CHCFAM007 — Assist clients to develop parenting arrangements

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What an assessment for CHCFAM007 must cover

76 assessable components: 3 elements (16 performance criteria), 12 performance evidence and 48 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 current parenting practices

1.1Analyse client information and identify areas for parents to address in the development of parenting arrangements
1.2Conduct risk assessment for the protection and safety of all parties according to organisation procedures
1.3Recognise areas of significant distress or disorder and make referrals according to individual needs
1.4Integrate family of origin issues and kinship dynamics into assessment
1.5Use communication skills to manage overt conflict and open hostility between parties to support successful negotiation
1.6Analyse the broader needs of the family to ensure expectations of parenting arrangements are realistic and achievable
1.7Proactively engage in self-reflection and take steps to ensure own values do not impact on decision-making

2 Assist clients to agree on outcomes for parenting arrangements

2.1Clearly explain the requirements and processes under the Family Law Act for the preparation of parenting arrangements
2.2Inform clients of their rights and responsibilities in relation to establishing parenting arrangements
2.3Encourage parents to consider the expressed needs of the child and/or young person when developing parenting arrangements
2.4Establish and implement systems that will monitor and review parenting arrangements
2.5Prepare parenting arrangements within the framework of child focused practice

3 Monitor parenting arrangements

3.1Set review timeframes for established parenting arrangements in collaboration with all parties
3.2Assist clients to review arrangements regularly and to negotiate modifications or new arrangements based on experience and effectiveness of current arrangements
3.3Identify and manage any issues that may arise as a result of revised parenting arrangements
3.4Reflect on and use learning from individual client situations to inform practice improvements

Performance evidence

adhered to legal requirements for both process and outcome to assist at least 3 families with different circumstances to develop parenting arrangements that:
comprise a documented risk assessment
are in the best interests of the child
consider the complexities of relationships both in and out of the immediate family environment
include development and documentation of risk assessment
set in place monitoring requirements
used the principles and practices of all of the following in working with parents and children:
client-centred practice
child-friendly communication
conciliation
negotiation
mediation

Knowledge evidence

legal and ethical considerations for the development of parenting arrangements, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice:
children in the workplace and child-focused practice
codes of conduct
discrimination
duty of care
human rights
informed consent
mandatory reporting
practitioner/client boundaries
privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
records management
rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients
specific legislative frameworks that apply to parenting arrangements in a family law context, including:
provisions for children and property in the Family Law Act 1975, Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 and how these are developed into accepted parenting plans
basic legal concepts and the law relevant to parenting issues being discussed, and knowledge of when and how to seek expert legal advice related to:
separation and divorce
asset division
maintenance
residence and contact
breaches of law and major trends in case law relating to the issues referred to above
work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations for those without legal qualifications
work health and safety
principles and practices of:
client-centred practice
conciliation
negotiation
mediation
age appropriate methods of relating to and eliciting perceptions, information and responses from children
sources of power imbalances in relationships and an ability to recognise and respond appropriately to the indicators of such imbalances in their clients
the nature of domestic violence, how to screen for indicators of family violence and its effects, power and gender issues, child abuse and associated criminal issues which may be present and impact on parenting arrangements
issues that may impact on separated parents and children in high conflict relationships attempting to establish parenting arrangements, and the use of child focused techniques to address and minimise these impacts including those relating to:
abuse
alcohol and other drugs
alienation/isolation
disability
grief and loss
intergeneration issues
mental health
poverty/socioeconomic influences
unresolved conflict
violence
own family of origin and importance of self awareness when working with separating and high conflict families
dynamics of wider kinship networks and their importance in development of parenting arrangements
key concepts and principles of each of the following theories and how these apply to the process of assisting clients to develop parenting arrangements:
attachment
family systems
human development
family, couple and child dynamics in normal developmental and abnormal form

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