Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify situations requiring intervention
- Assess the situation within its context
- Identify the immediate and long term consequences of the situation remaining
- Gather information from all relevant sources
- Consider and review a range of explanations for the situation
- Identify factors maintaining the current situation
- Clearly identify the major issue of concern
- Identify the frequency of the problem occurring
- Identify the impact of wider context factors
- Identify interaction patterns through observation and investigation
- Decide whether action is required
- Assess the likely intent of the child
- Develop strategies
- Develop strategies with the children whenever possible
- Develop clear goals in relation to children's needs and development
- Design achievable strategies within available resources
- Design strategies that open up possibilities for the children's interaction with others
- Ask workers to contribute ideas towards strategy development
- Support the implementation of strategies by workers