HLTASEW005 — Provide supervision for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers

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What an assessment for HLTASEW005 must cover

41 assessable components: 4 elements (18 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 15 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 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 Support health worker wellbeing.

1.1Identify the different supervision needs of individual health workers dealing with client health and wellbeing issues.
1.2Maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality during all supervision activities.
1.3Use culturally safe communication to encourage workers to acknowledge and address personal impacts of work experiences.
1.4Respond to issues raised by individual workers and their colleagues with sensitivity and professionalism and according to organisational procedures.
1.5Provide workers with information and guidance about self-care strategies and sources of professional assistance.
1.6Identify situations of imminent risk to the health and safety of the worker or others and make appropriate referrals for crisis intervention.

2 Facilitate structured debriefings.

2.1Schedule debriefings that relate to specific incidents in a timely way.
2.2Provide a safe environment for the debriefing process.
2.3Guide health workers through a process of self-reflection and review of key issues.
2.4Use questioning techniques that encourage workers to explore and acknowledge their concerns.
2.5Document and report debriefing outcomes according to organisational procedures.

3 Provide ongoing feedback to health workers.

3.1Seek information about health worker practices and impacts on their wellbeing.
3.2Provide feedback which reinforces strengths and sensitively addresses the potential for change.
3.3Provide professional development information and guidance to health workers.
3.4Collaborate with worker to identify and progress changes to enhance their practice.

4 Contribute to practice improvements.

4.1Identify information from supervision activities that is relevant to ongoing improvement processes.
4.2Evaluate information from a client, health worker and organisational perspective.
4.3Provide input to organisational continuous improvement activities based on assessment.

Performance evidence

provide an individual professional supervision session for two different Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers, and for each worker: - use culturally appropriate and safe communication skills to: - build rapport and trust - support the worker to discuss personally confronting issues - support a positive and constructive feedback process - respond appropriately to two different issues raised - provide information on self-care strategies tailored to individual health worker needs
conduct and document one structured debriefing session
according to actual supervision activities or from case study documentation, extract and evaluate information, and provide a written report about strengths and areas for improvement that relate to each of the following: - client outcomes - individual health worker practice - organisational practices

Knowledge evidence

organisational policies and procedures for: - maintaining confidentiality of client and health worker information - responding to issues raised by health workers - conducting and documenting structured debriefings
for mandatory reporting: - local state or territory legal requirements - organisational procedures for reporting practitioners who present with issues that may put their patients or clients at harm
the definition of professional supervision, in the context of health care support work, and key practices that support effective supervision
factors that may impact how individual health workers react to confronting work situations, and how they may affect the type and scope of supervision needed: - lived experience - cultural issues - own personal, family or community issues - potential relationship with clients - individual characteristics, strengths and resilience levels
indicators, features and common impacts of the following on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners: - excessive stress - burn out - grief - trauma, including transgenerational trauma - being subjected to violent or threatening behaviour (towards self and other workers or clients) - managing conflicting priorities - racism and discrimination in the workplace
organisational practices that support health worker wellbeing: - appropriate workloads - ensuring the appropriate skills mix of workers to cover types of services offered - clear work roles and work role boundaries - appropriate physical working environment - processes to manage workplace conflicts - systems that support work/life balance - availability of professional supervision and support
formal and informal ways of supporting positive communication in the workplace: - one-to-one discussions - team meetings - making discussion of personal impacts a regular part of work discussions - external meetings - communities of practice - professional development activities
worker self-care strategies: - engaging with own support networks including family, friends and community groups - setting realistic goals - prioritising work - focussing on success - striving for work/life balance - using stress management techniques and activities
techniques for effective communication to: - build rapport and trust - sensitively probe and elicit responses - encourage workers to disclose personally confronting issues - support a positive and constructive feedback process
key features of a structured debriefing process: - when they take place - what makes for a safe environment and how this may vary for different workers - types of issues explored: - what happened - causes and consequences - individual experience - normal reactions - methods to manage emotional responses
the definition of crisis intervention and the types of situations in which it may be needed
for workers at risk of self-harm and suicide: - common risk factors - common verbal and non-verbal behavioural indicators - types of rapid response assessment questions and actions that can be used to triage - emergency referral pathways
the role of employee assistance programs and the types of services they typically offer
external support services for professional supervision
techniques for identifying and evaluating information for its value in the improvement of future work practices and client outcomes.

Foundation skills

Reading skills: interpret detailed familiar organisational procedures interpret detailed unfamiliar information about professional development and professional assistance services.
Writing skills: use fundamental sentence structure to complete reports that require both factual and subjective information.
Oral communication skills: use language and terms sensitive to health worker emotional state ask open and closed probe questions and actively listen to understand the nuances of health worker responses facilitate structured debriefing sessions involving confronting and emotionally challenging content.
Teamwork skills: lead collaborative discussions about complex work issues and responses.
Self-management skills: observe professional boundaries when working with close colleagues.

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What does an assessment tool for HLTASEW005 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTASEW005 needs to address all 41 unit components: 4 elements with 18 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 15 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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