Assessment Requirements for CHCCCS011 Meet personal support needs

Release: 1

Assessment Requirements for CHCCCS011 Meet personal support needs

Modification History

Release	Comments
Release 1	This version was released in CHC Community Services Training Package release 2.0 and meets the requirements of the 2012 Standards for Training Packages. Significant change to the elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment including volume and frequency requirements. Significant changes to knowledge evidence.

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:

safely supported at least 2 individuals by performing the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit. This includes following support requirements of an established individualised plan and supporting each of the following activities:

bed bathing

dressing, undressing and grooming

eating and drinking using appropriate feeding techniques

oral hygiene

shaving

showering

toileting and the use of continence aids

using aids and equipment including devices used by the person

performed the following hazardous manual handling scenarios at least once:

transferring a person between bed and chair

transferring a person in and out of car

falls recovering

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

different contexts for provision of personal support and impacts on the way services are provided

role and responsibilities of the personal support providers and workers

concepts of enablement and re-ablement

legal and ethical requirements related to the provision of personal support, and how these are applied in an organisation and individual practice:

privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

duty of care

work health and safety, including manual handling

basics of:

body hygiene

grooming

oral hygiene

human body system

personal safety and security risks associated with provision of personal support and strategies to minimise those risks

features, functions and safe use of equipment and aids used in provision of personal support and devices used by the person including the importance of adjusting equipment and aids to the needs of the individual

techniques for completing physical support routines

infection control procedures

organisational reporting technologies

Assessment Conditions

Skills must have been demonstrated in a relevant workplace that provides personal support services to people, with the addition of simulations and scenarios where the full range of contexts and situations have not been provided in the workplace. These are situations relating to emergency or unplanned procedures where assessment in these circumstances would be unsafe, impractical or threatens the dignity of the person. The following conditions must be met for the unit:

use of suitable facilities and resources including:

individualised plans specifying different personal support needs

equipment outlined in individualised plans

modelling of industry operating conditions including involvement of real people when simulating the provision of service and equipment use

Overall, assessment must involve some real interactions with people who require personal support.

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e0c25cc-3d9d-4b43-80d3-bd22cc4f1e53