Course Title: Develop and review individual alcohol and other drugs treatment plans

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2021

Course Code: HWSS6086C

Course Title: Develop and review individual alcohol and other drugs treatment plans

School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4364 - Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs

Course Contact: Chris Walters

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8268

Course Contact Email: chris.walters@rmit.edu.au


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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 unit allows you to develop the skills and knowledge required to work collaboratively with clients to establish treatment goals, and to develop and evaluate individual treatment plans to meet those goals.

This unit applies to workers who develop treatment plans with, and for, clients with alcohol and other drugs (AOD) issues and where appropriate, provide a brief intervention, or develop longer term interventions that are evidence based.


This course is delivered and assessed with;

CHCAOD006: Provide interventions for people with alcohol and other drug issues
CHCCCS014: Provide brief interventions

 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCAOD009 Develop and review individual alcohol and other drugs treatment plans

Element:

1. Consider the type of treatment and services to be provided


 

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Interpret presenting issues and requirements from client assessment

1.2 Work with client to identify interaction and relationship between different presenting issues in the context of their health and demographic profile

1.3 Identify the need for potential referral, and collaboration with other services

1.4 Identify and respond to the need to consult with other professionals or specialists as required

1.5 Explain the purpose of the planning process and developing the treatment plan, and the roles of different people

1.6 Discuss with client their readiness for development of a treatment plan

Element:

2. Determine treatment goals and strategies

 

Performance Criteria:


2.1 Discuss desired outcomes, priorities and long term goals with the client

2.2 Identify any barriers and/or cultural factors that may impact on reaching goals

2.3 Provide information about different service and support options suited to the client’s needs

2.4 Assist client to evaluate and select strategies to achieve their goals

2.5 Determine preferred actions and prioritise

2.6 Confirm client capacity to meet the logistical demands of selected strategies

2.7 Establish timelines for identified goals with consideration of overlaps between different services and support

2.8 Agree on type and frequency of interactions

2.9 Work with the client to identify others in the client and family support network to be involved in the treatment plan, and their roles

2.10 Record goals and selected strategies in the individual treatment plan according to organisation protocols

Element:

3. Review client progress

 

Performance Criteria:


3.1 Regularly review client’s progress against negotiated goals and action plans

3.2 Monitor, record and report client progress in accordance with organisation guidelines

3.3 Negotiate revised action plans and timelines and record in the treatment plan as needed

3.4 Accurately record revisions in the individual treatment plan according to organisation protocols

3.5 Negotiate exit from the program with the client and provide support in accordance with organisation policies and available resources

3.6 Review outcomes of interventions with supervisor and/or colleagues

Learning Outcomes


 

On successful completion of this course you will have developed the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Details of Learning Activities

This course will be a blended delivery online via Canvas/Collaborate Ultra with some face to face demonstration of skills and knowledge


Teaching Schedule

WEEK

TOPIC: Interventions

Week 1

Exploring what is a brief intervention (and what it is not!)
● Working 1:1 to role play the case study
● Using FLAGS  to assess for needs
● Completing documentation relevant to an AOD brief intervention
● Learning about matching interventions to stages of change
● Discussing community level AOD influences

Week 2

Working with clients experiencing suicidal ideation with intent
● Defining suicide and self injury
● Learning about Suicide Risk Assessment
● Learning about Safety Planning
● Dispelling common myths about suicide
● Discussing risk and Protective Factors
● Discussing key tensions in working with people with suicidal intentUndertaking
Week 3

Motivational interviewing
● Continuing to work with the stages of change
● Learning about motivational interviewing - a frequently used brief intervention strategy in AOD
● Introducing risk and protective factors for AOD related harms
● Introducing the resilience framework for youth interventions
● Discussing interventions that involve families

Week 4

 Treatment planning with a person with complex needs.
● Establishing treatment goals
● Developing an individual treatment plan (ITP)
● Considering how to make sense of complex presenting problems
● Discussing how AOD use is connected to other presenting issues
● Exploring referral pathways
● Developing case notes

Week 5

● Dual Diagnosis
● Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
● Dialectical Behavioural Therapy

Week 6

The history and current practices of Harm Reduction in Australia.
● Learning about the history of Australian Harm Reduction policy
● Exploring a variety of harm minimisation resources relevant to AOD practice
● Learning about safer injecting
● Learning about naltrexone
● Developing substance specific harm minimisation strategies

Week 7

 Plan, undertake and evaluate brief interventions in the context of opiate use and intimate partner violence.
● Building on your understanding of safety planning and risk assessment
● Building on your understanding of mandatory reporting
● Working 1:1 to role play the case study
● Learning about opiate specific interventions (treatments)
● Exploring Harm Reduction
● Making appropriate referrals
● Relapse Prevention Planning
● Discussing community level AOD influences

Week 8
  • Assessment role plays

Week 9
  • Review of Intervention
  • Review of knowledge - link to Assessment tasks 5


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

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The learning Lab
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English for uni workshops
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/workshops/english-uni-workshops


Overview of Assessment

Assessment 1: Quiz   Assessment 2: Written - Planning, conducting and monitoring an Intervention. There are 6 parts to this task.   Assessment 3: Written - Case study. There are 6 parts to this task.   Assessment 4: Written - Brief Intervention, Case study. There are 3 parts to this task   Assessment 5: Written - Brief Intervention, Case study. There are 3 parts to this task.


Assessment Tasks

Assessment 1: Quiz
Assessment 2: Written - Planning, conducting and monitoring an Intervention. There are 6 parts to this task.
Assessment 3: Written - Case study. There are 6 parts to this task.
Assessment 4: Written - Brief Intervention, Case study. There are 3 parts to this task
Assessment 5: Written - Brief Intervention, Case study. There are 3 parts to this task.


Assessment Matrix

The assessment matrix is located in canvas at the end of each assessment task.

Other Information

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