CSCINT006 — Use therapeutic processes in groups to address offending behaviour

1 Facilitate group processes

• 1.1Research the history, background and culture of members of the group for assessment of suitability for the group according to agreed criteria.
• 1.2Encourage group members to explore their expectations of programs honestly and realistically.
• 1.3Promote group cohesion using a range of leadership techniques.
• 1.4Openly acknowledge hostile responses to participating in programs and deal with resistance using group processes.
• 1.5Use group dynamics to influence positive attitudes and expectations.
• 1.6Explore behaviours and attitudes in the group and negotiate agreement on acceptable behaviours and group rules.
• 1.7Encourage and model positive and open communication and deal with conflict fairly and constructively.
• 1.8Clearly define confidentiality and promote strategies that develop supportive relationships.

2 Create a safe emotional environment

• 2.1Manage the environment of the group to encourage trust and self-reflection.
• 2.2Use information to establish empathy and safety of expression.
• 2.3Use questioning methods to encourage deeper exploration of emotions and experiences.
• 2.4Manage group processes and group interaction to create and maintain safe exploration of thoughts and feelings.
• 2.5Acknowledge attitudes, beliefs and experiences and challenge expressions of issues to promote honesty and self-awareness.
• 2.6Explore values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviour to promote self-analysis.
• 2.7Use questions to give participants the opportunity to explore underlying emotions and their origins.
• 2.8Use communication strategies such as silence to encourage participants to experience the effects of their feelings.
• 2.9Use questioning to encourage participants to explore and acknowledge their fears and concerns.
• 2.10Model and promote group interaction that supports the safe exploration of thoughts and feelings.
• 2.11Respond to participants in a culturally sensitive as well as honest and challenging manner.

3 Support the expression of individual goals

• 3.1Engage participants in exploring their reasons for participating in programs and their expectations for outcomes and change.
• 3.2Facilitate participants’ self-awareness through reflection and analysis of thoughts and feelings.
• 3.3Use motivational interviewing strategies to enable participants to compare and contrast their life goals with current reality.
• 3.4Encourage participants to explore, define and expand their goals.
• 3.5Encourage participants to identify personal goals that are consistent with non-offending behaviour.
• 3.6Encourage participants to analyse their own and others’ attitudes, beliefs, values and behaviour.
• 3.7Encourage participants to review their goals at strategic stages in the program.
• 3.8Use review of goals to strengthen commitment to change.
• 3.9Use review of goals to confirm commitment or modify expectations.
• 3.10Encourage participants to evaluate progress in order to develop further strategies for action.

4 Support progress to achieve individual goals

• 4.1Identify, bring into focus and analyse contradictions in beliefs, attitudes, values and goals.
• 4.2Encourage participants to move beyond superficial responses and levels of self-reflection.
• 4.3Encourage participants to analyse their values, beliefs and behaviours that reinforce or challenge their experience in offending.
• 4.4Encourage participants to recognise the contradictions in their beliefs, attitudes and values.
• 4.5Encourage participants to use reasoning to recognise the decisions and changes needed to assist them to achieve their goals.
• 4.6Use group dynamics to focus on and acknowledge each participant’s barriers to change.
• 4.7Use group dynamics to promote individual choice and control over the barriers blocking change.
• 4.8Use group dynamics to generate participant changes in thoughts and behaviour and acceptance of non-offending lifestyle.
• 4.9Check objectives, outcomes and processes of the group for consistency with the organisation’s policies, objectives and program outcomes.
• 4.10Maintain records of participation and progress according to organisation’s requirements and report issues where required or necessary.

What does an assessment tool for CSCINT006 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CSCINT006 needs to address all 88 unit components: 4 elements with 39 performance criteria, 26 performance evidence requirements, 23 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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