Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: VE 2020
Class Number: 3766
Class Section: WFV0
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Course Code: OHTH5920C
Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Important Information:
This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with;
• CHCCOM005 Communicate and work in health or community services • CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people • CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethicallySchool: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context
Campus: City Campus
Program: C3401 - Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)
Course Contact: Gwen Cawsey
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4581
Course Contact Email: Gwen.Cawsey@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 25
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 for a worker to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others in work environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining safety of the worker, the people being supported and other community members. This unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, in both centre-based and home-based service provision.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care |
Element: |
1. Follow safe work practices for direct client care |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Follow workplace policies and procedures for safe work practices 1.2 Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures 1.3 Identify any client-related risk factors or behaviours of concern, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures 1.4 Follow workplace policies and procedures to minimise risk 1.5 Identify and report incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures |
Element: |
2. Follow safe work practices for manual handling |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Follow manual handling procedures and work instructions for minimising manual handling risk 2.2 Identify manual handling hazards and report in line with workplace procedures 2.3 Apply control measures for minimising manual handling risk |
Element: |
3. Follow safe work practices for infection control |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Follow standard precautions as part of own work routine to prevent the spread of infection 3.2 Recognise situations when additional infection control procedures are required 3.3 Apply additional precautions when standard precautions alone may not be sufficient to prevent transmission of infection 3.4 Identify risks of infection and report them according to workplace procedures |
Element: |
4. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Raise WHS issues with designated persons according to organisational procedures 4.2 Participate in workplace safety meetings, inspections and consultative activities 4.3 Contribute to the development and implementation of safe workplace policies and procedures in own work area |
Element: |
5. Reflect on own safe work practices |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Identify ways to maintain currency of safe work practices in regards to workplace systems, equipment and processes in own work role 5.2 Reflect on own levels of stress and fatigue, and report to designated persons according to workplace procedures 5.3 Participate in workplace debriefing to address individual needs |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
Classes where information is shared through talks and group discussions, and exercises are conducted to apply learning. Time in class, will also be spent working on applied assessment tasks. Note: All learning activities are delivered via remote learning in Semester 2, 2020.
Teaching Schedule
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Session 1
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Cluster 1 Introduction into the sector CHCCOM005 Communicate and work in health or community services CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care. |
· Duty of Care · Privacy and confidentiality · Follow communication protocols with different people and lines of authority · Mandatory Reporting · Cultural diversity · Communicating with people from diverse backgrounds · Follow safe work practices |
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Session 2
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Cluster 1 Introduction into the sector CHCCOM005 Communicate and work in health or community services CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care. |
· Legal and ethical practices - Australian system of law · Incident reporting · Progress note writing · Manual handling · Assessment information |
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Session 3
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Cluster 1 Introduction into the sector CHCCOM005 Communicate and work in health or community services CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care.
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· Duty of Care · Privacy and confidentiality · Follow communication protocols with different people and lines of authority · Mandatory Reporting · Cultural diversity · Communicating with people from diverse backgrounds · Follow safe work practices |
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Session 4
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Cluster 1 Introduction into the sector CHCCOM005 Communicate and work in health or community services CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care.
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· Reflect on own safe work practices · Appreciate diversity and inclusiveness and the benefits · Incident reporting · Progress note writing · Manual handling · Assessment info |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Other resources
The University Library has extensive resources and provides subject specialist expertise, research advice, help with referencing and support through:
The learning Lab
www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/learning-lab
The Study Support Hub
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/study-support-hub
English for uni workshops
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/workshops/english-uni-workshops
Overview of Assessment
Assessments will include a combination of tasks including knowledge questions and case study analysis.
Assessment Tasks
Knowledge Quiz x 3 Work Health and Safety, Legal and Ethical, Communication
Practical Assessment x 2 Direct Observations and Risk Assessment
Knowledge Questions - Reflection
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant unit of competency.
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: rmit.edu.au/students
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