Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to understand and work with individuals and groups with complex needs when participating in planning for leisure and health service provision.
This unit applies to workers in a range of community services contexts who provide leisure and health services.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
Elements define the essential outcomes | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Participate in profiling specific client needs | 1.1 Determine specific client issues, characteristics and symptoms 1.2 Identify the impact of any issues, characteristics and symptoms on participation in leisure 1.3 Determine a range of strategies and modifications that will enable the client to maximise their participation in leisure and recreation programs |
2. Promote inclusion and empowerment | 2.1 Follow principles of integration in recreational and leisure activities 2.2 Identify the advantages of integration in recreational and leisure activities 2.3 Identify the disadvantages of segregation in recreational and leisure activities 2.4 Identify mechanisms to empower clients with complex needs through recreational and leisure activities |
3. Contribute to the plan for addressing the impact of client issues, characteristics and symptoms | 3.1 Determine the recreational and leisure needs of clients with complex needs 3.2 Identify the benefits of participation in recreational and leisure activities in relation to meeting identified needs 3.3 Identify barriers to participation in recreational and leisure activities 3.4 Develop strategies for overcoming identified barriers 3.5 Involve stakeholders and significant others in planning to manage barriers to recreational and leisure activities according to client’s needs |
4. Participate in the development of effective strategies for working with clients with complex needs | 4.1 Examine the range of issues facing people with complex needs and the impact these issues have on their lives in relation to leisure and recreation participation 4.2 Demonstrate the use of appropriate language when working with clients with complex needs 4.3 Design strategies that are relevant to cultural and social contexts of the individual and their community 4.4 Adapt activities, programs, the environment and equipment to optimise client involvement in leisure and health programs 4.5 Document strategies for work with clients with complex needs within an individual program plan and activity plan |
Foundation Skills
The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (such as language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills) that are essential to performance. |
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency. |