Course Title: Work collaboratively with the care network and other services

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2023

Course Code: PUBH9442C

Course Title: Work collaboratively with the care network and other services

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: 75

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 knowledge required to work collaboratively with the care network and other potential services for a person with mental illness. This work provides a recovery oriented practice approach, involving a variety of health and community service professionals working collaboratively with the person and their care network.

This unit applies to work with people living with mental illness in a range of community services work contexts.

This unit is delivered and assessed in a cluster with:

• CHCMHS002 Establish self-directed recovery relationships 
• CHCMHS003 Provide recovery oriented mental health services 

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

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	CHCMHS004 Work collaboratively with the care network and other services
Element:	1. Identify and build resilience and capacity in the person's care network and community of choice
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Work collaboratively to identify the scope and membership of the person’s care network and their community of choice 1.2 Work with the person with mental illness to clarify the roles and importance of members of the care network and determine their potential to positively impact the life of the person 1.3 Work collaboratively with the person to identify the potential to expand or strengthen the care network, or increase their participation in their community of choice 1.4 Provide support, information or other actions to assist the person to uphold their rights, build resilience and capacity in their network, as required
Element:	2. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other services and programs
Performance Criteria:	needs can be holistically met 2.2 Gather and review information about local services to identify benefits and limitations of available service options and their possible contribution to the recovery process 2.3 Clarify scope of collaborative approaches and work within individual, team and multi-disciplinary work roles and structures 2.4 Establish, negotiate and document partnerships 2.5 Develop and maintain working relationships with local service providers, according to the person’s needs 2.6 Identify limits of own abilities, role or knowledge and after discussion with the person, make referrals to other services in accordance with organisation policies and available resources
Element:	3. Review and monitor services provided by other organisations and programs
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Review effectiveness of referrals and services offered, in collaboration with person and other services 3.2 Identify gaps or additional services needed 3.3 Negotiate and advocate as required to ensure programs are meeting the person’s recovery goals 3.4 Work collaboratively to identify and address any difficulties the person is experiencing with other services and work with the person and service to achieve the desired outcome

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: Work collaboratively with the care network and other services	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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