CHCDFV013 Manage domestic and family violence screening and risk assessment processes

Release: 1

CHCDFV013 Manage domestic and family violence screening and risk assessment processes

Modification History

Release	Comments
Release 1	This version was released in CHC Community Services Training Package release 3.0 and meets the requirements of the 2012 Standards for Training Packages. Minimal changes to the elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment including volume and frequency requirements. Significant changes to knowledge evidence. Supersedes CHCDFV817B

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish, monitor and review domestic and family violence screening and risk assessment processes in an organisation.

This unit applies to workers who operate with significant autonomy in therapeutic professional service and leadership roles in the community sector. The activity is self-directed.

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. Establish screening and risk assessment procedures	1.1 Access, interpret and use sources of current research and best-practice models of domestic and family violence practice 1.2 Identify and analyse risk for clients of the service in relation to domestic and family violence 1.3 Analyse work practices that may contribute to risk for clients 1.4 Analyse the impact of client diversity on screening and risk assessment procedures 1.5 Use consultation and collaboration in the analysis and development process 1.6 Determine screening and risk assessment procedures appropriate for the organisation based on analysis with client safety as priority focus 1.7 Determine staff roles appropriate to conduct either screening and/or risk assessment 1.8 Select or develop appropriate screening and/or risk assessment tools
2. Develop organisation consistency	2.1 Develop and document administrative processes and tools that support consistency of application in the organisation and client safety 2.2 Provide information to staff about screening and risk assessment procedures 2.3 Provide information to staff on use of specific screening and risk assessment tools 2.4 Integrate and document systems that support referral for maximisation of client safety
3. Review screening and risk assessment practices	3.1 Discuss and collaboratively review decisions in relation to risk assessment 3.2 Seek feedback from internal and external colleagues 3.3 Analyse impacts and outcomes of screening and risk assessment for clients, staff and other stakeholders 3.4 Identify and consider current and emerging practice and research in the process of review 3.5 Adjust and amend work practices as part of a process of ongoing improvement

Foundation Skills

The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (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.

Unit Mapping Information

No equivalent unit

Links

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