Unit of competency
Modification History
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Release |
Comments |
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This unit was released in POL Police Training Package release 8.0 |
Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to manage persons in care or custody, including determining custody requirements and providing services and assistance to support safety and wellbeing of persons in care or custody. It applies to candidates working in a policing environment, commonly in a general duties role. The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the current legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Current organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and adhered to, particularly those related to work health and safety, mental health legislation, custody processes and duty of care obligations. Candidates undertaking this unit would generally work independently and under mostly indirect supervision. They would perform complex tasks and be required to evaluate and access support from established sources and would show adaptability across a broad range of familiar and/or unpredictable contexts.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to unit at the time of publication.
Pre-requisite Unit
Not applicable
Competency Field
General
Unit Sector
Not applicable
Elements and Performance Criteria
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ELEMENTS |
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
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Elements describe the essential outcomes of the unit |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
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1. Determine custody requirements |
1.1 Assess circumstances to identify if a care or custody situation exists. 1.2 Determine the extent, type and nature of assistance required for a person in care or custody. 1.3 Identify appropriate referrals for persons in care or custody. |
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2. Manage persons in care or custody |
2.1 Identify potential risks and requirements of a person in care or custody. 2.2 Assess risks to mitigate harm to self, colleagues and public. 2.3 Conduct a search of a person in accordance with organisational work health and safety requirements. 2.4 Provide assistance to a person to support care requirements. 2.5 Monitor and document the care and supervision of a person and ensure it is adjusted as required. 2.6 Assess environmental risks in accordance with organisational work health and safety procedures to ensure the safety, wellbeing, welfare and personal dignity of persons in care or custody. 2.7 Review care provided to support duty of care obligations. 2.8 Communicate information to stakeholders, verbally and in writing, while person is in care or custody and during handover. |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance. Foundation skills essential to performance in this unit, but not explicit in the performance criteria are listed in the table below.
The ability to interpret messages and text, record observations and evidence, communicate with purpose to different communities and audiences, plan and schedule tasks according to estimated timeframes, continuously seek to learn through on-the-job observations, solve problems, work with others in a team, plan and organise activities and self-manage behaviour are core foundation skills relevant to the policing context.
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Skill |
Description |
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Learning |
Develop situational awareness to identify safety risks to self, colleagues and public. |
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Reading |
Read and apply laws, policies and procedures pertaining to providing for, processing and escorting persons in care or custody. Read and assess information to determine custody status of person/s. |
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Writing |
Develop and document a care plan in accordance with identified risks and requirements. Document services provided to persons in care/custody for record keeping purposes. Communicate in writing with stakeholders for the delivery of services and handovers. |
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Oral Communication |
Interact with person to conduct initial assessment. Communicate information verbally to stakeholders for the delivery of services and handovers. |
Range of Conditions
Not applicable
Unit Mapping Information
This unit supersedes and is equivalent to POLGEN037 Manage persons in care or custody.
Links
Companion Volume Implementation Guides can be found on VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=98c3984e-2cf1-48a8-8ed1-85e4b92e7351
