Course Title: Support independence and wellbeing

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: VE 2022

Class Number: All

Class Section: All

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Course Code: HWSS6076C

Course Title: Support independence and wellbeing

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.  

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Please read the Student website for additional requirements of in-person attendance: https://www.rmit.edu.au/covid/coming-to-campus  

  

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.  


This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with;

• CHCAGE001 - Facilitate the empowerment of older people •CHCCCS015 - Provide individualised support

School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C3401 - Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)

Course Contact: Clare McGlone

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 7929

Course Contact Email: clare.mcglone@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 80

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide individualised services in ways that support independence, as well as, physical and emotional wellbeing.

 This unit applies to workers in a range of community services contexts who provide frontline support services within the context of an established individualised plan.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCCCS023 Support independence and wellbeing

Element:

1. Recognise and support individual differences

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Recognise and respect the person’s social, cultural and spiritual differences

1.2 Avoid imposing own values and attitudes on others and support the person to express their own identity and preferences

1.3 Consider the person’s individual needs, stage of life, development and strengths when engaging in support activities

1.4 Recognise, respect and accommodate the person’s expressions of identity and sexuality as appropriate in the context of their age or stage of life

1.5 Promote and facilitate opportunities for participation in activities that reflect the person’s individual physical, social, cultural and spiritual needs

Element:

2. Promote independence

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Support the person to identify and acknowledge their own strengths and self-care capacity

2.2 Assist the person to identify opportunities to utilise their strengths, while communicating the importance of using available support when required

2.3 Provide information and assistance to the person in order to facilitate access to support services and resources when needed

2.4 Provide support that allows the person to self manage their own service delivery as appropriate

2.5 Encourage the person to build, strengthen and maintain independence

Element:

3. Support physical wellbeing

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Promote and encourage daily living habits that contribute to healthy lifestyle

3.2 Support and assist the person to maintain a safe and healthy environment

3.3 Identify hazards and report according to organisation procedures

3.4 Identify variations in a person’s physical condition and report according to organisation procedures

3.5 Recognise indications that the person’s physical situation is affecting their wellbeing and report according to organisation procedures

3.6 Identify physical health situations beyond scope of own role and report to relevant person

Element:

4. Support social, emotional and psychological wellbeing

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Promote self-esteem and confidence through use of positive and supportive communication

4.2 Contribute to the person’s sense of security through use of safe and predictable routines

4.3 Encourage and facilitate participation in social, cultural, spiritual activities, using existing and potential new networks and as per the person’s preferences

4.4 Identify aspects of supporting a person’s wellbeing outside scope of knowledge, skills and/or job role and seek appropriate support

4.5 Identify variations to a person’s wellbeing and report according to organisation procedures

4.6 Identify any cultural or financial issues impacting on the person’s wellbeing

4.7 Identify the person’s risk and protective factors in relation to mental health

4.8 Recognise and report possible indicators of abuse or neglect and report according to organisation procedures

4.9 Identify situations beyond scope of own role and report to relevant person

Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements. 


Details of Learning Activities

Classes where information is shared through talks and group discussions, and exercises are conducted to apply learning. Time in class, will also be spent working on applied assessment tasks.  


Teaching Schedule

 WeekTopicAssessment / Learning activities
Week 1 Community Service Sector
  • overview/trends of aged care
  • Accessing aged care services
  • home care programs
  • Short/Long term help at home
  • Residential Care
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Funding
  • Support
  • Agencies and professionals
  • Considerations when making referrals
Week 2 Care Approaches and Human Needs 
  • apply a person-centred care approach
  • apply a strengths-based approach
  • apply consumer-directed care
  • apply knowledge of empowerment and disempowerment
  • apply a rights-based approach
  • apply knowledge of self-actualisation
  • apply knowledge of social justice and inclusion
  • apply knowledge of early intervention
  • apply knowledge of citizenship
  • Physical/Psychological Needs
  • Spiritual/Cultural/Sexual Needs
Week 3 Mid Semester break   
Week 4 Individualization 
  • Identity-expression of personal identity
  • Sexual expression - barriers and support needs in the elderly
  • LGBTI residents - discuss individual differences socially and culturally
  • spiritual differences
  • Individualised care plans and progress notes with examples of filled out progress notes
  • physical and social enablers and disablers with examples of both
  • Reablement strategies looking at mental health
  • Supporting residents who are vulnerable
Week 5 The ageing process  + Health and Wellbeing 
  • Human lifespan and the process of ageing
  • Factors affecting Health and wellbeing such as anxiety with the risk factors involved
  • Healthy Lifestyle Strategies- safe environments, OH&S, and identifying hazards
Week 6 Roles and Responsibilities 
  • Intro to unit with role of the PCA
  • Legal/ethical requirements
  • Human Rights that residents have
  • Complaints and Elder Abuse
Week 7 Support Activities 
  • What  support activites are - support and aims of individualised activities
  • Communication activities
  • Risks and Crisis
Week 8 Monitoring 
  • Identifying aspects of individualised plans to review and how to involve the residents in this
  • Documentation required
  • Developing skills 
Week 9 Placements   
Week 10 Placements   
Week 11 Placements   
Week 12 Assessment Review   
Week 13 Debriefing   

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Student support

Your first point of contact for any support needs with your assessments should be your teacher and assessor. If you require further support, you should consider contacting the following support services at RMIT. 

Assessment adjustments

Students requiring support or adjustments for their formal assessments task or exams should contact Equitable Learning Services (ELS), for more information on the types of adjustments provided, access RMIT adjustments to assessment.

Special consideration

If unexpected circumstances affect your ability to complete an assessment you can apply for special consideration.  For more information access RMIT special consideration.

Appeals

As an RMIT student you are entitled to seek a review of decisions that impact on your studies. For more information access RMIT appeals.


Overview of Assessment

Assessments will include a combination of tasks including knowledge questions and case study analysis.


Assessment Tasks

 Assessment Task 1 Knowledge Questions-Part A

Assessment Task 1 Knowledge Questions-Part B

Assessment Task 1 Knowledge Questions-Part C

Assessment Task 2-Role Play-James Foster

 Task 3 Practical Assessment-Role play – Iris Fairweather

Task 4 Practical Assessment-Placement Assessment Task

 


Assessment Matrix

The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant unit of competency. 

 The assessment matrix is located in Canvas, at the end of each assessment task. 

Other Information

Please refer to the RMIT student page for extensive information about study support, assessment, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters: rmit.edu.au/students 

 

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