Course Title: Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4367 Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance

Course Title: Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 90

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:

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This unit is delivered and assessed as the occupational therapy cluster with the course OHTH5914C Support the fitting of assistive equipment.


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

OHTH5913C

City Campus

TAFE

155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term1 2016,
Term2 2016

OHTH5913C

City Campus

TAFE

174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term2 2017,
Term1 2018,
Term2 2018,
Term1 2019,
Term1 2020,
Term2 2020,
Term1 2021

OHTH5913C

City Campus

TAFE

535T Social Care and Health

Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term1 2022,
Term2 2022,
Term1 2023

Course Contact: Jade Cusworth

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8382

Course Contact Email: jade.cusworth@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to support clients to participate in
developmental activities that will enhance or maintain functional status.
This unit applies to allied health assistants and should be performed under the direction and
supervision (direct, indirect or remote) of an allied health professional

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites and co-requisites for this course.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

HLTAHA010 Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status

Elements:

1. Plan to deliver a daily living skills program based on identified goals

2. Assist with developing daily living skill and maintenance program based on identified goals

3. Deliver daily living skill development and maintenance program

4. Assist with evaluating daily living skill development and maintenance program

5. Comply with supervisory requirements

6. Clean and store equipment and materials

7. Document client information


Learning Outcomes


Overview of Assessment

You must demonstrate Performance and Knowledge Evidence of the unit in order to be deemed competent.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.

Assessment Task 1: Written assessment - equipment

Assessment Task 2: Client Function assignment

Assessment Task 3: Practical Assessment

Assessment Task 4: Knowledge Assessment

Assessment Task 5: Clinical Placement