment advice or job analysis; where possible, it will not be too job specific to allow other industries to import it into other Training Packages, where feasible.
This unit covers the competency required to provide ethical and pastoral advice to members of an organisation. It includes the requirement to identify the issues surrounding the provision of ethical and pastoral advice and the review of that advice in order to improve the advice being provided.
This competency is required by all Defence chaplains.
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Prerequisites
Prerequisite Unit/s
Nil
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills.
Evidence Required
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Assessment must confirm the ability to identify the issues, conduct research, analyse and interpret information and to meet denominational or multi-faith requirements in the framing and presenting of ethical and pastoral advice. The chaplain must at all times comply with professional code of practice ethical standards and demonstrate an awareness of access, equity and diversity principles and practices. Consistency in performance Competency should be demonstrated in a range of actual or simulated ethical and pastoral advisory contexts. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Context of assessment Competency should be assessed by observing a chaplain in an advisory role within the workplace or simulated environment. When assessment is conducted in a simulated environment, the simulation should re-create realistic workplace scenarios which may include role plays based on a full range of ethical and pastoral advice, covering all of the critical aspects of evidence. Specific resources for assessment There are no special resource requirements for this unit. |
Guidance information for assessment | Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package. |
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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Required Skills |
meet denominational or multi-faith requirements communication skills include the capacity to: gather information from a variety of sources and using range of media analyse complex personal and organisational issues take part in and facilitate interpersonal exchanges with groups and individuals, selecting language style suitable to audience and context for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and developing relationships, exploring issues and/or problem solving actively listen, summarise and clarify ideas provide positive and empathetic feedback liaison facilitation retain professionalism under duress empathy |
Required Knowledge |
world religions together with associated religious beliefs and practices denominational doctrines, worship and practices specialised information sources research techniques analysis and interpretation processes relevant organisational requirements code of behaviour organisation guidelines and standards for privacy, confidentiality, defamation, duty of care professional codes of practice ethical standards verbal and non-verbal communication techniques including body language, language style, active listening, questioning |
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. | |
Organisation may include | Australian Defence Force Police forces Fire services Emergency services |
Ethical and pastoral advice may be | Provided by a chaplain dealing with ethical, personal, professional, vocational, religious, spiritual, morale, or moral problems or circumstances Provided to members of an organisation as individuals or in their capacity as supervisors/managers Formal or informal, written or verbal |
Research may include | The chaplain seeking assistance from the organisation staff or chaplains of other faiths to analyse and interpret information Research may be limited by time or confidentiality constraints |
Organisational requirements may include | Legislation Policies Procedures Practices Standards Conventions Goals, objectives, plans, systems and processes Access, equity and diversity principles and practices Quality and continuous improvement processes and standards Performance plans Defined resource parameters |
Ethical and moral guidelines should | Comply with professional codes of practice, ethical standards and may include denominational or multi-faith requirements |
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Observation Checklist
Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice | Yes | No | Comments/feedback |
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Circumstances that require the provision of ethical and pastoral advice are observed, received and clarified | |||
Issues are identified and confirmed if necessary through consultation with appropriate personnel | |||
Circumstances are analysed and the issue(s) are interpreted and clearly defined | |||
Research related to the issue(s) is conducted and the findings are analysed and recorded | |||
Manner of pastoral advice to be provided is determined | |||
An affiliation is established with the organisation member(s) | |||
Ethical and pastoral advice is provided within specified time, confidentiality constraints and in accordance with organisational requirements or ethical and moral guidelines | |||
Decisions are made in consultation with appropriate personnel, based on the advice provided | |||
Ethical and pastoral advice is analysed in accordance with standard review procedures | |||
Conclusions on the ethical and pastoral advice are determined following the analysis | |||
Identified deficiencies in ethical and pastoral advice are addressed and corrected |
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