Modification History
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Unit Descriptor
This unit describes the knowledge and skills required by consumers and carers in the mental health peer workforce to use and apply their lived experience in a purposeful way
Application of the Unit
This unit applies to consumer and carer where criteria of employment includes lived experience and are working with consumers/carers who are affected by mental illness across a range of mental health services
Licensing/Regulatory Information
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Pre-Requisites
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Employability Skills Information
This unit contains Employability Skills
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
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Elements and Performance Criteria
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Elements define the essential outcomes of a unit of competency. |
The Performance Criteria specify the level of performance required to demonstrate achievement of the Element. Terms in italics are elaborated in the Range Statement. |
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1.1 Confirm organisation’s expectations of the use of lived experience in the course of peer work 1.2 Apply organisational policy and guidelines in relation to using lived experience in peer work, especially in relation to safe disclosure and public disclosure 1.3 Determine the extent and the types of stories to be shared from own lived experience |
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2.1 Establish appropriate personal boundaries and guidelines 2.2 Apply varied levels of sharing in relation to lived experience 2.3 Evaluate and select options in framing stories for different purposes 2.4 Consider privacy in developing parameters of stories to be told or written 2.5 Obtain clear and informed consent from others before including them in any story 2.6 Review impact of sharing lived experience and confirm or vary level of disclosure 2.7 Seek input from experienced peers about ways to effectively use lived experience in peer work |
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3.1 Ensure sharing is positive, purposeful and within the philosophical framework of peer ethics, values, role definition and organisation requirements 3.2 Recognise and address the potential impacts and implications of sharing aspects of your personal story on consumers, carers, other staff and upon the organisation 3.3 Recognise sharing of your personal story is one component of job role |
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4.1 Engage in debriefing and peer supervision when relevant 4.2 Recognise and take action to attend to own vulnerabilities associated with use of lived experience in peer work 4.3 Recognise and take action to attend to own vulnerabilities associated with vicarious trauma |
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5.1 Apply strategies to address personal physical and emotional needs 5.2 Maintain a positive work life balance and personal wellness plan 5.3 Negotiate reasonable adjustments in the workplace as required |
Required Skills and Knowledge
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 sufficient knowledge of the areas below to apply to their work in relation to this unit:
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Essential skills: 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 It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to:
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Evidence Guide
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. |
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this unit of competency: |
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Access and equity considerations: |
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Context of and specific resources for assessment: |
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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. |
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Lived experience - Consumer in this context means: |
The personal experience of living with mental illness and the consequences. This experience includes the consumer’s mental, physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing and may have significant social and economic impacts |
Lived experience - Carer in this context means: |
The personal experience of being in a carer role with a person who is living with mental illness. This experience includes the carer’s mental, physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing and may have significant social and economic impacts |
Framing stories for different purposes may include: |
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Privacy and informed consent in this context means: |
Information is shared according to the legal requirements under the Privacy Act, organisation policy on confidentiality, and wherever possible consumer and carer informed consent, knowledge and full participation. Information may under these provisions be shared with people such as:
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Ensure sharing is positive, purposeful may include: |
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Peer ethics in this context means: |
Peer ethics broadly relates to the values that underpin mental health peer work, and that inform mental health peer worker practices. Peer ethics refers to the dual principles of reciprocity and equality - between peer workers and their peers - on the basis of shared or similar experiences, on mutual sharing and understanding, and in the knowledge that mental health peer workers do not exert power over people who are using or accessing theirs, or any other services Peer ethics are essentially about actively facilitating and promoting the self-determination and empowerment of people who are affected by mental distress |
Recognise sharing of your personal story is one component of job role may include: |
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Own vulnerabilitiesmay include: |
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Vicarious trauma in this context is defined as: |
The negative changes that happen to individuals over time as they witness or hear of other people’s traumatic experiences. Vicarious trauma is often intensified when a worker identifies or recognises similar experiences to that of the people with whom they are working |
Needs may include: |
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Reasonable adjustments in the workplace may include: |
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Unit Sector(s)
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Custom Content Section
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