Assessment Requirements for CHCMHS008 Promote and facilitate self advocacy

Release: 1

Assessment Requirements for CHCMHS008 Promote and facilitate self advocacy

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. Minimal changes to the elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment, including volume and frequency.

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:

encouraged, supported and promoted self-advocacy when working with at least 3 people with mental health issues

Knowledge Evidence

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 work role. This includes knowledge of:

legal and ethical considerations (international, national, state/territory, local) for advocacy, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice:

discrimination

dignity of risk

duty of care

human rights

mandatory reporting

practice standards

privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

policy frameworks

records management

rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and individuals accessing the service

work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations

work health and safety

history, values, central philosophies and context of advocacy and self-advocacy

differences between negotiation, advocacy, mediation, facilitation and conciliation and the ways they are used

self-advocacy approaches and options, including group and individual advocacy

referral options and resources available to support self-advocacy

barriers to self-advocacy and strategies for overcoming barriers

social justice principles including human rights, self-determination, access and equity, and empowerment

impacts of stigma, prejudice and discrimination

organisation policy and procedures relevant to the facilitation and promotion of self-advocacy

Assessment Conditions

Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions. Where simulation is used, it must reflect real working conditions by modelling industry operating conditions and contingencies, as well as, using suitable facilities, equipment and resources.

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