Elements and Performance Criteria

Appropriate research may include:
State, national or local level
Written or oral sources of information

Stakeholders may include:
Colleagues
Clients
Families and significant others
Other organisations
Funding bodies
Community groups
Management
Government agencies

This unit is based on the Adult and Community Education National Competency Standards unit, Develop, negotiate and initiate staffing policies
Critical aspects of assessment:
Consultation with others
Draft policies are tested before implementation
Policies are reviewed for their effectiveness once implemented

Essential knowledge:
Principles and practices of policy development
Relevant policy at national and state level
Key stakeholders at local, national and state level
Organisational consultation processes
Evaluation and review processes
Organisational business and corporate plans and philosophy
Funding bodies and their requirements

Essential skills:
Documentation and report writing
Policy development
Research and consultation
Promotion

Resource implications:
Access to appropriate workplace where assessment can be conducted or
Simulation of realistic workplace setting for assessment

Consistency in performance:
Assessment may include observations, questioning and evidence gathered from the workplace
Assessment may take place on one occasion but must include all stages of developing and implementing policy

Context of assessment:
This unit is most appropriately assessed in the workplace or in a simulated workplace and under the normal range of workplace conditions. This may include the use of languages other than English and alternative communication systems.