Course Title: Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2022
Course Code: HWSS6115C
Course Title: Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability
Important Information:
This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with Provide individualised support (CHCCS0015)
This course is delivered across two program areas in the school of Vocational Education - Design and Social Context. You will be assigned to either the Social Care or the FSSI program delivery
School: 535T Social Care and Health
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4365 - Certificate IV in Disability
Course Contact: Gwen Cawsey
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4581
Course Contact Email: gwen.cawsey@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
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
In this course you will acquire the skills and knowledge required to facilitate the empowerment of people with disability to deliver rights based services using a person-centred approach. It should be carried out in conjunction with individualised plans.
This course applies to workers in varied disability contexts.This course is delivered and assessed with:
CHCCS0015 - Provide individualised support
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCDIS007 Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability |
Element: |
1. 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: |
2. 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 |
Element: |
3. 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 |
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.
Details of Learning Activities
The program schedule includes:
- Online self-paced learning resources
- Face-to-face classroom-based learning
- Workplace based learning and assessment
Teaching Schedule
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Each person we support comes to us with individual needs as a result of the disability/ies they have. In this workshop we look at a range of conditions and how those conditions may impact on an individual across life areas. This includes identifying needs, strengths, challenges and solutions. Over the past thirty years the disability service sector has shifted from a pre- dominantly centre/facility-based focus to community based individual person centred planning. Empowerment, individualized services, community inclusion and participation are linked and considered today. Services, issues and solutions to support community inclusion and participation will feature in this workshop. Advocacy and self-advocacy are valuable tools in ensuring that the people we support take their place in their communities and society. |
Workshop flexibility
- The workshop themes link units and ideas, strategies and current beliefs, values and philosophies about disability and community sector work.
- The schedule above is planned to address those themes but we will amend to include materials and options that arise in the disability sector to enrich your learning throughout the program.
- Guest presenters may be scheduled if they are available and this may mean changes to the topics in workshops. Students will be informed as these opportunities are finalized.
- We welcome any suggestions or requests from students that would add to the content or experiences.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
The University Library has extensive resources and provides subject specialist expertise, research advice, help with referencing and support through:
The learning Lab
www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/learning-lab
The Study Support Hub
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/study-support-hub
English for uni workshops
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/workshops/english-uni-workshops
Overview of Assessment
This course is assessed with the course CHCCS0015 Provide individualised support.
The assessment tasks are as follows:
Task 1: Knowledge Questions
Task 2: Third party Supervisor Report
Task 3: Report-Prepare and respond to case studies
Task 4: Practical & Project-Observation
Assessment Tasks
Task 1: Knowledge Questions
Task 2: Third party Supervisor Report
Task 3: Report-Prepare and respond to case studies
Task 4: Practical & Project-Observation
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant unit of competency.
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