Course Title: Provide services to people with disabilities with complex needs

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4267

Course Title: Provide services to people with disabilities with complex needs

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 75.0

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.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
HWSS5588C	City Campus	TAFE	365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng	Workplace

Course Contact: Anthony Graham

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254411

Course Contact Email: anthony.graham@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the knowledge and skills required by workers to provide services to people with disabilities with complex or special care needs under supervision of a relevant professional.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CHCDIS409A Provide services to people with disabilities with complex needs
Elements:	1. Evaluate and prioritise the needs of a person with complex care issues
	2. Liaise and negotiate with appropriate personnel in the development of a service delivery plan
	3. Coordinate the delivery of the service delivery plan
	4. Coordinate the monitoring, evaluation and review of the service delivery plan

Learning Outcomes

By completing this unit you will achieve and demonstrate competence in the following elements:

1. Evaluate and prioritise the needs of a person with complex care issues

2. Liaise and negotiate with appropriate personnel in the development of a service delivery plan

3. Coordinate the delivery of the service delivery plan

4. Coordinate the monitoring, evaluation and review of the service delivery plan

Overview of Assessment

A workplace assessment appointment will be undertaken to allow students to present and discuss workplace evidence: Based on the individual student’s knowledge, skills and experience: an individual learning plan will be negotiated and developed. Students may be offered a number of assessment tasks and learning strategies such as workshop attendance, case studies, research project work and workplace activities and support to meet their assessment needs for this course (unit of competency).