Reference no: EM133036052
Assessment Task - Professional Placement Program
Context of assessment:
• To meet the requirements of this unit, you are required participate in a Professional Placement where you will demonstrate the relevant elements and performance criteria for this unit of competency.
• This assessment must be undertaken in an appropriate work placement venue during your professional industry placement
• You will be working under the supervision of an appropriate manager at the work placement venue.
• An EQUALS assessor will observe your performance in the workplace completing the relevant tasks and skills in line with the elements and performance criteria for this unit of competency.
Planning the assessment:
• You must ensure your professional placement is undertaken at a suitable venue that will enable you to demonstrate your skills for working in a recovery-oriented way when providing wellbeing support for clients.
• You will be required to work with 3 people who require support for their emotional, social, physical, cultural/spiritual wellbeing.
• You will work with these people either on your own (under supervision of an experienced worker within your workplace) or in conjunction with an experienced worker, whereby you will be able to assist with relevant questioning and documentation. You must demonstrate your ability to work with these people by demonstrating the skills that are identified below (Section 1 in your logbook).
• Your placement supervisor will observe you working with the 3 people and will verify your ability to demonstrate the skills by providing feedback in the space allocated in your logbook (section 1)
• You will also be required to provide information in response to each of the criterion identified in section 2 of your logbook, the information you provide will be relevant to each person you are working with and/or observing. You will require access to the following resources when completing this section.
• People requiring wellbeing support
• Care plans/case notes
• organisation policies and procedures
• consultation with staff who have been working with the clients
• You are required to regularly review your professional placement logbook to ensure you are meeting the requirements of the unit within the workplace.
• Your EQUALS facilitator will observe your progress to achieve the skills identified within this unit as part of their facilitation visits. You will be required to provide them with your logbook so they can adequately consult with your placement supervisor regarding their feedback, review your responses in section 2 as well as observe you working with clients (where applicable).
• The assessor will arrange an appropriate time to provide feedback to you on your performance during your professional placement.
Section 1:
Using effective communication skills, explore the person's social, emotional physical and cultural/spiritual wellbeing, identifying strengths and strategies that keeps the person strong as well as their level of social inclusion or isolation.
Clarify and respect the person's choices, parameters and boundaries relating to topics to be discussed
Identify emotional strengths, challenges and triggers
Identify activities or people that promote emotional strength and wellbeing
Develop strategies to promote community participation and connection to extend depth or breadth of the person's social network
Respond flexibly and utilise contingency plans as required
Section 2 - Provide information for each of the following that is relevant to each of your clients:
Based on your conversation with person, how would you explain their wellbeing? What areas do you feel they require support in?
What did the person identify as their strengths? What strategies would you or did you suggest that keep them strong?
How socially active is the person? What are some of the social activities the person engages in? Would they like to increase their social participation?
What are some of the activities or people that the person feels support them the most emotionally?
What are the person's preferred cultural/spiritual values, beliefs, traditions, activities or practices? Are they comfortable with their level of involvement in activities associated with these areas or would they like to make changes - explain
Who are some of the people or natural supports the person would like to include in their plans and support?