Elements and Performance Criteria

Relevant information may include:
Interviews with clients
Social history
Care plans / case notes
Research past lifestyles and interests
Holistic assessment of client

Programs include:
Activities designed to address needs of target groups or individuals
Activities designed to meet needs identified in research
Activities to extend the participation numbers in existing programs
Passive and/or active activities
Physical, mental, emotional, social and/or spiritual activities
Strategies to address barriers to participation
Those directed at individual people and their needs
Those directed at the general community
Those initiated by the organisation, by community groups, by other organisations, or by community leaders and decision makers
Those designed to respond to social, economic and demographic changes

Programs may have the following focus:
Education / learning / training
Personal development and support (eg. coping skills)
Therapeutic
Music and performing arts (eg. theatres, band, video production team)
Research, planning and management (eg. excursions, travel)
Community action
Special interest causes (eg. environmental issues)
Enterprise development activities
Employment, fund raising, small business

Program activities may include:
Discussion groups
Sporting and recreational activities
Structured and unstructured social activities
Leisure activities
Play

Programs are planned and implemented for the purpose of:
Providing immediate and ongoing support
Promoting participation and personal development
Enabling people to use their time constructively, have fun and maintain independence
Enabling people to learn and explore skills, knowledge and attitudes
Enhancing well being

Critical aspects of assessment must include:

Ability to:

Identify the leisure and health needs of the client or group
Prepare activity / program plan
Identify and obtain required resources
Promote, deliver and evaluate activity / program

Essential knowledge, skills and attitudes include:
Relevant aspects of psychology
Holistic health (emotional, social, physical, mental, spiritual)
Levels of human needs (universal, developmental, special)
A range of activities and programs
Legal and safety requirements as they relate to activities and programs
Relevant funding sources
Research and consultation
Coordination and management of programs
Analysis of data, information and relationships
Advocacy
Provision of support to a diverse range of people / organisations
Conflict resolution communication and negotiation
Cross cultural communication and negotiation
Literacy adequate to prepare a range of appropriate resource material
Working with and through community leaders
Volunteers
OHS principals and practices

Context for assessment:
This unit may be assessed on the job or through simulation and should reflect the diversity of settings within which Leisure and Health work takes place

Competency should be assessed in the context of:
Working with individuals and groups
Target groups relevant to the worker and the activity or program
Consulting with relevant stakeholders
For at least two of the types of activities and programs identified in the Range Statement
For at least two of the purposes identified in the Range Statement
Individually or as part of a team