Course Title: Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: VE 2023

Class Number: 3329

Class Section: DIS2

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Course Code: HWSS6115C

Course Title: Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability

Important Information:

This course is co-delivered and co-assessed in a cluster with the course CHCDIS001 Contribute to ongoing skills development using a strengths based approach CHCDIS002 Follow established person centred behaviour supports, , Facilitate the empowerment of people with a disability and CHCDIS003 Support community participation and social inclusion

School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C3413 - Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability)

Course Contact: Manpreet Atwal

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 7932

Course Contact Email: manpreet.atwal@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 100

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

You will learn the skills and knowledge required to facilitate the empowerment of people with disability to deliver rights based services using a person-centred approach when delivering individualised plans to clients.

 

This unit applies to workers in varied disability contexts.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCDIS007 Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability

Element:

1. Demonstrate commitment to empowerm...

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Identify changes in the legal, political and social frameworks within which the work is undertaken 1.2 Identify ways society can affect the level of impairment experienced by a person with disability 1.3 Reflect on personal values and attitudes regarding disability and acknowledge their potential impact when working in disability contexts 1.4 Develop and adjust own approaches to facilitate empowerment

Element:

2. Foster human rights

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Assist the person with disability to understand their rights 2.2 Deliver services that ensure the rights and needs of the person are upheld in the context of person-centeredness 2.3 Ensure the cultural needs of the person are identified, accepted and upheld 2.4 Identify breaches of human rights and respond and report according to organisation procedures 2.5 Identify indications of possible abuse and/or neglect and report according to organisation procedure

Element:

3. Facilitate choice and self-determination

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Using a person-centred approach work in a manner that acknowledges the person with disability as their own expert 3.2 Facilitate person-centred options for action on relevant issues and discuss with the person and/or family and/or carer and/or relevant other 3.3 Provide assistance to the person with disability to facilitate communication of their personal goals 3.4 Provide person-centred support in a manner that encourages and empowers the person with disability to make their own choices 3.5 Assist with strategies to ensure that the person is comfortable with any decisions that are being made on their behalf 3.6 Assist with accessing advocacy services and other complaint mechanisms as required

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.  This will enhance your capacity to provide individualised supports and services that empower the people you support


Details of Learning Activities

You will be expected to complete all of the learning material in your own time prior to your assessments commencing 


Teaching Schedule

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
           

Week  

        

Topic  

        

Assessment / Learning activities  
       

Week 1  

   

    

Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability 

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  • Understanding concept of disability  

  • social vs medical models 

  • Disability and cultural differences –  

  • Societal impacts on people with disabilities 

  • Enabling technology 
       

Week 2  

   

    

Contribute to ongoing skills development using a strengths-based approach. 

 

    

  • Strategies to support people with disabilities to exercise their rights and choices 

  • Identifying strengths, skills and competencies 

  • Critical incidents  

  • Safe environments 

  • Reporting and documentation 

 

 

 
       

Week 3  

   

   

    

 

    

  • Incidental learning 

  • Prompting – principles and fading 

  • Community participation 

  • AT5- PRC Assessment  

 
       

 

Mid semester break  

       

 

    

Placement 

    

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Placement 

    

  • AT1  

  • AT2 

  • AT3 

  • AT4 

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Placement 

    

  • AT1  

  • AT2 

  • AT3 

  • AT4 

  •  
       

 

    

Placement 

    

  • AT1  

  • AT2 

  • AT3 

  • AT4 

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Week 4  

   

   

    

Follow established person-centred behaviour supports 

 

  •  

    

  • Behaviours of concern – understanding them and why they occur 

  • Identifying unmet needs 

  • AT6 PART A & B 
       

Week 5  

   

    

Debrief  

    

 

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Week  

6 

    

 Follow up Placement 

 

    

 

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Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

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Overview of Assessment

This course is co-delivered and co-assessed in a cluster with the course CHCDIS001 Contribute to ongoing skills development using a strengths based approach CHCDIS002 Follow established person centred behaviour supports, , Facilitate the empowerment of people with a disability and CHCDIS003 Support community participation and social inclusion

he assessment tasks are as follows:

Task 1: Skills development and assessment

Task 2: Community participation skills development

Task 3: Skills development and assessment

Task 4: Behaviours of concern demonstration

Task 5: Critical incident- simulated setting

Task 6: scenario and Knowledge quizzes

There will be three forms of assessment including knowledge quizzes, simulated assessments and practical assessments undertaken in the work place.

Students are given two (2) attempts for each assessment to demonstrate the required skills. A third (3rd) attempt can only be offered after discussions between teacher and the Program Coordinator and is not automatic. Resubmissions beyond two (2) attempts are at the discretion of the teacher and/or coordinator.

 


Assessment Tasks

Assessment task 1 Skills Development and Assessment

Assessment task 2- Community participation skills

Assessment task 3- Skills development

Assessment task 4- Behaviours of Concern

Assessment task 5- Critical Incident

Assessment task 6A- Scenario quiz

Assessment task 6B- Knowledge quiz- Enabling technologies


Assessment Matrix

Students have access to the marking rubric for each assessment task via the Canvas shell

Other Information

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