CHCDFV012 — Make safety plans with people who have been subjected to domestic and family violence
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What an assessment for CHCDFV012 must cover
56 assessable components: 3 elements (13 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 40 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 Assess vulnerabilities and their impact on safety
- 1.1Analyse existing case information about the user of domestic and family violence as the basis for work
- 1.2Recognise and support the challenges of disclosure and planning for individuals within the dynamics of domestic and family violence
- 1.3Identify the impact of diversity and community obligations on the client’s ability to make safety plans
- 1.4Recognise the complexity of multiple vulnerabilities in the context of, and potentially caused by, domestic and family violence
2 Implement safety planning procedures
- 2.1Recognise and respond to the impact of dynamics of domestic and family violence on the safety planning process
- 2.2Clarify the specific safety concerns of the client through questioning and exploration
- 2.3Identify safety concerns for children and the child protection issues that need to be addressed
- 2.4Collaboratively create and document safety plans that address concerns and include clear forward actions
- 2.5Identify where situations require other sources of assistance or intervention and make appropriate referrals
3 Review safety planning procedures
- 3.1Analyse and respond to the variables in safety plans
- 3.2Pro-actively obtain feedback from clients and colleagues about the effectiveness of safety plans
- 3.3Use professional networks and collaboration to inform reviews of safety plan effectiveness
- 3.4Modify safety planning processes in response to feedback
Performance evidence
- developed and documented safety plans that take account of legal requirements and specific vulnerabilities, with and for at least 3 people who have been subjected to domestic and family violence
- reviewed at least 2 different safety plans based on client and broader network feedback
- used interpersonal communication skills to establish and maintain trusting relationships, including: questioning, active listening, paraphrasing, clarifying, summarising, rapport building.
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
- policy frameworks
- records management
- rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients
- specific legislative frameworks that apply to domestic and family violence, including child protection
- domestic violence and its context, including:
- social, historical, political and economic context of domestic violence, including types and nature of domestic violence, power and gender issues, child abuse and associated criminal issues
- prevalence of domestic and family violence
- dynamics of domestic and family violence
- prevalence of myths, unhelpful beliefs, attitudes and practices in the broader society regarding domestic violence and their effects on individuals’ rights to safety and autonomy
- diversity groups represented within the local community (e.g. cultural, religious, language, sexual identity, age and disability) and an understanding of the issues that arise when working with those groups
- theoretical perspectives informing domestic and family violence work with people affected by violence
- theoretical perspective informing behaviour change programs which emphasise accountability, responsibility, people’s capacity for behaviour change and moves towards acceptable and constructive alternatives to harmful behaviour
- potential vulnerabilities of people who have been subjected to domestic and family violence, and appropriate responses, including:
- alcohol and other drug issues
- disabilities
- lack of care for self
- limited literacy
- limited sense of future
- mental health difficulties
- parenting difficulties
- poverty
- social isolation
- types of community obligations and their impact on safety planning, including:
- cultural commitments to people within and beyond their family
- employment commitments
- parenting responsibilities
- social and cultural responsibilities
- respectful strategies that will assist clients to take steps toward safety
- theories and concepts of planning and control procedures, resource management and risk management
- techniques for dealing with stressed and traumatised clients
- own values and attitudes and their potential impact on clients
- potential obstacles and opportunities for clients that may impact on safety planning.
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Questions about assessing CHCDFV012
What does an assessment tool for CHCDFV012 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CHCDFV012 needs to address all 56 unit components: 3 elements with 13 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 40 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 CHCDFV012?
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Related units
- CHCDFV001 — Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence
- CHCDFV002 — Provide support to children affected by domestic and family violence
- CHCDFV003 — Promote community awareness of domestic and family violence
- CHCDFV004 — Provide domestic and family violence support in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- CHCDFV005 — Provide domestic and family violence support in non-English speaking background communities
- CHCDFV006 — Counsel clients affected by domestic and family violence
- CHCDFV007 — Work with users of violence to effect change
- CHCDFV008 — Manage responses to domestic and family violence in family work
- CHCDFV009 — Establish change promoting relationship with users of domestic and family violence
- CHCDFV010 — Promote accountability and assist users of domestic and family violence to accept responsibility
- CHCDFV011 — Establish and maintain the safety of people who have experienced domestic and family violence
- CHCDFV013 — Manage domestic and family violence screening and risk assessment processes
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