Course Title: Work intensively with clients

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5289 Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol, other drugs and mental health)

Course Title: Work intensively with clients

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

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.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

HWSS5472C

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global, Urban and Social Studies

Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

 Term1 2012

Course Contact: Xenia Girdler

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4660

Course Contact Email: xenia.girdler@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This course describes the knowledge and skills required to deliver targeted specialised client services based on individual case management and intervention

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCCW503A Work intensively with clients

Elements:

Provide high quality case work
Enlist specialist services
Establish transition processes

Learning Outcomes


Overview of Assessment

This course will be assessed via a number of class based and work-integrated
tasks.  To be deemed competent in this course you will be required to demonstrate
your skills knowledge and attitude through -

case study - you will be placed into a small working group and assessed on your
ability to case manage a fictitious client over the duration of the course

assessment and screening tool - in your small working group you will be require
to develop an assessment tool which will provide you with the information required
to develop an effective treatment-recovery plan for your case study client

self and supervisor assessments

class presentations

direct observation of actual and simulated class based activities