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Respond holistically to client issues

Content

• Section 1: The client/worker relationship
  • How do you facilitate communication?
  • Defining boundaries and establishing trust and respect
  • Definition of 'holistic'
  • Indicators of harm, neglect, abuse or risk of harm
  • Observations, assessment tools and questioning
  • Autonomy, privacy and confidentiality
  • Applying organisational procedures for collecting and analysing client information
  • Issues impacting on the organisation's services
  • Self check
  • Summary
• Section 2: Determine the course of action to be followed
  • Developing a client action plan
  • The negotiation process
  • Assessing the risk
  • Sharing information on services/options with the client
  • Work with the client to set personal goals and explore personal strategies
  • Identify and plan for potential consequences of client's decisions
  • Procedures, legal requirements and duty of care obligations
  • Implementing duty of care and ethical behaviour standards
  • Referrals to other service providers
  • Evaluating the benefits of brief intervention
  • Specialist support procedures
  • Providing resources and information to clients
  • Self check
  • Summary
• Section 3: Provide a brief intervention as required
  • Assessing a client's need for intervention
  • Complying with cultural obligations
  • Strategies for motivating, supporting and encouraging the client
  • Accessing crisis services
  • Self check
  • Summary
• Section 4: Responding to vulnerable and at risk people
  • Identifying vulnerable and at risk situations
  • How do you assess the priority need for intervention?
  • Use a checklist to assess the need for intervention
  • Responding to emergencies and crisis situations
  • Following organisational and legislative requirements
  • Self check
  • Summary
• Section 5: Evaluate effectiveness of client services provided
  • Review client progress and outcomes
  • Keeping files up-to-date
  • Reflective practice strategies
  • Self check
  • Summary

Audio/Visual

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Engaging with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community: Listen to Colleen Wall, a Senior Kabi Woman and Director for Arts and Cultural Heritage within WANYIRAM Pty Ltd. Colleen talks about the protocols for engaging with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

Listen to the protocols (3.1 Mb MP3 file)

Text version (Word Document 34KB)

Paraphrasing

Listen to an example on paraphrasing (245Kb MP3 file)

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Reflection

Listen to an example on reflection (184Kb MP3 file)

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Confrontation

Listen to an example on confrontation (223Kb MP3 file)

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