Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2016

Course Code: OHTH5910C

Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4367 - Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance

Course Contact: Veemita Kaul

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4662

Course Contact Email: veemita.kaul@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 25

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

There are no pre­requisites or co requisites for this unit of competency

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for a worker to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others in work environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining safety of the worker, the people being supported and other community members.
This unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out their own work, in both centre-based and home-based service provision.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Element:

1. Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Follow workplace policies and procedures for safe work practices

1.2 Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures

1.3 Identify any client-related risk factors or behaviours of concern, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures

1.4 Follow workplace policies and procedures to minimise risk

1.5 Identify and report incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures

Element:

2. Follow safe work practices for manual handling

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Follow manual handling procedures and work instructions for minimising manual handling risk

2.2 Identify manual handling hazards and report in line with workplace procedures

2.3 Apply control measures for minimising manual handling risk

Element:

3. Follow safe work practices for infection control

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Follow standard precautions as part of own work routine to prevent the spread of infection

3.2 Recognise situations when additional infection control procedures are required

3.3 Apply additional precautions when standard precautions alone may not be sufficient to prevent transmission of infection

3.4 Identify risks of infection and report them according to workplace procedures

Element:

4. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Raise WHS issues with designated persons according to organisational procedures

4.2 Participate in workplace safety meetings, inspections and consultative activities

4.3 Contribute to the development and implementation of safe workplace policies and procedures in own work area

Element:

5. Reflect on own safe work practices

Performance Criteria:

5.1 Identify ways to maintain currency of safe work practices in regards to workplace systems, equipment and processes in own work role

5.2 Reflect on own levels of stress and fatigue, and report to designated persons according to workplace procedures

5.3 Participate in workplace debriefing to address individual needs

Learning Outcomes


The critical learning for this course takes place in clinical placement within the health sector and within simulations in RMIT laboratories.
You will be instructed in skills through demonstration, modelling and roleplay.
Skills development is supported by lectures on theory

At the completion of the curse, the students should be able to-

  • Follow safe work practices for direct client care
  • Follow safe work practices for manual handling
  • Follow safe work practices for infection control
  • Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace
  • Reflect on own safe work practices


Details of Learning Activities

 

A combination of activities will support students learning in this course, such as:
• Face to face and or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course 
• Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL), during simulations and classroom based learning 
• Observations of performance in the workplace and industry placement or simulated environment will be a valuable part of your learning experience 
• Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics 
• Online discussion and activities support you to collaborate with other students in your course and debate and debate and discuss ideas 
• Self directed study time to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts 
• To further facilitate learning, students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform


Teaching Schedule

 

The classes will be held on a Wednesday afternoon in the following weeks-

RMIT Week

Week starting

Session timings

Topics

29

11/07

1.30-4.30

Topic 1- Follow safe work practices for direct client care

 

30

18/07

1.30-4.30

Topic 2 – Follow safe work practices for manual handling

31

25/07

1.30-4.30

Topic 3- Follow safe work practices for infection control

32

01/08

1.30-4.30

Topic 4- Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

Topic 5- Reflect on own safe work practices


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Classroom Assessment Task !:

Simulation emergency scenario and WHS meeting
This assessment task supports Learning Outcome 4


Assessment Task 2:
Workbook completion to a satisfactory level
This assessment task supports knowledge assessment

Assessment Task 3:
Workplace risk assessment assignment
This assessment task supports Course Learning Outcomes (CLO's) 1, 4 &5


Assessment task 4
Clinical Placement and Skills Evidence Record
This assessment task supports Course Learning Outcomes (CLO's) 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5


You will be provided with an assessment overview for the course and a descriptor for each assessment task.
Feedback is provided on each assessment.


 


Assessment Tasks

The assessement tasks will be include-

1. Workbook                                                    due by 10/08/16

2. Case study scenario/ Risk assessment         due by 10/08/16

3.Workplace inspection checklist                      due by 10/08/16

4. Workplace performance through evidence guide at clinical placement due after 3  working days of completion of the placement


Assessment Matrix

 

 

Interview/ Verbal Questioning

Self-Reflections

Assignment/ Project

Case Study or Role Play

Third Party Verification

Workplace Performance

Research or Report

Portfolio of Evidence

Written Tasks

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

 

 

UNIT CODE                    HLTWHS002

UNIT NAME   Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Cluster: No

Foundation Skills:      Yes   No

Elements

Performance Criteria

Related Assessment Tasks

Assessment Method See legend above
  1. Follow safe work practices for direct client care

1.1   Follow workplace policies and procedures for safe work practices

Workbook, Workplace Inspection Checklist

 

C, F, I

1.2   Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons, and record them according to workplace procedures

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I

1.3   Identify any client-related risk factors or behaviours of concern, report them to designated persons, and record them accordingto workplace procedures

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I

1.4   Follow workplace policies and procedures to minimise risk

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I

1.5    Identify and report incidents and injuries to designated persons according to workplace procedures

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I
  1. Follow safe work practices for manual handling

2.1.Follow manual handling procedures and work instructions for minimising manual handling risk

Workbook,Workplace Inspection Checklist

C, F, I

2.2.Identify manual handling hazards and report in line with workplace procedures

Workbook, Workplace Inspection Checklist

C, F, I

2.3.Apply control measures for minimising manual handling risk

Workbook, Workplace Inspection Checklist

C, F, I
  1. Follow safe work practices for infection control

3.1   Follow standard precautions as part of own work routine to prevent the spread of infection

Workbook

C, F, I

3.2   Recognise situations when additional infection control procedures are required

Workbook

C, F, I

3.3   Apply additional precautions when standard precautions alone may not be sufficient to prevent transmission of infection

Workbook

C, F, I

3.4   Identify risks of infection and report them according to workplace procedures

Workbook

C, F, I
  1. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

4.1   Raise WHS issues with designated persons according to organisational procedures

Workbook, Risk assessment

C, F, I

4.2   Participate in workplace safety meetings, inspections and consultative activities

Workbook

C, F, I

4.3   Contribute to the development and implementation of safe workplace policies and procedures in own work area

Workbook

C, F, I

 

5. Reflect on own safety practices

5.1 Identify ways to maintain currency of safe work practices in regards to workplace systems, equipment and processes in own work role

Workbook

C, F, I

5.2 Reflect on own levels of stress and fatigue, and report to designated persons according to workplace procedures

Workbook

C, F, I

5.3 Participate in workplace debriefing to address individual needs

Workbook

C, F, I

 

The candidate has completed the following tasks at least once in line with state/territory WHS regulations, relevant codes of practice and workplace procedures:

 · contributed to a workplace WHS meeting or inspection · conducted a workplace risk assessment and recorded the results

  • consistently applied workplace safety procedures in the day-to-day work activities required by the job role, including:
  • infection control
  • hazardous manual tasks

 · use of personal protective equipment

  • reporting incidents
  • followed workplace procedures for at least one simulated emergency situation.

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

State/territory legislation and how it impacts on workplace regulations, codes of practice and industry standards, including:

  • state/territory WHS authorities

 · rights and responsibilities of employers and workers, including duty of care

 · hazardous manual tasks

  • infection control

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

Safety symbols and their meanings, including signs for:

  • poisons
  • emergency equipment
  • personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • specific hazards such as sharps, radiation

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

Hazard identification, including: · definition of a hazard · common workplace hazards relevant to the industry setting including hazardous manual tasks, infection control risks and personal safety risks · workplace procedures for hazard identification · strategies minimising risk

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

Safety considerations when working in a home-based environment, including:

  • rights and responsibilities of workers and clients · basic home fire safety including high-risk groups, behaviour that contributes to fire injury and fatalities, and smoke alarm placement, installation and maintenance. · risks to personal safety · common sources of infection and means to minimise transfer of infectious diseases · fundamentals of the muscoskeletal system and practices to minimise injury to self and clients

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I
  • Workplace emergency procedures
  • Workplace policies and procedures for WHS

Class room teaching/ resources

C, F, I

Foundation Skills

 

 

 

Core Skills from the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF)

  • Reading-– in order to accurately read and interpret workplace safety policies and procedures including safety signs, dangerous goods classifications and safety instructions

 

 
  • Writing

 

 
  • Oral Communication

 

 
  • Numeracy

 

 
  • Learning

 

 

Employability Skills from the Core Skills for Work Framework (CFW) – see below Table

 

 

 

Other Information

There will be ongoing class activities and it is important to be a part of all class activities.

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