Course Title: Promote and facilitate self advocacy

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2024

Course Code: HWSS8153C

Course Title: Promote and facilitate self advocacy

Important Information:

Please note that this course has compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching and assessment activities.

School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4423 - Certificate IV in Mental Health

Course Contact: Jennifer Furby

Course Contact Phone: 9925 8310

Course Contact Email: jennifer.furby@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 50

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 describes the skills and knowledge required to encourage, support and promote self-advocacy. The promotion and facilitation of self-advocacy contributes to a person’s self-determination, empowerment and right to make informed choices in regard to all aspects of their life.

This unit applies to work with people living with mental illness in a range of community services work contexts.

This unit is delivered and assessed in a cluster with CHCADV001: Facilitate the Interests and Rights of Clients


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCMHS008 Promote and facilitate self advocacy

Element:

1. Assist individuals or groups to identify their issues, rights and preferred options

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Apply strategic questioning to clarify advocacy issues

1.2 Review and provide information on self advocacy in relation to individual or group issues

1.3 Assist individual or group to identify their own needs and rights and to determine if their rights are being infringed or not being met

1.4 Work with individuals or groups to evaluate and negotiate advocacy options

1.5 Document advocacy options according to organisation policy and procedures

Element:

2. Enable individuals to gain self-advocacy skills

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Build a shared understanding about advocacy issues and choices available

2.2 Identify potential barriers and relevant strategies to overcome them

2.3 Collaboratively develop an individual’s self-advocacy strategy and arguments

2.4 Provide opportunities for practicing self-advocacy

2.5 Identify and utilise self-advocacy resources

2.6 Support individuals to document the circumstances and events relevant to the advocacy situation

Element:

3. Follow up and support individuals after self-advocacy

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Follow up and reflect with the individual the self-advocacy process and outcomes

3.2 Identify further strategies and next steps according to individual’s needs

3.3 Provide additional advocacy support to individuals, when needed, to further enhance their self-advocacy efforts

Element:

4. Promote self-advocacy

Performance Criteria:


4.1 Model aspects of self-advocacy through assertive communication skills

4.2 Identify and use opportunities to promote the right of individuals to self-advocate

4.3 Encourage a culture of self-advocacy and dignity of risk

4.4 Develop promotional material about self-advocacy

4.5 Raise awareness about barriers to self-advocacy

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

Classes where information is shared through talks and group discussions, and exercises are conducted to apply learning. Time in class, will also be spent working on applied assessment tasks.


Teaching Schedule

Cluster: Facilitate and promote clients rightsSemester 2, 2024WeekTopicAssessment / Learning activities
Week 1
  • Introduction to the unit
  • Overview of delivery schedule
  • Assessments and due dates

Human Rights and Advocacy Foundations

  • History of Human Rights
  • Human Needs vs. Interests
  • Stigma, discrimination and prejudice
  • Advocacy and the Advocate
  • Social Justice Principles
  • Advocacy Principles

Each week you are encouraged to complete weekly quizzes, which are auto-marked and do not count towards your final grade. These quizzes help reflect on the day's topics and your understanding of them.

 

  • Week 1 Quiz (auto-marked)
Week 2

Legislation and frameworks

  • Legal and ethical considerations
  • Legislation and our role
  • Rights and responsibilities
  • Practice standards, frameworks and guidelines

Assessment Task 4 Self Advocacy Presentation

  • Overview
  • Grouping, dates and times
  • Start preperation
  • Week 2 Quiz (auto-marked)
Week 3

Self-Advocacy

  • Self-advocacy
  • Barriers and strategies to address them
  • Recovery, person-centred, empowerment and self-determination
  • Homework task: History of self-advocacy

Group work: Assessment Task 4 Self-Advocacy Presentation
  • Week 3 Quiz (auto-marked)
Week 4

Working with clients

  • Advocacy approaches (negotiation, mediation and conciliation)
  • Working with consumers and skills
  • Consumer rights and the contracting phase

Group work: Assessment Task 4 Self-Advocacy Presentation
  • Week 4 Quiz (auto-marked)
  • Assessment Task 4 Self- Advocacy Presentation due
Week 5

Working with clients

  • Stages of the conversation
  • Assessing consumer’s ability to self-advocate
  • Referrals
  • Week 5 Quiz (auto-marked)
Week 6

Assessment Week

AT4 Self-Advocacy Presentation completed in class.

Introduction and practice for Assessment Task 2 Hamira & John Roleplays

  • Overview
  • Partners, dates and times
  • Practice roleplays
  • Week 6 Quiz (auto-marked)
Weeks 7

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Ongoing support and feedback

  • The need for a complaint
  • Making a complaint
  • Ongoing support
  • Seeking feedback

Introduction and practice for Assessment Task 2 Hamira & John Roleplays

  • Overview
  • Partners, dates and times
  • Practice roleplays
  • Assessment Task 2 Hamira & John Roleplays completed in class

 

Mid Semester Break
Week 8

 

Assessment Week

 AT2 Hamira and Peter roleplays completed in class
  • Assessment Task 2 Hamira & John Roleplays completed in class
Week 9

Assessment Week

AT2 Hamira and Peter roleplays completed in class.
  • Assessment Task 2 Hamira & John Roleplays completed in class
Week 10

Public Holiday

  

 
Weeks 11

Advocating on behalf of a client

  • Client's needs and desired outcomes
  • Representing client's interests

Introduction to Assessment Task 3 Karla Roleplay 

  • Overview
  • Partners, dates and times
  • Practice roleplays
  • Work on documentation for Karla
  • Assessment Task 2 Hamira & John documents due
Week 12

Assessment Week

AT3 Karla Roleplay roleplays completed in class.

 
  • Assessment Task 3 Karla Roleplay completed in class
Week 13

Assessment Week

AT3 Karla Roleplay roleplays completed in class.

 
  • Assessment Task 3 Karla Roleplay completed in class
  • Assessment 4; Knowledge Questions Due
Week 14

Assessment Week

AT3 Karla Roleplay roleplays completed in class.

 
  • Assessment Task 3 Karla Roleplay completed in class
Week 15

Review, reflection and Evaluation

 Assessment Task 3 Karla Roleplay documentation due


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 unit is part of an integrated program. You must demonstrate critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit. 

Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks. You may be assessed by: 
• Oral or written questioning 
• Oral presentations 
• Assignments and projects 
• Direct observation of work practice 

Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions, through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation. 

Regular attendance is necessary.

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the Program Co-ordinator or the Equitable Learning Services team if you would like to find out more.  

Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on Canvas.  


Assessment Tasks

There are 4 assessment task for this unit which are:

Assessment 1: Knowledge Questions - short answer question to demonstrate knowledge and learning

Assessment 2: Role Play where you will practice skills and demonstrate working with a client making a complaint in a simulated workplace

Assessment 3: Role Play where you will practice skills and demonstrate working and advocating for a client

Assessment 4: Working in small groups to create a resource that promotes self-advocacy 


Assessment Matrix

The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant unit of competency

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

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