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CHCPWK001 — Apply peer work practices in the mental health sector

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What an assessment for CHCPWK001 must cover

31 assessable components: 3 elements (13 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 10 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 Identify the context of mental health peer work

  • 1.1Access, review and use contemporary and emergent literature on mental health peer work and practices
  • 1.2Apply awareness of the historical context of peer work
  • 1.3Consider changing social, political, cultural and economic context in all peer work
  • 1.4Define peer work role and structures in a range of mental health services
  • 1.5Identify a range of mental health consumer and carer networks relevant to peer work
  • 1.6Apply knowledge of the consumer and carer movements

2 Apply the values and central philosophies of mental health peer work

  • 2.1Identify own values and how these may influence/impact peer work
  • 2.2Identify the organisation’s peer work philosophies and how this impacts on own approach to peer work
  • 2.3Apply access and equity principles in peer work
  • 2.4Communicate with consumers and others in ways that support the values and philosophies of peer work
  • 2.5Maintain confidentiality of information and explain limits of confidentiality to others

3 Identify and use mental health service options

  • 3.1Access the range of support services provided by consumer peers and carer peers
  • 3.2Use information about mental health systems and the range of service options available to support the recovery process

Performance evidence

  • worked according to the values, ethics and philosophies of mental health peer work using available support services in at least 3 different situations
  • communicated appropriately: used inclusive and person first language
  • communicated appropriately: used consumer’s or carer’s preferred language and terminology and their personal meaning and interpretations
  • communicated appropriately: maintained confidentiality
  • communicated appropriately: communicated with clinicians
  • communicated appropriately: communicated with consumers
  • communicated appropriately: communicated with carers
  • communicated appropriately: communicated with other service providers

Knowledge evidence

  • historical, social, political and economic contexts of mental health services and mental health consumer and carer movements, including impacts of mental health systems on consumers and carers
  • philosophical, ethical and values based approaches to peer work
  • international and national trends and developments in consumer and carer peer work
  • history and context of self-directed recovery and recovery principles, facilitation, pathways and practices
  • impacts and different types of stigma for consumers and carers including: self-stigma, individual stigma, community stigma, prejudice and discrimination on the recovery journey
  • social justice issues, principles and approaches, including working from a rights based framework and awareness of the rights and responsibilities of consumer and carers and peer workers
  • different understandings of mental illness and distress/issues
  • principles and practices of duty of care as these apply to peer work
  • legislation, standards and policies, that relate to mental health services and peer work
  • language, meaning and terminology in relation to mental health and peer work, including dignity of risk and first person language

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What does an assessment tool for CHCPWK001 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CHCPWK001 needs to address all 31 unit components: 3 elements with 13 performance criteria, 8 performance evidence requirements, 10 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 CHCPWK001?

Auditori pulls the current release of CHCPWK001 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.

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