Course Title: Establish self-directed recovery relationships

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2023

Course Code: OHTH5989C

Course Title: Establish self-directed recovery relationships

School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4423 - Certificate IV in Mental Health

Course Contact: Jen Furby

Course Contact Phone: +61399258310

Course Contact Email: jennifer.furby@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 60

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 promote the principles of recovery oriented practice, and to establish and confirm self-directed recovery relationships with people with mental illness.   This unit applies to work with people living with a mental illness in a range of community services work contexts.   This unit is delivered and assessed in a cluster with:

  • CHCMHS003 Provide recovery oriented mental health services 
  • CHCMHS004 Work collaboratively with the care network and other services 

The course also incorporates 80 hours of work-placement activities.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCMHS002 Establish self-directed recovery relationships

Element:

1. Promote principles of recovery and recovery oriented practice

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Acknowledge and respect the person as the author, definer and director of their own recovery and recovery journey

1.2 Work in ways that inspire hope for the future, belief in recovery by investing in the person and the relationship and increasing support for the person in their community of choice

1.3 Identify and take into account personal values and attitudes regarding recovery, mental health and illness when planning and implementing all work activities

1.4 Demonstrate consideration and respect for the important contribution of the person’s other relationships, life events, culture and activities to the recovery process

Element:

2. Establish the context for a self-directed recovery relationship

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Establish and maintain a safe, positive working relationship and environment

2.2 Identify and address the power dynamics impacting on the relationship

2.3 Build a working relationship based on shared understandings using effective communication strategies

2.4 Interact with the person showing warmth, openness, care and authenticity

2.5 Discuss, clarify and use in all communications the person’s preferred language, understandings, analogies and concepts about their experience

2.6 Adjust communication strategies to meet cultural preferences

2.7 Clarify role expectations and define appropriate relationship guidelines

Element:

3. Invite information sharing

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Invite the person to tell their story

3.2 Respond appropriately to clarify aspects of the story and the persons’ understanding of their experience

3.3 Respond to the person in a manner that reflects appreciation of their situation and fosters respect, rights, promotion of dignity, hope and belief in their recovery

3.4 Recognise impacts of mental illness and a mental health diagnosis on the person's life and sense of self

3.5 Establish eligibility and priority for service and refer appropriately if required

3.6 Work within the context of the person’s experiences, understandings and meanings to build a shared understanding of their needs

Element:

4. Define and confirm the collaborative relationship

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Share information about the organisation and programs, services and support available

4.2 Facilitate an exchange of definitions and understandings of recovery and recovery oriented practice and develop a shared understanding

4.3 Share and exchange other information required to establish a recovery oriented collaboration

4.4 Work with the person to determine their readiness and desire to self-advocate and participate in the service

4.5 Work collaboratively with the person to agree on the type and nature of services or support to be offered and decide the way the relationship will operate

4.6 Establish agreement with the person on roles and responsibilities for both the person and the worker, and document in accordance with organisation procedures

4.7 Clarify and document any other accountability requirements including program, funding or legislative requirements

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 establishing self-directed recovery relationships. The learning activities will be interactive and will include: group work activities, peer learning, discussions, case studies, reflective learning, quizzes and practice learning exercises. Students will undertake 80 hours of work-placement activities and undertake an actor based simulated assessment task.


Teaching Schedule

Semester 2 2023 Course schedule: Establish self-directed recovery relationships  
Week Topic Assessment
Week 1
  • Overview of assessment tasks
  • Overview of student placement 
  • Components of Recovery 
  • Self-directed Recovery 
  • Recovery oriented best practice 
  • Recovery oriented health services 
  • National Framework for Recovery oriented mental health services 
  • Adopting a strengths-based approach  
  
Week 2
  • Supporting the self-recovery relationship 
  • Communication 
  • Cultural preferences 
  • Role expectations and relationship guidelines 
  • Responding to the story 
  • Impact of diagnosis  
  • Support person when they face challenges 
  • Upholding rights and building resilience 
  • Identify strategies and priorities to achieve goal 
  • Documenting the recovery plan 
  • Discussing the recovery plan 
  • Identify and balance duty of care and dignity of risk considerations 
  • Identify the persons and workers roles 
  • Collaboratively implement plan for recovery 
  
Week 3
  • Care networks 
  • The role of personal relationships 
  • Determine members of care network 
  • Strengthen the persons care network 
  • Care coordination 
  • Build effective relationships with members of the persons care networks 
  • Identify ways to support persons community of choice 
  • Establish networks and contacts to meet persons holistic needs 
  • Referrals 
  • Consent 
  • Support the persons decisions and self-advocacy 
  • Provide follow up support actions 
  
Week 4
  • Reflective practice
  • Student placement preparation 
  • Assessment Task 2 – Role play practice 
  
Week 5
  • Assessment Task 2 - Role play 
 		  
Week 6
  • Assessment Task 2 - Actor based simulated assessment task practice day
 		  
Week 7
  • Assessment Task 2 - Actor based simulation assessment task day
 Assessment Task 2
Week 8
  • Mid semester break
  
Week 9
  • Student Placement
  
Week 10
  • Student Placement
  
Week 11
  • Student Placement
  
Week 12
  • Student Placement
  
Week 13
  • Student Placement
  
Week 14
  • Student placement review/reflections 
  • Reviewing the recovery plan 
  • Developing professional networks 
  • Conflict resolution 
  • De-escalation strategies 
  • Social justice 
  • Health promotion, prevention and early intervention 
 Assessment Task 3
Week 15
  • Legal and ethical considerations for mental health work 
  • Health and Safety Legislation 
  
Week 16
  • Assessment Task 1 Knowledge Questions
 Assessment Task 1
Week 17
  • Unit catch up and review
  


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 Self-reflection and Placement Supervisor Report. 

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: Self-reflection and Placement Supervisor Report


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 1 role play and 1 actor based simulated client meeting to demonstrate learning, knowledge and skills in providing services within a recovery oriented framework.

Assessment Task 3: This assessment requires students to undertake 80 hours of workplace student placement and complete a self-reflection and personal development plan, provide written feedback from their student placement supervisor and be observed working with 1 client or undertaking a role play by the student placement supervisor.


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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