Course Title: Provide advanced interventions to meet the needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
Part A: Course Overview
Program: S0131 Alcohol and Other Drugs Co-existing Needs Skill Set
Course Title: Provide advanced interventions to meet the needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 90
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) |
HWSS6088C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2017, Term1 2018 |
Course Contact: Chris Walters
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99258268
Course Contact Email: chris.walters@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course is the first of two elective courses (HWSS2171 and HWSS2172) that together will provide you with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills needed to work in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) and community mental health (non-clinical) sectors. In this foundational course you will learn about different classes of drugs and their varying impacts on individuals, families and communities. You will be introduced to a range of services, as well as resources and approaches to working with clients with AOD issues in the AOD sector. You will have opportunities to apply this knowledge to the comprehensive assessment of individual client needs, the development of case plans and referral to other services as required.
Successfully completing this course along with HSWS2172, Co-existing Disorders, as part the successful completion of your undergraduate degree, will qualify you to work in clinical and non-clinical roles in AOD and community mental health settings in government and non-government organisations throughout Australia.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Completion of first year of Undergraduate program
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCAOD008 Provide advanced interventions to meet the needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues |
Elements: |
1. Design intervention and support strategies 2. Implement intervention and support strategies 3. Make holistic evaluation of client progress 4. Collaborate with others |
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course you will be able to :
- Apply knowledge of contemporary policy and evidence-based therapeutic models to effectively communicate and engage with diverse clients in the AOD sector
- Interpret, analyse and synthesise a range of information to comprehensively assess a client’s individual treatment needs
- Determine appropriate treatment options and develop an individual treatment plan based on a comprehensive assessment of a client’s needs.
- Apply practice-based knowledge and skills to work responsibly and ethically in the AOD sector with and for clients presenting with AOD issues
Overview of Assessment
To satisfactorily achieve all requirements of this course by demonstrating satisfactory achievement of all the learning outcomes you must complete all of the following assessment tasks successfully.
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Description of Task 1: Application of therapeutic models of interventions in engaging clients through a structured role play using a screening and assessment tool
2000 words, 20% weighting, CLO1, CLO2
Assessment criteria
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Task 2: Reflecting on practice-based knowledge and skills to work with people with AOD issues through a case study approach, including development of an Individual Treatment Plan (ITP).
2000 words, 50% weighting, CLO2, CLO3
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Task 3: Relating research of services and clinical review treatment options to the development of an Individual Treatment Plan, and appropriate referral options applied in a simulated clinical review.
2000 words, 30% weighting, CLO3, CLO4