Elements and Performance Criteria
- Work within the context of different mental health diagnoses
- Apply knowledge of the impact of mental illness on people's lives
- Work within the context of the client's experiences
- Work within the framework of self perception and self-esteem issues of the person with a mental illness or mental health diagnosis
- Respond to the person in a manner that reflects appreciation of their functional skills and social and financial well being
- Recognise importance of employment/occupation/ vocation and potential impact of mental health diagnosis on that aspect of the person's life
- Empathise with sense of loss and associated adjustments experienced by person with mental health diagnosis
- Demonstrate understanding of a range of coping mechanisms used by the person
- Apply an understanding of the impact of social determinants on health
- Identify a range of social barriers that impact on the life of the person with mental health issues
- Identify the effect of and possible strategies to respond to the barriers that impact on the person
- Identify others that can assist with the response to barriers that impact on the person
- Identify strategies to engage support with the response to barriers that impact on the person
- Work with families, carer/s friends and other networks to support people with mental illness
- Work with consideration and understanding of the impact of a client's mental health diagnosis on families, carer/s, friends and other social networks
- Work with awareness of the everyday effects of the interaction of coping mechanisms used by person experiencing mental illness on their family, carer/s and other social networks
- Work with understanding of the roles of consumer workers, carers and associated networks and their potential to positively impact the life of the person with mental health issues