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Establish and maintain the safety of people who have experienced domestic and family violence

Establish and maintain the safety of people who have experienced domestic and family violence

Unit of competency
National Code
CHCDFV011
State Code
AWB23
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
08/12/2015
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
04/05/2016
Field of Education
090501 - Social Work
Original Release Date
04/05/2016
Nominal Hours
35
Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work with the user of domestic and family violence with a focus on promoting the safety of others. It includes the ability to establish linkages between referring agencies, services providers, and statutory agencies including the criminal justice system to prioritise safety.This unit applies to workers who operate with significant autonomy in therapeutic professional service roles in the community sector. The activity is self-directed.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. Establish and maintain the safety of other people as the primary focus
  • 1.1 Analyse existing case information about the user of domestic and family violence as the basis for work
  • 1.2 Explain and reinforce during the period of the intervention the key principleswhich place the safety of other people as the primary focus
  • 1.3 Recognise and share informationrelevant to the safety of other people with agencies and workers throughout the intervention
  • 1.4 Assess all interventions with the user for their impact on the safety of other people
  • 1.5 Document and prepare case notes for the user that makes specific reference to issues affecting the safety of others
2. Make a responsibility assessment
  • 2.1 Explain the rationale for assessment to the user in terms of its contribution to enhancing the safety of other people
  • 2.2 Evaluate the user’s acceptance of responsibility for their actions
  • 2.3 Explore issues of blame, minimisation and denial with the user in order to analyse ownership of responsibility for the violence and abuse
  • 2.4 Identify, encourage and strengthen indicators which demonstrate acceptance of responsibilitywith the user
  • 2.5 Identify in case notes areas where responsibility has been demonstrated, details of the user’s goals for behaviour change and the agreed processes for change
3. Undertake ongoing risk assessment
  • 3.1 Assess risk to safety of other people during every contact with the user
  • 3.2 Engage and explore with the user to whom or what they attribute responsibility for use of violence and abuse
  • 3.3 Reappraise over the period of the intervention current and previous behaviours and levels of risk as indicators of future risk
  • 3.4 Record and act upon, in accordance with policy, discrepancies between the user’s account of their potential for violence and abuse and the account of risks to others safety and other workers
  • 3.5 Assess behaviour for evidence of recognition of responsibility and actions in minimising risk to the other people
4. Develop processes to support limited confidentiality
  • 4.1 Provide to relevant stakeholders, a clear and comprehensive written explanation of the limits to confidentiality
  • 4.2 Obtain written acceptance of the parameters and need for limited confidentialityfrom the user
  • 4.3 Take action in response to risk according to documented protocols relating to safety of others
  • 4.4 Maintain, over the period of the intervention, processes to respond to threats to the safety of other people
5. Establish processes for involvement of partners and children
  • 5.1 Monitor work practices to ensure that they are consistent with statutory processes and services that promote safety of all people
  • 5.2 Make reasonable efforts to contact the partner and children experiencing the domestic and family violence and abuse and offer information and support
  • 5.3 Offer those that have experienced the violence and abuse opportunities to provide information to inform the intervention
  • 5.4 Explain to those people who have experienced the violence and abuse that contact does not place them under any obligation
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