Course Title: Promote and facilitate self advocacy
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2023
Course Code: HWSS8153C
Course Title: Promote and facilitate self advocacy
School: 535T Social Care and Health
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4423 - Certificate IV in Mental Health
Course Contact: Chris Walters
Course Contact Phone: +61399258268
Course Contact Email: chris.walters@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 50
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to encourage, support and promote self-advocacy. The promotion and facilitation of self-advocacy contributes to a person’s self-determination, empowerment and right to make informed choices in regard to all aspects of their life.
This unit applies to work with people living with mental illness in a range of community services work contexts.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCMHS008 Promote and facilitate self advocacy |
Element: |
1. Assist individuals or groups to identify their issues, rights and preferred options |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Apply strategic questioning to clarify advocacy issues 1.2 Review and provide information on self advocacy in relation to individual or group issues 1.3 Assist individual or group to identify their own needs and rights and to determine if their rights are being infringed or not being met 1.4 Work with individuals or groups to evaluate and negotiate advocacy options 1.5 Document advocacy options according to organisation policy and procedures |
Element: |
2. Enable individuals to gain self-advocacy skills |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Build a shared understanding about advocacy issues and choices available 2.2 Identify potential barriers and relevant strategies to overcome them 2.3 Collaboratively develop an individual’s self-advocacy strategy and arguments 2.4 Provide opportunities for practicing self-advocacy 2.5 Identify and utilise self-advocacy resources 2.6 Support individuals to document the circumstances and events relevant to the advocacy situation |
Element: |
3. Follow up and support individuals after self-advocacy |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Follow up and reflect with the individual the self-advocacy process and outcomes 3.2 Identify further strategies and next steps according to individual’s needs 3.3 Provide additional advocacy support to individuals, when needed, to further enhance their self-advocacy efforts |
Element: |
4. Promote self-advocacy |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Model aspects of self-advocacy through assertive communication skills 4.2 Identify and use opportunities to promote the right of individuals to self-advocate 4.3 Encourage a culture of self-advocacy and dignity of risk 4.4 Develop promotional material about self-advocacy 4.5 Raise awareness about barriers to self-advocacy |
Learning Outcomes
This course is structured to provide students with the optimum learning experience in order to demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to effectively in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
There will be a range of learning activities to engage students with course material to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in promoting and facilitating self advocacy. The learning activities will be interactive and will include: group work activities, peer learning, discussions, case studies, reflective learning, quizzes and practice learning exercises.
Teaching Schedule
Course Schedule: Promote and Facilitate Self Advocacy
Semester 2: 2023
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Week | Topic | Assessment |
Week 1 |
Promote and Facilitate Self Advocacy
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Week 2
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Standards of practice
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Week 3
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Self-advocacy
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Assessment Task 1 |
Week 4
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Role Play preparation
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Week 5
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Conduct Role Plays I
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Week 6 |
Conduct Role Plays II
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Assessment Task 2 |
Week 7 |
Conduct Presentations
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Assessment Task 3
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Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
There are three individual assessment tasks consisting of short answer questions, role plays and a presentation.
In order to achieve competency in this unit, you must be marked as satisfactory for each assessment task.
Students are allowed two submissions per assessment. Any further resubmissions is at the discretion of the teacher and coordinator.
Assessment tasks include:
Task 1: Knowledge assessment
Task 2: Role plays
Task 3: Presentation
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: This assessment requires students to complete short answer knowledge questions to consolidate and demonstrate knowledge, understanding and learning from this unit.
Assessment Task 2: This assessment requires students to adopt the role of a Mental Health Worker and complete role plays for 3 clients to demonstrate learning, knowledge and skills required to encourage, support and promote self-advocacy. There are also written task you need to complete as part of this assessment.
Assessment Task 3: This assessment requires students to produce and present a PowerPoint slideshow that promotes self-advocacy.
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: http://www.rmit.edu.au/students
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