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Deliver primary health care to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients in confinement

Deliver primary health care to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients in confinement

Unit of competency
National Code
HLTAHW052
State Code
WG703
TGA Status
Replaced
DTWD Status
Replaced
Current Release Number
2.00
Current Release Date
06/08/2015
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
12/08/2014
Field of Education
061305 - Indigenous Health
Original Release Date
12/08/2014
Nominal Hours
40
Description
This unit describes the required skills and knowledge for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander worker to perform effectively in delivery of primary health care services to clients in the confinement of a prison or corrective services environment.This unit applies to those Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver primary health care services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities. The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Prepare to work with clients in confinement
  • 1.1 Clarify prison policies and procedures to identify potential for providing primary health care services to inmates
  • 1.2 Clarify overlapping and complementary roles of workers in the prison environment
  • 1.3 Identify boundaries and constraints relating to own work role in the prison environment
  • 1.4 Seek to identify level of awareness of own role among staff and inmates in the prison environment
  • 1.5 Clarify potential for own role to enhance client care in the prison environment
  • 1.6 Professionally assert scope of practice appropriate to own role and skills with prison staff
2. Advocate for clients effectively from within prison
  • 2.1 Clarify inmate needs for health care and support as appropriate to own role
  • 2.2 Recognise potential impacts and challenges of providing client advocacy from inside the prison
  • 2.3 Employ strategies to effectively manage conflict or resentment arising from client advocacy activities
  • 2.4 Clarify rights and responsibilities of inmates and assert as required
  • 2.5 Support inmates in relation to parole and release issues as required
  • 2.6 Contribute to post-release support as appropriate
3. Support inmates to make informed health choices
  • 3.1 Use accurate information about the inmate’s health and potential care as a basis for informing clients about available options
  • 3.2 Explain potential consequences of available options to clients
  • 3.3 Support clients through the continuum of care in line with own work role
4. Contribute to enhancing awareness of cultural safety issues
  • 4.1 Raise cultural safety issues in the prison environment with staff in relation to health issues for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients
  • 4.2 Build own tolerance and mutual respect of colleagues by seeking to understand reasons for any insensitivity or culturally unsafe practices
  • 4.3 Reinforce colleagues’ application of cultural safety practices in the workplace through public and/or personal recognition
  • 4.4 Provide leadership in the implementation of culturally safe principles and practice
5. Promote change to enhance cultural safety in the prison environment
  • 5.1 Participate in the development and/or refinement of prison policies on cultural safety
  • 5.2 Identify change agents who may facilitate and/or champion needed change
  • 5.3 Identify potential blockages to change
  • 5.4 Mobilise available support to enhance cultural safety in the prison environment
  • 5.5 Enlist community support to enhance cultural safety in the prison environment
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
D5701 HLTAHW511B Deliver primary health care to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients in confinement Unit of competency
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
OEO31 HLTAADV003 Support the rights and needs of clients in the justice system Unit of competency