HLTAHA052 — Assist with social work
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What an assessment for HLTAHA052 must cover
70 assessable components: 5 elements (20 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 48 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Receive delegation and gather information.
- 1.1Obtain written or verbal delegation for an allied health activity.
- 1.2Obtain information from relevant sources and delegating Social Worker, according to organisational policy and procedures.
- 1.3Discuss and confirm with delegating Social Worker required services management activities and work health and safety (WHS) requirements.
2 Provide assistance to person.
- 2.1Assist person, carers and families to access organisational services.
- 2.2Provide information to person regarding available services.
- 2.3Assist person, carers and families with completion of paperwork.
- 2.4Assist person to access emergency assistance, including financial assistance where required.
3 Provide assistance to Social Worker.
- 3.1Provide a range of screening assessments as delegated by the supervising Social Worker.
- 3.2Contact external providers of care services, as well as community and government agencies, in order to provide access and information for person.
- 3.3Collect and collate current information regarding available services and provide to person.
- 3.4Provide information to person as delegated by the supervising Social Worker.
- 3.5Provide assistance to Social Worker in case management activities.
- 3.6Assist Social Worker with activities relating to discharge and flow.
4 Assist a multidisciplinary team.
- 4.1Work with Social Worker, and other team members to ensure quality outcomes.
- 4.2Attend and participate effectively in case conferences, team meetings and quality improvement activities.
- 4.3Work within the scope of own role, with regard to professional boundaries and organisational policies and procedures.
5 Complete required administrative activities.
- 5.1Collect and record information provided by person.
- 5.2Follow confidentiality and privacy requirements in relation to person’s information.
- 5.3Complete records, databases and other documentation within legal and organisational requirements.
- 5.4Maintain statistics in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
Performance evidence
- assist with three social work activities, one in a simulated environment and two in the workplace
- perform the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 120 hours of allied health assistance work. At least 60% of this work must be carried out in an allied health workplace. The remaining 40% may be carried out in a simulated environment, if an allied health workplace is unavailable.
Knowledge evidence
- procedures for escalation of risks
- allied health core competencies:
- person-centred care
- individual therapy
- group therapy
- communication of information
- equipment and environment
- key features and the role of the Allied Health Assistant in allied health disciplines
- terminology used by allied health care workers
- communication techniques including:
- use of open-ended questions
- active listening
- asking for clarification and probing
- responses to a range of views from person, carers or others
- understanding use of empathy with person, carers or colleagues
- using discretion and confidentiality, respecting individual differences especially when using touch and other non-verbal means of communication
- use of interpreters
- scope of role of the Allied Health Assistant and Social Worker
- organisational policies and procedures in relation to:
- confidentiality:
- privacy
- disclosure
- duty of care
- documentation:
- reporting
- recording patient data
- written communication to Social Worker
- professional behaviour and presentation
- infection control practices
- work health and safety (WHS)
- manual handling
- supervision and delegation
- availability of services and the services they provide both within the organisation and in the community, including:
- Centrelink, Medicare and other government agencies
- community based organisations
- commonly used screening and assessment tools
- social and interpersonal behaviour
- principles of empowering the older person
- principles of empowering people living with disability or serious mental illness
- concepts of the medical model, the biopsychosocial models and the human rights-based approach of allied health interventions
- principles of choice and control
- concept of reablement
- allied health settings:
- hospital
- community health
- mental health
- disability sector
- aged care sectors.
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What does an assessment tool for HLTAHA052 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTAHA052 needs to address all 70 unit components: 5 elements with 20 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 48 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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