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.