Course Title: Identify and provide initial response to family violence risk

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C0050 Course in Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Risk

Course Title: Identify and provide initial response to family violence risk

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 50

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

 

 

Course Contact: Bronwyn Tanti

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9079

Course Contact Email: BronwynTanti@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit of competency describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify the presenting risk of family violence for universal service users and provide a response appropriate to the role of universal service professionals. While the content of this unit aligns with existing industry codes and standards, no licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

You must be currently employed in a service support role in a universal services organisation, such as community services, health services, schools, early childhood education, justice, sport and recreation, financial counselling, and faith based institutions.

Please include your CV as supporting evidence.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	VU22733 Identify and provide initial response to family violence risk
Elements:	1 Identify family violence and risk 2. Engage with those accessing services 3. Provide services in response to identified risk within scope of job role

Learning Outcomes

This unit supports the attainment of the skills and knowledge appropriate to a person in a universal services organisation in identifying and providing initial response to family violence risk. This unit includes the foundational understanding of family violence and risk required by universal services professionals and those undertaking further levels of specialisation in family violence risk assessment and management. It includes the use of interpersonal skills to engage sensitively with universal service users to support and respond appropriately to self-disclosures of family violence, and identify and respond to family violence risk using approved family violence risk frameworks commensurate with the role of universal services. Universal services professionals do not have family violence as a core function of their role. These professionals may encounter victim survivors (including children and young people) and perpetrators through their interactions with children, families and/or adults within their work at universal service organisations such as schools, early childhood, justice, community and health services, sport and recreation organisations and faith-based institutions. Problem solving responsibility is limited to response actions involving referrals and information sharing to service provision or intersecting service agencies.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout the course and will include knowledge questions, case study analyses and a critical reflection task. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on Canvas.