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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish an appropriate working relationship with clients
   • Routinely use effective strategies to ensure:
2. clients identify their needs and goals
3. individual and cultural differences are addressed
4. areas of resistance/conflict are identified and appropriately resolved
5. appropriate levels of consultation are implemented
6. the experience and life skills of the client are appropriately addressed
7. relevant information is collected
   • Implement processes to reach agreement on meeting procedures, consequences of actions and cooperative relationship
   • Clarify negotiable and non negotiable aspects of intervention
   • Define and maintain boundaries between client and worker, including roles, responsibilities and accountabilities, to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and duty of care responsibilities
   • Implement strategies to ensure all dealings with clients reflect appropriate expression of value systems and consideration of emotional impact of intervention
8. Promote preventative strategies
   • Provide a full range of opportunities for clients to engage in identification of problems and solutions
   • Employ a range of strategies to assist clients to meet specific targets and to gain control over their lives
   • Identify, develop and initiate an appropriate range of opportunities in accordance with organisation policies and procedures and client needs
   • Encourage and monitor client progress and involvement in activities and take appropriate action to maximise individual skill development
9. Provide a specialist service to clients
   • Complete and maintain all appropriate documentation in accordance with organisation and statutory standards and requirements
   • Implement procedures to facilitate information sharing between key stakeholders
   • Ensure all dealings with the client/s reflect:
10. accepted organisation standards of behaviour
11. mutual respect
12. commitment to information sharing and dissemination
13. adherence to agreed plan
14. sensitivity to cultural, family and individual differences
15. ability to work with the client in the context of the family and broader community
16. application of the organisation's philosophy
17. compliance with statutory requirements and duty of care responsibilities

Required Skills

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 Relevant policy procedures and legislation Cultural protocols and systems Statutory requirements Group processes Appropriate social work theories Client worker relationships Range of services programs available

Essential skills It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to Facilitate exploration of issues Establish role definitions Identify and work constructively with conflict and resistance Monitor own positions and reactions Clarify differences in perception Undertake problem exploration within a pro active framework In addition the candidate must be able 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 the ability to Devise and develop tasks to help clients understanding and problem solving efforts Demonstrate application of skills in working with conflict resistance and levels of risk empathy engagement and rapport building effective listening goal clarification communicating interest respect and concern articulating clearly boundaries of own role recognising signs and triggers for dependency constructive use of personal and professional authority and influence to support or confront interpersonal relationship

Evidence Required

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 will be most appropriately assessed in the workplace or in a simulated workplace and under the normal range of workplace conditions
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 andor Torres Strait Islander clients and communities
Context of and specific resources for assessment	This unit can be delivered and assessed independently however holistic assessment practice with other community services units of competency is encouraged Resources required for assessment of this unit include access to an appropriate workplace where assessment can take place or simulation of realistic workplace setting for assessment
Method of assessment	Assessment may include observations questioning or evidence gathered from the workplace

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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. 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.
The contexts of working with clients include:	Contact with a service on a voluntary or involuntary basis Contact with a statutory activity e.g. Notification, first juvenile offence Within an intervention Within a support activity or service
Working relationship will be within requirements established by:	Commonwealth and state legislation International conventions relating to the rights of children and young persons Organisation policy and procedures Relevant program standards Organisation codes of conduct, ethics

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