CHCDFV011 — Establish and maintain the safety of people who have experienced domestic and family violence

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What an assessment for CHCDFV011 must cover

47 assessable components: 5 elements (23 performance criteria), 12 performance evidence and 12 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Establish and maintain the safety of other people as the primary focus

1.1Analyse existing case information about the user of domestic and family violence as the basis for work
1.2Explain and reinforce during the period of the intervention the key principles which place the safety of other people as the primary focus
1.3Recognise and share information relevant to the safety of other people with agencies and workers throughout the intervention
1.4Assess all interventions with the user for their impact on the safety of other people
1.5Document and prepare case notes for the user that makes specific reference to issues affecting the safety of others

2 Make a responsibility assessment

2.1Explain the rationale for assessment to the user in terms of its contribution to enhancing the safety of other people
2.2Evaluate the user’s acceptance of responsibility for their actions
2.3Explore issues of blame, minimisation and denial with the user in order to analyse ownership of responsibility for the violence and abuse
2.4Identify, encourage and strengthen indicators which demonstrate acceptance of responsibility with the user
2.5Identify 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

3.1Assess risk to safety of other people during every contact with the user
3.2Engage and explore with the user to whom or what they attribute responsibility for use of violence and abuse
3.3Reappraise over the period of the intervention current and previous behaviours and levels of risk as indicators of future risk
3.4Record 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
3.5Assess behaviour for evidence of recognition of responsibility and actions in minimising risk to the other people

4 Develop processes to support limited confidentiality

4.1Provide to relevant stakeholders, a clear and comprehensive written explanation of the limits to confidentiality
4.2Obtain written acceptance of the parameters and need for limited confidentiality from the user
4.3Take action in response to risk according to documented protocols relating to safety of others
4.4Maintain, 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

5.1Monitor work practices to ensure that they are consistent with statutory processes and services that promote safety of all people
5.2Make reasonable efforts to contact the partner and children experiencing the domestic and family violence and abuse and offer information and support
5.3Offer those that have experienced the violence and abuse opportunities to provide information to inform the intervention
5.4Explain to those people who have experienced the violence and abuse that contact does not place them under any obligation

Performance evidence

worked intensively with at least 3 different users of domestic and family, including:
establishing and maintaining the safety of other people as the primary focus of the intervention
conducting an assessment of responsibility with the user
conducting and documenting initial and ongoing risk assessment
developing and documenting processes to support limited confidentiality
establishing processes for intervention to be informed by:
partners
children
preparing reports and case notes that reflect the complexity of practices and processes used in work with users of domestic and family violence
collaborated with other services, including the criminal justice system
used the following counselling skills and violence intervention models:
challenging/confrontation

Knowledge evidence

legal and ethical considerations for the domestic and family violence work, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice: codes of conduct, discrimination, duty of care, human rights, mandatory reporting, practitioner/client boundaries, privacy, confidentiality and disclosure, including limited confidentiality rationale and processes, records management, rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients, specific legislative frameworks that apply to domestic and family violence, including the following types of legal orders: apprehended violence orders (AVO), domestic violence orders (DVO), violence restraint orders (VRO), probation and parole orders, interstate orders (ISO), child protection orders, family court order, work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations, work health and safety
current and emerging domestic and family violence research, theory and practice
principles for working with user of domestic and family violence who behave violently and abusively
tactics and dynamics of violence and abuse
principles of good practice in relation to providing integrated services for working with users of domestic and family violence and abuse
domestic and family violence assessment instruments and how they are used
intervention models and practices
gender and power issues/politics of abuse
inter and intra agency protocols and policies (needs more)
collaborative practice in domestic and family violence, including benefits, different models and opportunities
principles of risk assessment in domestic and family violence
self knowledge, including own biases and the potential impact on work practices

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Questions about assessing CHCDFV011

What does an assessment tool for CHCDFV011 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CHCDFV011 needs to address all 47 unit components: 5 elements with 23 performance criteria, 12 performance evidence requirements, 12 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for CHCDFV011?

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