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CHCDIS003 Support Community Participation and Social Inclusion Assignment - Inspire Education, Australia
1. Knowledge Assessment
1. The following are practices, philosophies, and theories in supporting and empowering people with disability.
a) Social model of disability
b) Social devaluation
c) Strengths-based practice
d) Active support
e) Person-centred practice
f) Community education
g) Capacity building
Match each to its correct description. Write the letters of your answers in the spaces provided.
Description
i. It is the belief of society that a person or a group of people with disabilities cannot contribute to society as much as those with no disability. As a result, people living with disabilities are viewed as having less value than others.
ii. This views 'disability' as the result of people living with impairments interacting in an environment with physical, attitudinal, communication and social barriers.
iii. It sees the person with a disability as an individual rather than a sick person. The person must also be valued and is worthy of respect no matter their disability.
iv. This includes programs to promote learning and social development work with individuals and groups in their communities using formal and informal teaching and learning methods.
v. It focuses on what a person living with disability can do, rather than what he/she cannot do.
vi. It is developing a person's skills and capabilities to promote his/her independence. It is demonstrated through doing a task with the person rather than doing a task for that person.
vii. It enables and empowers people with disabilities to participate in all aspects of their lives.
2. Which of the following are rights of people with disability?
Guidance: Select three (3) responses.
i. A person with disability has a right to the same employment opportunities as a person without a disability.
ii. A person with disability has the right to be granted a job even though he cannot perform the inherent requirements of the task.
iii. A person with disability has the right to readily access areas of public life which include education, accommodation, and public places (parks, government, restaurants, hotels, etc.).
iv. A person with disability has the right to live free from harassment, discrimination, and being treated unfairly.
3. Which of the following are responsibilities of people with disability?
Guidance: Select three (3) responses.
i. To engage in activities provided by them by support workers including those that they do now want to engage or participate in.
ii. To respect the rights of support workers to their human, legal, and industrial rights - this includes the right to work in a safe environment.
iii. To give monetary rewards and gifts to their support workers.
iv. To give enough information to help the approved provider to develop, deliver, and review a support plan.
v. To treat support workers without exploitation, abuse, discrimination, or harassment.
4. Which of the following statements accurately explain principles of community inclusion?
Guidance: Select three (3) responses.
i. Community inclusion means having permanent residency in a neighbourhood or community.
ii. Community inclusion means being superior over other members in the community.
iii. It involves not being a part of a community and being accepted by others in this community.
iv. Community inclusion is a collaborative effort among the person and the current members of the community.
v. Community inclusion involves playing an active part in the activities and processes in the community.
5. Which of the following are strategies for strengthening options, networks and services for people with disability?
Guidance: Select three (3) responses.
i. Let the person with disability participate in the decision-making process about matters on his/her support.
ii. Discuss matters about the client's support with the family and not including the client.
iii. Recognise and respect the client's dignity of risk while also taking into account his/her health and safety.
iv. Stay up to date about information about services, which you can also share with your clients and their families and carers.
6. Which of the following statements accurately explain active citizenship?
Guidance: Select two (2) responses.
i. Active citizenship aligns with principles of access and equity.
ii. Active citizenship primarily means residing in a community.
iii. Active citizenship means getting involved in the community's activities.
iv. Active citizenship means opposing laws and policies that you do not agree of.
7. Access and review the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (UNCRPD) through this link: UNCRPD
Which of the following statements accurately reflect the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities?
Guidance: Select three (3) responses.
You are provided with references in the choices below to point you where to look in the UNCRPD.
i. People with disability have more rights to liberty and security than those with no disability. (Article 14)
ii. Raising awareness includes combatting stereotypes, prejudices, and harmful practices to persons with disabilities. (Article 8)
iii. People with disability are free to leave any country, including their own. (Article 18)
iv. Discrimination against any person on the basis of disability is a violation of the inherent dignity and worth of the human being. (Preamble)
v. People with disability are only allowed to access cultural materials and places that are designated to them. (Article 30)
8. List five (5) elements of best practice in community inclusion for people with disability.
9. Provide two (2) examples of best practice in community inclusion for people with disability.
Guidance: Your examples must demonstrate the use of the elements you have identified in Question 4.
10. Below are practices used in providing disability support. Match each to its correct principle.
a) Empowerment
b) Rights-based approach
c) Person-centred practices
d) Self-advocacy
e) Active support
f) Active listening g) Social justice, and the importance of knowing and respecting each person as an individual
h) Strengths-based approaches
Write the letter of your answers in the spaces provided.
i. It supports and promotes participation, accountability, non-discrimination (equality), empowerment and legality.
ii. It includes promoting and encouraging self-determination by people with physical disability, supporting them to make their own choices and decisions, particularly where the outcomes directly affect their lives.
iii. It puts the person with a disability at the centre of decision-making about the provision of his / her support.
iv. It ensures that people with even the most significant disabilities have ongoing, daily support to be engaged in a variety of life activities and opportunities of their choice.
v. This practice promotes the participation and voice of people with a disability; enabling people with a disability to develop the skills to ensure that their rights and interests are respected and realised.
vi. It involves removing distractions, understanding the speaker's signs and sounds, and providing feedback.
vii. It focuses on what the person can do instead of what he / she cannot do.V
viii. It makes sure that people with disability have the same choices as everyone else about how they live and the means to make those choices.
2. WORKPLACE EVIDENCE
This part of the RPL Kit requires you to provide evidence from the workplace. The evidence could be from your current workplace or one that you have recently been involved in however it must be in the disability care sector whilst performing the role of a disability care support worker.
You may need to obtain permission from your workplace supervisor to be able to submit the documents requested. Please also ensure that you maintain confidentiality and remove or cross out any identifying names etc. on the documentation.
This documentation is to demonstrate that you contribute research information about compliance and ethical practice responsibilities and then develop and monitor policies and procedures to meet those responsibilities.
This unit of competency requires you to provide evidence of completing the following:
- use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources:
- individualised plans and any relevant equipment outlined in the plan
- access to details of appropriate and local resources, programs, agencies, transport services, aids and equipment
The requirements of this unit also includes:
Provision of demonstrated evidence that the candidate has:
Managed tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:
- supported at least 1 person with disability, by working with them to identify skills and interests and find matching options within the broader community
1. Identify skills and interests
Recall a time that you worked with an individual to support them to identify their skills and interests.
Provide documented evidence of how you have worked with this individual to identify their interests and skills.
Any of the following documents can be submitted as long as it contains the above-mentioned information required:
Email correspondence
Client's care plans
Meeting minutes
Monitoring sheets
Incident reports
Person-centred planning tools
Progress notes
Policies and procedures
Any workplace-related reports/records that provides information on the above-mentioned requirements
2. Match options within the broader community in line with individual skills and interests
Recall a time that you worked with an individual to support them to find options within the community that support the skills and interests of the individual.
Provide documented evidence of how you have worked with this individual to match options within the community that reflect and support their individual skills and interests.
Any of the following documents can be submitted as long as it contains the above-mentioned information required:
Email correspondence
Client's care plans
Meeting minutes
Monitoring sheets
Incident reports
Person-centred planning tools
Progress notes
Policies and procedures
Any workplace-related reports/records that provides information on the above-mentioned requirements
Attachment:- Support Community Participation and Social Inclusion Assignment File.rar