Course Title: Work effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2015

Course Code: EMPL7021C

Course Title: Work effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: Bundoora Campus

Program: C5313 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled-Division 2 Nursing)

Course Contact : Leeanne Mond

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4837

Course Contact Email:leanne.mond@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Program Coordinator:  Erica O’Donoghue

Ph:  9925 7573

Email;  Erica.Odonoghue@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 20

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

NIL PRE REQUISITES OR CO REQUISITES

Course Description

This unit describes the communication and work practice skills and knowledge required to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the health industry context. It deals specifically with cross-cultural awareness and issues involving working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, organisations and communities
 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTHIR404D Work effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

Element:

1. Reflect an awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and cultures in work practices

 

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Acknowledge and respect the impact of events and issues in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander history during service delivery
1.2 Demonstrate knowledge of and respect for the diversity of culture, skin and language groups, family structures, art and religion in Indigenous cultures as part of service delivery
 

Element:

2. Reflect an awareness of own and other cultural realities in work practices

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Identify the potential impact of cultural factors on service delivery to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients
2.2 Address cultural realities in order to facilitate full participation in service delivery by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and/or co-workers
2.3 Negotiate appropriate strategies to effectively accommodate cultural differences in the workplace
2.4 Identify and utilise resources to facilitate effective service delivery in a cross cultural context
2.5 Ensure work practices used in a cross cultural context are grounded in an awareness of one's own culture and the cultural realities of others
 

Element:

3. Communicate effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Identify communication issues and ensure they are addressed to develop and maintain effective relationships with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and/or co-workers
3.2 Employ appropriate communication strategies to support a culturally safe environment for delivery of health services
3.3 Identify ineffective and/or inappropriate communication strategies and remodel them to support delivery of health services
3.4 Identify and utilise resources to facilitate effective communication within the workplace
3.5 Engage the services of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interpreters, health workers and colleagues as cultural brokers as required to meet duty of care
 

Element:

4. Reflect cultural safety in workplace and professional relationships

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Ensure workplace and professional relationships are based on mutual respect, tolerance of diversity and a shared understanding of cultural safety
4.2 Identify critical issues influencing workplace and professional relationships with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander co-workers and clients
4.3 Identify and utilise effective strategies to develop and maintain effective relationships with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander co-workers and clients as appropriate
4.4 Take responsibility for revisiting strategies to assist in the resolution of any difficulties, differences or misunderstandings that may occur
 

Element:

5. Work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities

Performance Criteria:

5.1 Develop and implement strategies to increase participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in health service delivery
5.2 Ensure delivery of health care, services and programs reflect culturally safe and appropriate practice
5.3 Ensure health care, services and programs encourage self-determination and community control to ensure improved health outcomes
5.4 Identify and utilise resources to promote effective partnerships with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, organisations and communities
5.5 Support the development of effective partnerships between staff, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities to facilitate accessibility, affordability, accountability, acceptability of appropriate healthcare and workplace services
 

Learning Outcomes


At the end of this course the students should be able to:


• Reflect an awareness of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander history & cultures in work practices
• Reflect an awareness of own & other cultural realities in work practices
• Communicate effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Reflect cultural safety in workplace and professional relationships
• Work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities
 


Details of Learning Activities

Classroom Teacher delivery

Group Workbook

Field Trip to immigration Museum


Teaching Schedule

Class 1 ATSI History

Class 2 Health Issues

Field Trip with Workbook to complete

 

Taught in Conjunction with HLTHIR403C Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

HLTIR404B Work effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People- Workbook


Overview of Assessment

Underpinning knowledge for this unit of competency will be assessed via the following methods:

  • Written Assessment
  • Field Trip Worksheet


Assessment Tasks

Workbook completion

Immigration Filed trip assignment

 


Assessment Matrix

See matrix via Blackboard

Other Information

Assessments

Please refer to the RMIT assessment policies for, special consideration, extensions of time, equitable assessment arrangements and future assessment adjustments. www.rmit.edu.au/browes:ID=ad)oagg9uc111


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Re-submission of assessment

One further opportunity to demonstrate Clinical Lab competence, will be provided to students if not deemed Satisfactory at the time of clinical assessment.

Re-submission of Written work, or other assessments , (once only. Excluding Exams) can be granted on recommendation from the teacher and approval by Program Coordinator.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a form of cheating in assessment and may occur in oral, written or visual presentations. It is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is your own: http://rmit.edu.au/students/academic-integrity

Turnitin

Is an online service, in to which teachers and students submit student assignments into a large database, via Blackboard, refer Turnitin website

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