Course Title: Provide a range of services to people with mental health issues

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5318 Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol, other drugs and mental health)

Course Title: Provide a range of services to people with mental health issues

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 150

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)
OHTH5776C	City Campus	TAFE	365T Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term2 2013, Term1 2014, Term1 2015
OHTH5882C	Alice Springs Campus	TAFE	365T Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	Term2 2015

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 collaboratively assess needs, provide a range of services to meet needs, review progress and evaluate the work undertaken with clients with mental health issues

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CHCMH504E Provide a range of services to people with mental health issues
Elements:	1. Assess the needs and issues of clients 2. Establish goals of service provision with the client 3. Provide services to meet client needs 4. Review progress with the client 5. Use self-protection strategies

Learning Outcomes

By completing this course you will gain the required competencies to work in a consultative and inclusive way with people with complex mental health issues including collaborating on assessment and planning with a complex care client.

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 a major, staged case study. Each stage will require you to complete a number of tasks relating specifically to assessment, planning and provision of various services. You will be reviewed at each stage by your peers and Teachers and Assessors. In conjunction with this you will be required to undertake a number of in-class role plays in order to demonstrate your skills in case management, assessment, planning and referral processes.