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DEFCHP008 — Prepare to implement Moral Injury Pastoral Narrative Disclosure (PND)

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What an assessment for DEFCHP008 must cover

44 assessable components: 4 elements (19 performance criteria), 11 performance evidence and 14 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 Utilise the Moral Injury screening tool

  • 1.1Administer the Moral Injury screening tool
  • 1.2Interpret the results of the Moral Injury screening tool

2 Develop trust, rapport and maintain confidentiality

  • 2.1Establish trust with the member and their family
  • 2.2Develop strategies for enhancing Rapport with the member and their family
  • 2.3Maintain confidentiality in accordance with organisational policies and procedures

3 Apply the theological and human science perspectives in relation to PND

  • 3.1Identify the five themes and symptoms that can cause members to suffer Moral Injury
  • 3.2Prepare a member for Reflection on their narrative to assist recall of a potentially moral injurious event
  • 3.3Guide a member through in-depth critical self-Review of their narrative to assist a member to lament
  • 3.4Support a member to achieve Reconstruction through meaning-making in relation to Moral Injury
  • 3.5Prepare for the Restoration process in rebuilding the member’s belief system of justice and trust
  • 3.6Prepare a member for the Ritual process to assist with transformation and rehabilitation
  • 3.7Encourage Renewal to permit a sense of daring and to make lifestyle changes
  • 3.8Encourage re-establishment of relationships with others and communities for Reconnection and Referral to assist a member’s healing and recovery from Moral Injury

4 Provide referrals for Moral Injury support

  • 4.1Identify and prioritise the symptoms and signs displayed by a member which may result in a referral to a health care practitioner(s)
  • 4.2Collaborate with health care practitioner(s) to help them identify symptoms and signs which may cause them to refer a member to a Chaplain to address their potential Moral Injury
  • 4.3Identify additional support services available
  • 4.4Obtain and record consent from a member and their family before referral to a support service in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 4.5Make referrals that address the needs of the member and their family according to organisational policies and procedures
  • 4.6Obtain feedback from the member and their family on how the PND process assisted them

Performance evidence

  • analysing Moral Injury requirements
  • applying Pastoral Narrative Disclosure (PND) model
  • completing each section of the screening tool
  • completing PND processes within established guidelines
  • completing written documentation, advice and reports
  • educating the members and their family about Moral Injury, PND and the role of Chaplains
  • establishing links with other appropriate service providers within the referral network
  • establishing rapport
  • maintaining and developing relationships
  • maintaining records in accordance with organisational policy
  • making referrals to support services

Knowledge evidence

  • the three goals of the chaplain for the member to achieve: lament, sense of daring, make lifestyle changes
  • the Moral Injury PND eight stage model
  • the five strategies for enhancing Rapport with the member and their family: Emotional pacing, Posture pacing, Breathing pacing, Language pacing, Voice pacing
  • the five practical tasks in stage one: Rapport: self-referral or receiving the referral, introduction techniques between the chaplain and the member, the information to provide the members and their family about Moral Injury, PND and the role of chaplains, the completion requirements for the screening tool, including how each section of the Moral Injury screening tool is applied and scored, the procedure for giving the Moral Injury impact meaning statement form to the member to complete
  • the five phases of stage two: Reflection, to assist a member to identify their narrative from a theological and human science perspective which may include fusion of their own and with a community faith narrative
  • the five phases of stage three: Review, an in-depth critical self-review of a reflected story facilitated by the chaplain
  • the five phases of stage four: Reconstruction, which involves rebuilding a person’s belief system which has been fractured by betrayal, anger, grief, injustice and the need for forgiveness
  • the five phase of stage five: Restoration, repairing or healing a person’s betrayed relationship with the organisation and individuals
  • the five phases of stage six: Ritual, which involves a religious, sacred or solid enactment ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to an approved prescribed order to address the issues of contrition, confession, absolution, penance/making amends and forgiveness/self-forgiveness
  • the five phases of stage seven: Renewal, commencing anew with a clean slate
  • the seven phases (tasks) of stage eight: Reconnection and Referral, engaging or reengaging support and resources to maintain progress and develop resilience
  • theological and human science perspectives within PND
  • relevant legislation, organisational policies and procedures
  • record management in accordance with organisational policy

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