Course Title: Provide advanced supports to facilitate recovery
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5289 Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol, other drugs and mental health)
Course Title: Provide advanced supports to facilitate recovery
Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office
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.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
OHTH5606C |
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 provide advanced support strategies for people with mental illness and psychiatric disabilities. Advanced supports involve analysis within a mental health diagnostic framework and the planning and implementation of psychosocial rehabilitation for specific client outcomes
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCMH501A Provide advanced supports to facilitate recovery |
Elements: |
1. Determine support and service requirements 2. Prepare for support and service requirements 3. Conduct supports and other service delivery 4. Recognise and deal with trauma 5. Evaluate effectiveness of services provided and adjust as required 6. Report and document information 7. Maintain safety in practice Determine support and service requirements |
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