Elements and Performance Criteria

The contexts for provision supervision and security include:
Within a detention facility
Of clients, staff and physical environment

Provision of supervision and security will be carried out within requirements established by:
Court orders
A range of legislation including social justice, equity and access, workplace health and safety and security
Organisational policy and procedures
Relevant program standards
International conventions relating to the rights of children and young persons

Admitting people to facility includes:
Defining terms of custody with client, explaining terms of order to client and significant others in ways which are clear and age and culturally appropriate

Integration into residential setting includes:
Establishing processes for resolving issues between workers, client and other residents
Explaining expectations of client while in facility
Explaining rules and consequences for behaviour to client
Ideology relating personal and communal behaviour operating in facility is explained to client

Security involves:
Physical safety of people and providing a sense of wellbeing and maximum care and protection to clients and staff

Maintaining security involves ensuring a safe and healthy environment by monitoring physical security systems such as:
Perimeter fence
Buildings
Locks
Alarm systems
Camera surveillance
Radio/intercom systems

Contributing to reintegration of client back into community including:
Providing information about services, programs and financial supports that client can access
Utilising networks to provide client with access to opportunities available in community

Critical aspects of assessment:
Maintains physical and emotional security and safety
Interacts with clients in appropriate ways
Manages critical incidents and/or situations
Maintains and uses security systems
Applies knowledge of organisation and legislative requirements
Using typical processes listed in the Range Statement

Essential knowledge:
Dynamics of adolescent offending
Dynamics of young offender's significant others
Understanding adolescent clients and their special needs as individuals and as part of a group
Identifying and implementing procedures used in a critical incident and/or situation, within relevant policy, procedures and legislation
Behaviour management models, theories and techniques
Security and safety procedures and policies

Essential skills:
Conflict management
Role modelling
Identifying, interpreting and adapting behaviour management theories, models and techniques
Engaging involuntary clients
Promoting relapse prevention strategies and non-offending behaviour
Understanding the particular issues of the significant others of young offenders
Engaging significant others
Communicating effectively with clients, families and members of justice system
Utilising age appropriate behaviours and language
Operation of all relevant security equipment
First aid
Observation and assessing of behaviour

Resource implication:
Access to an appropriate workplace or an environment capable of accurately simulating the workplace for assessment purposes

Consistency in performance:
Consistency in performance should be demonstrated across the range of supervisory activities the worker is expected to undertake

Context of assessment:
This unit of competence will be assessed in the workplace or in a simulated workplace and under the normal range of workplace conditions