HLTASEW001 — Work according to the principles of social and emotional wellbeing care
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What an assessment for HLTASEW001 must cover
73 assessable components: 3 elements (10 performance criteria), 9 performance evidence and 52 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 foundation skills. 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 Identify the context for social and emotional wellbeing work.
- 1.1Identify and consider the interrelated aspects of social and emotional wellbeing and their impact on primary health care provision.
- 1.2Identify and evaluate the range of factors and lifestyle circumstances that can impact a person’s social and emotional wellbeing.
2 Use social and emotional wellbeing frameworks and principles to guide work.
- 2.1Identify and review current strategies and frameworks designed to guide services and work practices for improved Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing.
- 2.2Identify ways that guidelines can assist with own service provision and take opportunities to integrate current thinking and approaches in day-to-day work practices.
- 2.3Deliver services in ways that support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander self-determination and empowerment.
- 2.4Use collaboration and information sharing as an integral part of all work to support client and colleague social and emotional wellbeing.
3 Work within legal and ethical boundaries for social and emotional wellbeing support.
- 3.1Identify and follow protocols for maintaining professional boundaries when working with individuals and groups.
- 3.2Identify the scope and limitations of own role in supporting clients with their social and emotional wellbeing needs.
- 3.3Identify specific work health and safety requirements and responsibilities that impact workers supporting clients with their social and emotional wellbeing needs.
- 3.3Deliver services according to organisational policies, regulatory requirements and community cultural safety protocols.
Performance evidence
- source and collate information and use to support service provision:
- one current national strategy or framework designed to guide services and work practices for improved Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing
- definitions or explanations of social and emotional wellbeing from the strategy or framework and different but interrelated aspects
- key features of risks and protective factors described for social and emotional wellbeing
- features of three approaches identified in the strategy or framework to guide service delivery for social and emotional wellbeing care
- how the national strategy or framework links to those for the local state or territory
- according to actual social and emotional wellbeing services provided to clients, or from case study documentation:
- reflect on three services provided
- evaluate and identify how work practices could be improved to reflect current thinking about best practice service provision.
Knowledge evidence
- ethical, legal and cultural obligations that underpin work that supports client social and emotional wellbeing and the related organisational policies and procedures for:
- maintaining confidentiality of client and community information
- maintaining professional boundaries
- ensuring personal safety of self and others, including the obligations of organisations to protect the safety of workers
- scope of the role of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners:
- in providing social and emotional wellbeing care and referrals to support services
- how their role in providing primary social and emotional support is distinct from counselling
- boundaries of authority that relate to provision of mental health assessments, services and treatments
- the role of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community members in maintaining and healing social and emotional wellbeing:
- family members
- Elders
- community leaders
- traditional and bush healers relevant to the local community
- how social and emotional wellbeing and physical health are connected and how each impacts on the other
- the principles and models of social and emotional wellbeing as outlined in current national, and local state or territory, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander mental health and social and emotional wellbeing strategies and frameworks including government and non-government:
- how social and emotional wellbeing is defined
- the interrelated domains of social and emotional wellbeing
- risk factors and protective factors associated with each of the domains of social and emotional wellbeing
- relationship between social and emotional wellbeing and mental health, including links and differentiation
- basic features of current approaches identified at a national level to guide and support social and emotional wellbeing:
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander leadership and partnership
- addressing social determinants of mental health
- addressing racism
- person-centred care
- focus on children and young people
- integrated approaches
- trauma-informed care
- culturally appropriate, affordable care
- clinically appropriate care
- key concepts that underpin current models of service delivery for social and emotional wellbeing care, and how these are applied at a local level:
- focus on promotion and prevention by providing access to information, advice and self-help resources
- increased early intervention through access to lower cost, evidence-based alternatives to face-to-face psychological therapy services
- providing and promoting access to lower cost, lower intensity services
- increased service access rates to maximise the number of people receiving evidence-based intervention
- improved access to adequate level of primary mental health care intervention to maximise recovery, prevent escalation and provide wrap-around coordinated care for people with complex needs
- prevalence and statistical incidence of mental illness in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander populations compared to non-Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australian populations
- prevalence as compared to the prevalence in other Australian populations, key features, interrelationships, and impact of the following on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities:
- substance abuse, including alcohol and other drugs
- imprisonment
- family violence
- homelessness
- poverty
- poor physical health
- disability
- unemployment
- grief and loss
- trauma, including intergenerational trauma
- types of activities and services that support social and emotional wellbeing:
- promotion and education of individuals and groups
- support for individual clients and groups to address particular issues
- referral to other agencies
- collaboration with internal and external colleagues to support coordinated care.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: interpret detailed familiar organisational policies and procedures; interpret unfamiliar and potentially complex information about approaches to social and emotional wellbeing.
- Oral communication skills: adhere to cultural protocols to deliver client information and ask questions clearly and safely.
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Questions about assessing HLTASEW001
What does an assessment tool for HLTASEW001 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTASEW001 needs to address all 73 unit components: 3 elements with 10 performance criteria, 9 performance evidence requirements, 52 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for HLTASEW001?
Auditori pulls the current release of HLTASEW001 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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Yes — upload your existing assessment or learner guide and Auditori maps it against every element, performance criterion, PE and KE of HLTASEW001, showing exactly what's covered and what's missing. Mapping costs a quarter of a credit.
Related units
- HLTASEW002 — Assess and support the social and emotional wellbeing of clients
- HLTASEW003 — Provide support to clients affected by loss, grief or trauma
- HLTASEW004 — Contribute to the care of clients living with mental illness
- HLTASEW005 — Provide supervision for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers
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