Course Title: Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2016

Course Code: HWSS6115C

Course Title: Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability

School: 365T Global, Urban and Social Studies

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4365 - Certificate IV in Disability

Course Contact: Renee Costa

Course Contact Phone: 99254598

Course Contact Email: renee.costa@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Mary Collins
mary.collins@rmit.edu.au
9925 4598

Nominal Hours: 100

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

Provision of individualised services and support is central to the disability and community services sectors.  In this unit you will focus on the knowledge and skills required to organise, provide and monitor support services established in the individual service plan developed with the individual. Your role in developing and implementing the plan will be critical in ensuring that client preferences are recognised and addressed across a range of life areas.

This unit is taught with:

CHCLEG003 Manage legal and ethical compliance

CHCCCS015 Provide individualised support  

CHCDIS005 Develop and provide person-centred services

CHCDIS008  Facilitate community inclusion and participation

This unit is assessed with:

CHCCCS015  Provide individualised support. 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCDIS007 Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability

Element:

Demonstrate commitment to empowerment for people with disability

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Identify changes in the legal, political and social frameworks within which the work is undertaken 1.2 Identify ways society can affect the level of impairment experienced by a person with disability 1.3 Reflect on personal values and attitudes regarding disability and acknowledge their potential impact when working in disability contexts 1.4 Develop and adjust own approaches to facilitate empowerment

Element:

Facilitate choice and self-determination

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Using a person-centred approach work in a manner that acknowledges the person with disability as their own expert 3.2 Facilitate person-centred options for action on relevant issues and discuss with the person and/or family and/or carer and/or relevant other 3.3 Provide assistance to the person with disability to facilitate communication of their personal goals 3.4 Provide person-centred support in a manner that encourages and empowers the person with disability to make their own choices 3.5 Assist with strategies to ensure that the person is comfortable with any decisions that are being made on their behalf 3.6 Assist with accessing advocacy services and other complaint mechanisms as required

Element:

Foster human rights

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Assist the person with disability to understand their rights 2.2 Deliver services that ensure the rights and needs of the person are upheld in the context of person-centeredness 2.3 Ensure the cultural needs of the person are identified, accepted and upheld 2.4 Identify breaches of human rights and respond and report according to organisation procedures 2.5 Identify indications of possible abuse and/or neglect and report according to organisation procedure


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.  This will enhance your capacity to provide individualised supports and services to the people you support


Details of Learning Activities

 

  • class exercises to review discussions and workshops
  • seminars/workshops/presentations
  • practical demonstration and use of workplace equipment and tasks
  • guest presentations
  • group discussions
  • research in and out of class time
  • independent workplace case study
  • group activities/projects


Teaching Schedule

 

Workshop

Class content

 

Unit of competency &  elements

 

3

Supporting empowerment and person-centred practice through legal and ethical compliance frameworks

  • Course content and assessment requirements.
  • Legislative & policy frameworks, the NDIS
  • In-class assessment: CHCLEGOO3, Task 2, Scenario and response, group task.

 

CHCCCS015

1, 3, 4

 

CHCLEG003

1, 2, 3, 4

 

CHCDIS007

1, 2

CHCLEG003

Assessment Task 1:  take home quiz, Duty of Care

Assessment Task 2: In-class, group task. Scenario and response.

Assessment task 3 – Performance evidence

Due date: workplace appointment to be scheduled

4

Empowerment, individual support & person-centred service

  • Course content & assessment
  • Types of disability and implications across life areas & support needs
  •  Individualised services
  • In-class assessment:  CHCCCS015  & CHCDIS007,  Task 2, Scenario and response, group task

CHCCCS015

1, 2, 3, 4

 

CHCDIS007

1, 2, 3

 

CHCDIS005

1, 3

CHCCCS015

CHCDIS007

Assessment task 1: theory questions.

Assessment Task 2: in-class group task, Scenario and response.

Assessment task 3: Performance evidence

Workplace appointment to be scheduled

5

Empowerment, person-centredness and community participation and inclusion

  • Course content and assessment
  • Contemporary services provision: the past to the present
  • Strengths based practices
  • In-class assessment: CHCDIS005 & CHCDIS008, task 1, scenario & response group task
  • Discussion: CHCDIS005 & CHCDIS005, Assessment Task 2, Case Study Part 1

 

 

CHCDIS007

1, 2

 

CHCDIS005

1, 2, 3

 

CHCDIS008

1, 2,  3

CHCDIS005

CHCDIS008

Assessment task 1: In-class Scenarios & response

Assessment task 2: Case Study Part 1.

Assessment task 3: Performance evidence

Workplace appointment to be scheduled

 

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

 

Assessment

Assessment Type

Word limit or equivalent

Assessment one

Understanding theory – short answer questions

200 words per response

Assessment two

In-class task: Scenario – providing individualised services and supports

100 -  200 words per response

Assessment three

Performance evidence: workplace professional discussion and sighting of evidence of work roles, responsibilities and training, Third Party report  from workplace supervisor

Documents to be sighted by Assessor within the agency guidelines for privacy and confidentiality.  

 

A student charter http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/studentcharter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=c15i3ciaq8ca


Assessment Tasks

This course is assessed in accordance with competency based assessment. The unit CHCCCS015 Provide individualised support is assessed with the unit CHCDIS007 Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability.

To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all of the following pieces of assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will receive written feedback on all assessment (refer to MyRMIT for assessment criteria). You will receive a full assessment brief on date tbc and it will be available on the Blackboard site accessed via MyRMIT.

Assessment Task 1: Understanding theory – short answer questions

You will use the information, discussions and materials from the workshops and your own reading and experience to consider what empowerment, self-determination, independence, advocacy and self-management mean, and how the lives of people with a disability are enhanced by positive attitudes and practices

 

Assessment Task 2: In-class group task: Scenario – providing individualised services and supports

Working in small groups and using your knowledge and experience, the materials provided and discussions from the workshops, respond to the case study and questions below about person with multiple disability who is in a time of transition. You will consider the personal support needs, individual and family circumstances, and the roles and responsibilities of a Community Support Organisation (CSO) and disability support workers (DSW),   The responses should be be based on your agency’s policy and procedure with practical examples which add to the evidence of your knowledge and skills.

 

Assessment Task 3: Professional Discussion and performance evidence

This describes skills and knowledge you can demonstrate via your job role in facilitating the empowerment of people with a disability and providing individualised support. This will be provided via a professional discussion and presentation of workplace evidence during planned workplace visits

 

When you have completed all unit tasks to “Satisfactorily completed” standard, you will be signed off as “Competency Achieved” in this unit


Assessment Matrix

An assessment matrix for this unit will be available from the Program Coordinator

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

Cover Sheet for Submissions
You must complete a submission cover sheet for every piece of submitted work, including online submissions. This signed sheet acknowledges that you are aware of implications of plagiarism.

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.

Applying for an Extension

Extension of time for assessment tasks may be granted where circumstances beyond your control prevent submission by the published due date. Speak with your teacher or course coordinator regarding applying for an extension.

Applying for Special Consideration

If you are seeking an extension of more than seven calendar days (from the original due date) you must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form, preferably prior to, but no later than two working days after the official due date. Late applications will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances. For information about Special Consideration and how to apply, see:

http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity means honesty and responsibility in scholarship through respecting the work of others whilst having the freedom to build new insights, new knowledge and ideas. RMIT University upholds the values of academic integrity as fundamental to the scholarship undertaken by all members of its community. Whenever you refer to another person’s research or ideas (either by directly quoting or paraphrasing them) you must acknowledge your source.

If you are even in doubt about how to properly cite a reference, consult your lecturer or the academic integrity website: http://www.rmit.edu.au/academicintegrity

The RMIT library provides tools to assist with your referencing http://www1.rmit.edu.au/library/referencing

Plagiarism and Collusion

Plagiarism and collusion constitute extremely serious academic misconduct, and are forms of cheating. You are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person as though it is your own. It is a form of cheating and is a very serious academic offence that may lead to expulsion from the University. Plagiarised material can be drawn from, and presented in, written, graphic and visual form, including electronic data, and oral presentations. Plagiarism occurs when the origin of the material used is not appropriately cited. Plagiarism is not acceptable.

Examples of plagiarism include:

  • Copying sentences or paragraphs word-for-word from one or more sources, whether published or unpublished, which could include but is not limited to books, journals, reports, theses, websites, conference papers, course notes, etc. without proper citation;
  • Closely paraphrasing sentences, paragraphs, ideas or themes without proper citation;
  • Piecing together text from one or more sources and adding only linking sentences;
  • Copying or submitting whole or parts of computer files without acknowledging their source;
  • Copying designs or works of art and submitting them as your original work;
  • Copying a whole or any part of another student's work; and
  • Submitting work as your own that someone else has done for you.
  • Enabling Plagiarism: the act of assisting or allowing another person to plagiarise or to copy your own work is also an offence.

For further information, please see the RMIT Plagiarism Policy –  http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=sg4yfqzod48g1 (unresolved) – and the RMIT Student Conduct Regulations – http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=r7a7an6qug93

Plagiarism Software

The originality verification software Turnitin may be used in this course. For details, see: http://www.turnitin.com

Complaints Procedure:

RMIT University is committed to providing a harmonious study and work environment for all students and staff. The University recognises your right to raise concerns about academic, administrative or support services without recrimination and has policies and procedures to assist in the resolution of complaints.

Most issues are resolved at the local level and you are encouraged to take steps to resolve your issue locally. The student complaint procedure details steps to take if your problem is not resolved or you believe the response you received is unreasonable.

Student Complaints Policy: http://www1.rmit.edu.au/policies/studentcomplaintspolicy

Student complaints Procedure: http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=i1lexipvjt22

Student Complaints Form: http://mams.rmit.edu.au/v4ujvmyojugxz.pdf

 

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