Modification History
Not Applicable
Unit Descriptor
Unit Descriptor |
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander worker to perform effectively in delivery of primary health care services to clients in the confinement of a prison or corrective services environment |
Application of the Unit
Application |
Application of the skills and knowledge described in this unit is intended to protect the worker and enhance institutional cultural safety |
Licensing/Regulatory Information
Not Applicable
Pre-Requisites
Not Applicable
Employability Skills Information
Employability Skills |
This unit contains Employability Skills |
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
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. |
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT |
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Clarify the prison structure and culture |
1.1 Identify prison management structures, hierarchies and dynamics and clarify the potential impact of these in relation to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander inmates and health workers 1.2 Clarify prison policies and procedures to identify potential for providing primary health care services to inmates 1.3 Identify factors that may impact the provision of culturally safe care within the prison in relation to their potential to enhance and/or impede care 1.4 Evaluate prison environment in relation to physical, cultural and emotional safety issues for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander inmates and workers 1.5 Identify boundaries and constraints relating to own work role in the prison environment |
2. Apply strategies to enhance personal resilience in a prison environment |
2.1 Anticipate the impact of immersion in a foreign and potentially hostile cultural environment 2.2 Identify self-protective behaviour strategies and seek mentors for advice and support 2.3 Use colleagues with the capacity to provide personal support for reflection, debriefing, solidarity and advocacy as appropriate 2.4 Access community and family support where appropriate |
3. Clarify own professional role and scope of practice |
3.1 Clarify overlapping and complementary roles of workers in the prison environment 3.2 Identify level of awareness of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander worker's role, knowledge and skills among other workers 3.3 Clarify potential for own role to enhance client care in the prison environment 3.4 Professionally assert scope of practice appropriate to own role and skills with prison staff |
4. Advocate for clients effectively from within prison |
4.1 Clarify inmate needs for health care and support as appropriate to worker's role 4.2 Recognise potential impacts of providing client advocacy from inside the prison 4.3 Employ strategies to effectively manage conflict or resentment arising from client advocacy activities 4.4 Clarify rights and responsibilities of inmates and assert as required 4.5 Support inmates in relation to parole and release issues as required in line with own work role and jurisdictional guidelines. 4.6 Organise and/or provide post release support as appropriate |
5. Support inmates to make informed health choices |
5.1 Use accurate information about the inmate's health and potential care as a basis for informing clients about available options 5.2 Empower clients to make informed choices on health care by explaining potential consequences of available options 5.3 Support clients through the continuum of care in line with own work role |
6. Contribute to enhancing awareness of cultural safety issues |
6.1 Raise cultural safety issues in the prison environment with staff in relation to health issues for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients 6.2 Build own tolerance and mutual respect of colleagues by seeking to understand reasons for any insensitivity or culturally unsafe practices 6.3 Reinforce colleagues' application of cultural safety practices in the workplace by public and/or personal recognition 6.4 Provide leadership in the implementation of culturally safe principles and practice |
7. Promote change to enhance cultural safety in the prison environment |
7.1 Offer to contribute to development and/or refinement of prison policies on cultural safety 7.2 Identify change agents who may facilitate and/or champion needed change 7.3 Identify potential blockages to change 7.4 Mobilise available support to enhance cultural safety in the prison environment 7.5 Enlist community support to enhance cultural safety in the prison environment |
Required Skills and Knowledge
REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE |
This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit. |
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 This includes knowledge of:
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Essential skills : It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to:
In addition, 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 This includes the ability to apply skills in:
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Evidence Guide
EVIDENCE GUIDE |
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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 of assessment : |
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Conditions of assessment : |
This unit includes skills and knowledge specific to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander culture Assessment must therefore be undertaken by a workplace assessor who has expertise in the unit of competency or who has the current qualification being assessed and who is:
or:
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Context of assessment : |
Competence should be demonstrated working individually, under supervision or as part of a primary health care team working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients Assessment should replicate workplace conditions as far as possible |
Related units : |
This unit may be assessed independently or in conjunction with other units with associated workplace application |
Range Statement
RANGE STATEMENT |
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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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Cultural respect |
This competency standard supports the recognition, protection and continued advancement of the inherent rights, cultures and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples It recognises that the improvement of the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must include attention to physical, spiritual, cultural, emotional and social wellbeing, community capacity and governance Its application must be culturally sensitive and supportive of traditional healing and health, knowledge and practices |
Community control |
Community participation and control in decision-making is essential to all aspects of health work, and the role of the health worker is to support the community in this process |
Supervision |
Supervision must be conducted in accordance with prevailing state/territory and organisation legislative and regulatory requirements References to supervision may include either direct or indirect supervision of work by more experienced workers, supervisors, managers or other health professionals A person at this level should only be required to make decisions about clients within the organisation's standard treatment protocols and associated guidelines |
Legislative requirements |
Federal, state or territory legislation may impact on workers' practices and responsibilities. Implementation of the competency standards should reflect the legislative framework in which a health worker operates. It is recognised that this may sometimes reduce the application of the Range of Variables in practice. However, assessment in the workplace or through simulation should address all essential skills and knowledge across the Range of Variables Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers may be required to operate in situations that do not constitute "usual practice" due to lack of resources, remote locations and community needs. As a result, they may need to possess more competencies than described by "usual practice circumstances" Under all circumstances, the employer must enable the worker to function within the prevailing legislative framework |
Factors which may impact provision of culturally safe care may include : |
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Institutional approach and values may include : |
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The impact of immersion in a foreign (and potentially hostile ) cultural environment may include : |
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Constructive , self -protective behaviours may include : |
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The potential impacts of providing client advocacy from inside an institution may include : |
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Explaining potential consequences of available options may include : |
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Unit Sector(s)
Not Applicable