Assessment Requirements for HLTAHW010 Identify community health issues, needs and strategies

Release: 2

Assessment Requirements for HLTAHW010 Identify community health issues, needs and strategies

Modification History

Release	Comments
Release 2	Updated: assessor requirements statement foundation skills lead in statement licensing statement modification history to reflect 2012 standards Equivalent outcome.
Release 1	This version was released in HLT Health Training Package release 1.0 and meets the requirements of the 2012 Standards for Training Packages. Significant changes to elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment, including volume and environment requirements.

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:

contributed to identifying community health issues, needs and strategies by:

•	consulting community members to obtain information on community health issues and to establish agreement on health priorities

•	using culturally appropriate and safe communication to effectively gather information

•	recording all information received confidentially and according to organisation procedures

assisted in preparing written reports by interpreting health information gathered to aid in planning health promotion, services and programs for the community

helped to provide feedback to the organisation about the outcomes of the research

assisted to provide feedback to the community about the outcomes of the research.

Each performance evidence task must be demonstrated at least once.

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 identified work role.

This includes knowledge of:

•	organisation policies and procedures and legislation or regulations including:

•	client confidentiality

•	referral, including various levels of urgency, and follow-up of client

•	mandatory reporting

•	notifiable communicable diseases

•	limits of own ability and authority

•	reporting procedures

•	documentation

•	relevant policies, protocols and procedures of the governments and other organisations

•	relevant equipment, technology and local resources for collecting community information

•	sources of information and ways to access it

•	formats and systems for compiling information

•	community development principles

•	respect for community ownership of data

environmental factors contributing to poor health, including:

•	lack of access to clean water

•	faulty housing equipment including toilets, taps, drainage, pipes, washing machines and hot water

•	poor housing or building design contributing to health problems

•	overcrowding

•	littering and lack of facilities to dispose of rubbish

•	personal hygiene and community interactions

•	unsafe food handling, preparation, storage and disposal.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must be demonstrated working:

in a health service or centre

as part of, and under the supervision of, a multidisciplinary primary health care team

with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.

In addition, simulations and scenarios must be used where the full range of contexts and situations cannot be provided in the workplace or may occur only rarely. These are situations relating to emergency or unplanned procedures where assessment in these circumstances would be unsafe or is impractical.

Simulated assessment environments must simulate the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment, technology and resources of that working environment.

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

Assessment must be undertaken by a workplace assessor who has expertise in this unit of competency and who is:

an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker or:

accompanied by an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person who is a recognised member of the community with experience in primary health care.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=ced1390f-48d9-4ab0-bd50-b015e5485705