Course Title: Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2021
Course Code: HUSO5219C
Course Title: Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science
Campus: Bundoora Campus
Program: C5365 - Diploma of Nursing
Course Contact: Rosemarie Russell
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 7478
Course Contact Email: rosemarie.russell@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Adaline Fernando
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 pre-requisites for this unit of competency
Course Description
The course describes the skills and knowledge required to identify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety issues in the workplace, model cultural safety in own work practice, and develop strategies to enhance cultural safety.
This course applies to people working in a broad range of roles including those involved in direct client service, program planning, development and evaluation contexts.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety |
Element: |
1. Identify cultural safety issues in the workplace |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify the potential impact of cultural factors on service delivery to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients 1.2 Identify critical issues that influence relationships and communication with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1.3 Establish key aspects of cultural safety in consultation with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1.4 Evaluate the extent to which cultural safety is integrated in own work and workplace |
Element: |
2. Model cultural safety in own work |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Ensure work practices are grounded in awareness of one's own cultural bias 2.2 Reflect awareness of own and other cultures in work practices 2.3 Use communication techniques and work practices that show respect for the cultural differences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 2.4 Engage with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander interpreters and colleagues as cultural brokers, according to situation needs |
Element: |
3. Develop strategies for improved cultural safety |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Support the development of effective partnerships between staff, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and their communities 3.2 Identify and utilise resources to promote partnerships 3.3 Devise and document ways to support the delivery of services and programs that are culturally safe and encourage increased participation 3.4 Integrate strategies that encourage self-determination and community control in services and programs |
Element: |
4. Evaluate cultural safety strategies |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Agree outcomes against which cultural safety strategies can be measured 4.2 Involve Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in evaluations 4.3 Evaluate programs and services against desired outcomes 4.4 Revise strategies based on evaluation with appropriate engagement of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities for this unit CHCDIV002 will include online classes as well as practical labs with a clinical placement component. This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety issues in the workplace, model cultural safety in your own work practice and to develop strategies to enhance cultural safety.
This unit applies to people working in a broad range of roles including those involved in direct client service, program planning, development and evaluation contexts.
In this course you will be asked to complete assessment such as quiz and a case study to enable you to gain a deeper understanding of this course.
Teaching Schedule
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Course Schedule: CHCDVIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
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Assessments |
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Week 1 Commencing |
Session 1
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Week 2 Commencing |
Session 2 Aboriginal culture:
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Week 3 Commencing |
Session 3
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Assessment Task 1 & 2 due on 28/02/2021 by 11.59 pm |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Recommended texts are available at Library and include:
Year Published: 2015
Title: Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing: Volume 1
Creator: Audrey Berman (Links to an external site.)
Contributor: Barbara Kozier - author, (Links to an external site.)Glenora Lea Erb 1937- author. (Links to an external site.)
Edition: Third Australian Edition
Publisher: Pearson Australia
Subjects: Nursing -- Australia -- Textbooks (Links to an external site.)
ISBN: 9781486020027 (v. 1: paperback)
Potter & Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing. (Links to an external site.)
Tabbner’s Nursing Care - Theory & Practice (Links to an external site.)
Use the Library Subject Guide (Links to an external site.)
To access useful texts for this course. Additional readings, where required, have been provided in downloadable PDFs or as a direct link as a digital copy in the RMIT library.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including written, oral, practical tasks and activities.
You will be asked to personally demonstrate to your teacher/assessor the practical skills gained during this course to the relevant industry standards. Assessment activities will occur throughout this course and feedback will be provided at regular intervals
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: Online Quiz
Guidelines will be provided for this Assessment Task 1: Knowledge Assessment.
This assessment task allows you to demonstrate your knowledge of the CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety.
Assessment Task 2: Case Study & Self Reflection
This assessment is the second of three assessment tasks the student needs to complete satisfactorily, in order to be deemed competent for this unit. Completing this project allows the student to demonstrate that they:
• Understand the critical issues that influence relations and communication with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
• Can recognise their own cultural and biases.
• Can reflect on how they plan to overcome these biases when working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
• Can identify resources to aid communication with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
Other Information
Please refer to the RMIT student Page for extensive information about study support, assessments, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/contact-and-help/support-services
Attendance
You are to attend all sessions in order to engage in the required learning activities, ensure the maximum opportunity and gain competency in the course.
Special consideration
Use the special consideration process if your circumstances are such that you cannot fulfil assessment requirements. For example, if you are unable to complete any piece of assessment by a due date, you will need to apply for an extension.
Re submissions
You must be competent in all elements to successfully complete the course
You are permitted to have a maximum of 2 re submissions for this course; however each individual assessment may only be resubmitted once.
re submissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the program coordinator after consultation with the teacher.
All re submissions must be completed and submitted no more than 7 days after our work has been assessed.
Please note an opportunity to repeat clinical placement is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of the clinical Coordinator/Program Manager.
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
RMIT has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/rights-and-responsibilities/academic-integrity
Working with Children Check and Police Check
This course requires a Working with Children Check and Police Check
Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer
If you think you have some or all of the knowledge and competencies described, please discuss the Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer options with may be available to you with your Course Coordinator:
For more information go to:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/search?q=prior+learning
Student support
Your first point of contact for any support needs with your assessments should be your teacher and assessor. If you require further support, you should consider contacting the following support services at RMIT.
Assessment adjustments
Students requiring support or adjustments for their formal assessments task or exams should contact Equitable Learning Services (ELS) (Links to an external site.), for more information on the types of adjustments provided, have a look at the adjustments to assessment website (Links to an external site.).
Special consideration
If unexpected circumstances affect your ability to complete an assessment you can apply for special consideration. For more information have a look at RMIT's special consideration (Links to an external site.) Page.
Appeals
As an RMIT student you are entitled to seek a review of decisions that impact on your studies. For more information have a look at RMIT's appeals (Links to an external site.) Page
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