Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify effects of loss, grief and trauma
- Clarify impact of specific loss, grief and/or trauma at the individual, family and community level
- Take into account historical impact of loss, grief and trauma on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
- Recognise culturally appropriate expressions of loss and grief
- Identify and respect specific approaches and responses of individuals, families and communities to loss, grief and/or trauma
- Provide a healing response to loss, grief and/or trauma
- Determine appropriate healing response to loss, grief and/or trauma in relation to the needs of each situation and the individuals involved
- Provide appropriate support and available resources to assist individuals and families to deal with their loss, grief and/or trauma
- Provide timely referral as appropriate to support ongoing healing in line with the needs of the situation and individuals involved
- Maintain duty of care, confidentiality and cultural protocols
- Maintain individual and community safety and cultural security in response to trauma
- Recognise effects of stress on individuals and communities in relation to experiences of loss, grief and trauma, including transgenerational trauma and grief
- Identify culturally appropriate strategies for responding to stress at the community, family and individual levels
- Monitor own stress level in relation to working in the area of loss, grief and trauma, including transgenerational trauma and grief and use appropriate stress management strategies