Course Title: Work effectively with clients with complex alcohol and-or other drugs issues
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: HWSS6039C
Course Title: Work effectively with clients with complex alcohol and-or other drugs issues
School: 365T Global, Urban & Social Studies
Campus: Alice Springs Campus
Program: C5318 - Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol, other drugs and mental health)
Course Contact : Xenia Girdler
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4660
Course Contact Email:xenia.girdler@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Chris Walters
(03) 9925 8268
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 course describes the knowledge and skills required to provide a range of services to meet the needs of clients who may have alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues, which may be combined with other issues. It also covers the review of client progress and evaluation of all work undertaken with clients.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCAOD510B Work effectively with clients with complex alcohol and-or other drugs issues |
Element: |
1.Provide services to meet client needs |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Establish strategies to develop effective working relationships with clients to enable the delivery of targeted services |
Element: |
2.Plan and implement harm minimisation and relapse prevention strategies |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Plan and implement relapse prevention strategies |
Element: |
3.Provide support for additional needs |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Determine additional client issues likely to have an influence on treatment and rehabilitation |
Element: |
4.Review client progress |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Implement processes to ensure client's progress is regularly reviewed against negotiated goals and action plans |
Element: |
5.Evaluate work undertaken with clients |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Review outcomes of client work against care plan goals and document in accordance with organisation policies and procedures |
Learning Outcomes
Completing this course will provide you with the necessary skills to work with clients who present with multiple and complex support needs.
You will be able to assess and provide effective strategies and support when working with complex clients. Additionally you will review and evaluate work undertaken.
Details of Learning Activities
This course forms part of the Dual Diagnosis Advanced practitioner practice theme. The learning takes place over the entire duration of the program through activities such as:
Face to face workshops (held over three consecutive days each month)
Group Work
Role Plays
Presentations
Work Integrated Learning tasks
Teaching Schedule
The program begins on October 21 2015 and runs through until July 20th 2016.
Each months there are three face-to face workshops held over two-three days. A delivery schedule will be given to you during orientation.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
.Any resources required for this course will be provided by your teacher, placed on a USB for you and also put on black board as required
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on your skills to provide support to clients with multiple and complex needs via an integrated and multi-staged case study. You will be required to undertake a variety of tasks throughout each stage specifically designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your competency.This course will be assessed via a number of class based and work-integrated tasks. To be deemed competent in this course you will be required to demonstrate your skills knowledge and attitude through a five stage case study.
Assessment Tasks
Due to the interconnected nature of this course and the practice theme it is embedded within, assessments for this course commence at the beginning of the program with a series of work-based evidence tasks
1: Evidence portfolio
2: professional Conversation
3: Myths and Stigma task
4: Range of Services task
In addition to the requirement to complete the Major Case Study Part one through to Part 4
Assessment Matrix
This program in delivered in accordance with competency-based assessment, grades include:
CA: Competency Achieved
NYC: Not Yet Competent
DNS: Did Not Submit for assessment
Other Information
Cover sheet for Submissions
You must include a completed submission coversheet for every piece of submitted work, including online submissions. This signed sheet acknowledges that you are aware of the plagiarism implications.
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
RMIT University has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy.
Academic Integrity: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=kw02ylsd8z3n
Attendance
It is strongly advised that you attend all sessions in order to engage in the required learning activities, ensuring the maximum opportunity to gain the competency.
Feedback
You will receive verbal and written feedback on your work. This feedback also includes suggestions on how you can proceed to the next stage of developing your projects.
Student feedback at RMIT: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=9pp3ic9obks7
Student Progress
Monitoring academic progress is an important, enabling and proactive strategy to assist you to achieve your learning potential.
Student progress policy: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=vj2g89cve4uj1
Special consideration policy (late submissions)
All assessment tasks are required to be completed to a satisfactory level. If you are unable to complete any piece of assessment by the due date, you will need to apply for an extension.
Special consideration, appeals and discipline: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qkssnx1c5r0y
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