HLTAADV002 — Support the rights and needs of clients

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What an assessment for HLTAADV002 must cover

41 assessable components: 4 elements (22 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 14 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. 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 client rights, needs and options.

1.1Use culturally appropriate and safe communication when working with client.
1.2Support client to clarify their needs using open questions, active listening and by paraphrasing.
1.3Obtain and review information from health service providers and other organisations to establish the situation and potential client options.
1.4Provide client with current and accurate information about their rights and options for meeting their needs preferences, cultural values and beliefs.
1.5Assist client to clarify their preferred options and provide alternative options based on client feedback when required.

2 Assist client to present their own needs.

2.1Provide client with information and skills that will assist them to establish contact with relevant people and present their needs and point of view effectively.
2.2Support client to communicate in their preferred language and organise any required interpreting services.
2.3Identify situations where the client needs assistance to express their views appropriately to individuals or agencies and provide required support.

3 Advocate for client when self-advocacy is not possible.

3.1Obtain client permission to advocate on their behalf and follow organisational procedures for maintaining confidentiality of client information.
3.2Identify and establish contact with relevant individuals or agencies based on specific client needs.
3.3Provide information that clearly represents client needs, preferences, values, beliefs and point of view.
3.4Use and adapt information to support client needs in response to service provider questions.
3.5Obtain information required and requested by client.
3.6Use clear, appropriate and accessible language that shows respect for each individual involved in the process.
3.7Provide clear information to client about progress and outcomes and agree on further action.
3.8Use required interpreting services to support client’s understanding and involvement in the process.
3.9Obtain information about escalation processes when client’s rights and needs remain unmet and discuss options with client.

4 Promote client rights, needs and interests.

4.1Promote client rights, needs and interests inside and outside of the organisation within the scope of own authority.
4.2Identify and use opportunities to discuss and promote rights and needs of clients with colleagues and other health service providers.
4.3Share information with colleagues and other health service providers about changing client needs.
4.4Identify and make suggestions to service providers about ways to improve services to clients.
4.5Reflect individual and community values, beliefs and approaches to healing in communications with others.

Performance evidence

support the rights and needs of individual Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients on four occasions:  work with individual clients to identify their needs and options on each of the four occasions  assist a client to present their own needs on two of those occasions  advocate on behalf of a client who is unable to self-advocate on two of those occasions
participate in two discussions with internal or external colleagues about client rights, needs and interests:  highlight and provide comment on two issues based on client experiences  make suggestions about potential ways to improve services to individual clients in the local community.

Knowledge evidence

organisational policies and procedures for:  maintaining confidentiality of client information  obtaining permission to advocate on a client’s behalf  making representations to external agencies
contents of the current Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights, and the importance of client participation in decision-making and choice
definitions and understanding of:  human rights  equality  discrimination  self-determination
basic features of existing local, state or territory, and Commonwealth government health services and programs specifically available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
structure and function of local and regional health services, how they interrelate and implications for individual clients:  service philosophies  roles and responsibilities  commonly used terminology  lines of communication  referral protocols  basics of funding and financial structures
complaint processes including escalation when client’s rights and needs remain unmet
functions of the Australian Human Rights Commission (or its successor) and overview of how that agency handles escalated complaints
typical advocacy roles of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health services and workers at different levels of seniority, and the particular importance of their role in advocating for client health care choices that relate to cultural values and beliefs
types of information and skills clients may need for self-advocacy:  simplified information about health services and programs  agency preferences for communication  advice on how to communicate different types of information or express views in constructive ways  advice about lodging a complaint and escalating when rights and needs remain unmet  assistance with completing documentation
individuals and organisations to whom advocacy may be directed:  other members of the primary health care team  service management  external organisations, both public and private
types of individual and community values and beliefs that impact client interactions with health services:  gender roles  kinship relationships  preferences for western medicine and traditional and cultural healing including the use of bush medicines and traditional healers  preferred language and ways of communicating  spiritual beliefs about serious illness and end of life care  previous individual or community experiences
types of potential conflict between client needs and organisation requirements:  culturally inappropriate requirements  client need for service versus eligibility criteria  different views about health care priorities and self-management of health
interpreter services available in the local area
internal and external opportunities for the promotion of client rights, needs and interests.

Foundation skills

Reading skills to::  interpret familiar detailed organisational policies and procedures  interpret unfamiliar information including health service terminology.
Writing skills to::  draft persuasive information statements, letters or emails on client’s behalf.
Oral communication skills to::  provide clear and succinct information and instructions to clients to assist them to self-advocate  provide clear and persuasive information about client needs to other individuals or agencies.

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Questions about assessing HLTAADV002

What does an assessment tool for HLTAADV002 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTAADV002 needs to address all 41 unit components: 4 elements with 22 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 14 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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