HLTAHW074 Provide closure on healing processes

Release: 2

HLTAHW074 Provide closure on healing processes

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. Pre-requisite units removed.

Application

This unit describes the required skills and knowledge to bring to a close the healing process as part of a relationship between a client and social and emotional wellbeing worker, as well as to access local therapeutic services, recognising limitations of therapy and factors that may influence clients in contacting a therapist.

The unit applies to senior Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers overseeing clinical aspects of the delivery of primary health care services and/or managing the overall delivery of primary health care services and programs to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.

This unit equips Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers to provide support related to social and emotional wellbeing and does not infer that they are qualified counsellors.

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 specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Facilitate a group healing journey	1.1 Review and agree to rules for participation in a healing group as part of a group, ensuring safety, cultural security and confidentiality during and after the process 1.2 Practise verbal and non-verbal communication skills within the group 1.3 Practise self-reflection through review of key issues recorded relating to the healing process 1.4 Acknowledge the impact of confronting own issues by self-disclosure of past emotional influences 1.5 Undertake work to review and complete a healing journey in the group context 1.6 Reflect on the impacts of participation in healing journeys and share in the group context
2. Create a safe place to continue healing	2.1 Acknowledge the importance of healing as an ongoing process for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 2.2 Explore and clarify the relevance of experiencing personal healing as a basis for providing support and healing for clients 2.3 Identify principles for creating a safe and culturally secure place for healing and take action to establish and maintain personal safety 2.4 Acknowledge the importance of the support processes of extended families in preparing for and undergoing a healing process
3. Assist clients to access therapeutic services in the local area	3.1 Identify therapeutic services available in the local area 3.2 Identify obstacles that clients may face when accessing the local therapeutic services 3.3 Develop and implement strategies to help clients access local therapeutic services 3.4 Develop and implement strategies for maintaining primary contact with the client when accessing local therapeutic services

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=ced1390f-48d9-4ab0-bd50-b015e5485705