CHCFAM006 — Assist families to self-manage contact

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What an assessment for CHCFAM006 must cover

25 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 9 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 suitability for self-managed contact

1.1Review information in existing court orders to determine client context and potential for self-managed contact
1.2Explain options for community support outside of the children’s contact service to parents
1.3Respectfully engage parents in the planning process for self-managed contact to occur

2 Plan with parents to establish self-managed contact

2.1Help parents to identify issues and barriers to self-managed contact
2.2Collaboratively develop and document a case plan to assist the family achieve self-managed contact without the support of the contact service according to organisation policy
2.3Ensure the self-managed contact arrangements are agreed to by both parents and are considered to be in the best interest of the child
2.4Model time management and planning skills to parents seeking self-managed contact
2.5Model parenting skills and appropriate child behaviour management
2.6Use negotiation skills to assist parents to reach agreement about self-managed contact
2.7Ensure that plans for self-managed contact are in accordance with court orders

3 Monitor and review transition plan

3.1Review the transition into self-management plan regularly
3.2Revise and document the plan as determined by family and/or worker assessment of new or existing information
3.3Maintain a child-focussed approach in transition planning
3.4Encourage parents to remain child-focused and act in the best interests of the child in all aspects of transition
3.5Follow revised plans to assist families achieve self-managed contact

Performance evidence

developed and documented at least 3 plans for transition to self-managed contact for different families presenting with varied circumstances and subject to different types of court orders.

Knowledge evidence

legal and ethical considerations (national and state/territory) for workers in children’s contact services, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice: codes of conduct, discrimination, duty of care, human rights, mandatory reporting, privacy, confidentiality and disclosure and limitation in children’s contact services work, records management and reporting, rights and responsibilities of workers and employers
specific legislation that impacts children’s contact services work, including: child protection legislation, family law, including the intentions of the Shared Parenting provisions of the Family Law Act and practices that will support families to achieve these goals, domestic and family violence laws
work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations
work health and safety, including risk management
factors affecting family dynamics and particularly children, with incidents or history of high levels of parental conflict, violence, abuse or mental health concerns
family systems and how this is relevant to the role of contact worker
separation anxiety and attachment theory, child development, loss and grief issues and family violence and how this is relevant to the role of contact worker, particularly observing child’s emotional reaction and interactions with carers/parents
factors that may impact both children and parents behaviour, including: impact of high conflict in post separation involving children, reactions of children experiencing re victimisation and who are affected by trauma, how the observer role can influence the interaction and behaviour of others
transition planning techniques and formats.

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What does an assessment tool for CHCFAM006 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CHCFAM006 needs to address all 25 unit components: 3 elements with 15 performance criteria, 1 performance evidence requirements, 9 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 CHCFAM006?

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