Course Title: Facilitate the recovery process with the person, family and carers

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2023

Course Code: OHTH5922C

Course Title: Facilitate the recovery process with the person, family and carers

Important Information:

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

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School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4364 - Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs

Course Contact: Chris Walters

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99258268

Course Contact Email: chris.walters@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

In this unit you will develop the skills and knowledge required to assess capacity to support people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues and to work collaboratively with the person, family and carers in developing a recovery plan.

This unit applies to work with people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs (AOD) in a range of community services work contexts.

This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with;

CHCPRP001: Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	CHCMHS006 Facilitate the recovery process with the person, family and carers
Element:	1. Involve the person, carers and families in planning support during recovery
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Identify benefits and issues related to family and carer participation in recovery processes 1.2 Discuss with the person appropriate involvement of family and carers 1.3 Work with the person to identify and agree on specific roles and responsibilities and accurately record in the person’s recovery plan 1.4 Consult with identified family, carers and other relevant stakeholders in line with the person’s consent 1.5 Gauge level of relevant knowledge, skill and involvement of carers and family as a basis for identifying additional support requirements 1.6 Provide information, resources, referrals and education to meet the needs of carers and families within scope of own work role 1.7 Engage with the person, family and carers to plan provision of appropriate support in line with the person’s consent 1.8 Establish a relationship with the person, family and carers within boundaries of own work role 1.9 Clarify expectations of carers and family and provide relevant additional information to support and manage realistic expectations
Element:	2. Facilitate recovery with appropriate involvement of carers and family
Performance Criteria:	2.1 Involve carers and family in the person’s recovery process with consent of the person and in line with recovery plan 2.2 Maintain relationship with carers and family to identify changing carer needs and to identify support needs of carers within boundaries of own work role 2.3 Assist the person to identify ways in which their behaviour may be positively or negatively influenced by others 2.4 Assist the person to identify ways they may positively or negatively affecting family and carers
Element:	3. Monitor and review involvement of carers and family
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Monitor carer and family participation in collaboration with the person to ensure ongoing effectiveness and consent of the person 3.2 Monitor any potentially negative influences on the person and bring these to the carer and family’s attention 3.3 Take action to maintain well being and safety of self, the person and other stakeholders 3.4 Complete and maintain required documentation

Learning Outcomes

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

Details of Learning Activities

This course will be delivered face to face with a demonstration of skills and knowledge

Teaching Schedule

Course Schedule: Collaborative Practice, Semester 1 2023
Week	Topic	Assessments
Week 1	What is collaborative practice? Introducing this cluster Exploring the meaning of collaborative practice Considering members of the multidisciplinary team Considering the needs of AOD clients that can not be met by the ADO sector alone Considering barriers to service access that clients face Exploring benefits and risks of collaborative practice Discussing client or ‘consumer’ participation	Assessment 1 Due:?
Week 2	Creating collaborative partnerships Exploring the benefits and risks of collaborative practice Learning about case conferences Considering how members of the multidisciplinary team work together Mapping collaborative relationships Exploring factors that support collaborative practice	Assessment 2 Due:?
Week 3	Maximising outcomes of collaborative practice Learning about common practices that support collaboration The benefits and disadvantages of specific collaborative practices Introduced to real life examples of collaborative practice Interagency meetings
Week 4	Case coordination Revisiting the case study about Sarah Case coordination meeting  Support planning Sharing information in networks Representing your organisation Victorian AOD self completion form Working on Assessment Task 3	Assessment Task 3 Due:?
Week 5	Family and Carers Exploring the impact of AOD use on family members (and how to assess this) Considering our own attitudes to working with family clients AOD tools for important family connections.
Week 6	Crisis, assessment and safety planning. Client centred practice/Client participation Youth Participation Exploring principles of youth assessment Considering psycho social needs of a client Making referrals to other services Undertaking a crisis assessment and safety planning tool designed for young people
Week 7	Complex care clients Working with clients with complex needs Reframing the notion of ‘difficult people’ Reflecting on our past experiences of ‘difficult encounters’ with others Group dynamics Working effectively in multidisciplinary teams
Week 8	Complex care clients cont. Engaging a young client to develop an ITP Providing family members with psychoeducation  Secondary consultation
Week 9	Strategies of working together Peak bodies Networking Final reflections on collaborative work
*Teaching Schedule and topic/s subject to change at teachers discretion*

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

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

Overview of Assessment

This unit consists of five assessment tasks including a research project, case studies, role plays and short answer questions

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1 - Role play and completion of documentation

Assessment task 2 - Role play and completion of documentation

Assessment task 3 - Role play and completion of documentation

Assessment task 4 - Role play - case conference

Assessment task 5 - Knowledge questions

Assessment Matrix

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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