Unit of competency Outline

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Work within a narrative approach

Work within a narrative approach

Unit of competency
National Code
HLTAHW078
State Code
WG729
TGA Status
Deleted
DTWD Status
Deleted
Current Release Number
2.00
Current Release Date
06/08/2015
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
12/08/2014
Field of Education
061305 - Indigenous Health
Original Release Date
12/08/2014
Nominal Hours
40
Description
This unit describes the required skills and knowledge to recognise and appreciate the values of using narrative approaches in responding to social and emotional wellbeing issues for individual Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and/or communities. It applies to senior Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers overseeing clinical aspects of the delivery of primary health care services and/or managing the overall delivery of primary health care services and programs to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities. This unit equips Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers to provide support related to social and emotional wellbeing and does not infer that they are qualified counsellors.The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Apply narrative therapy approaches to own work
  • 1.1 Research the narrative worldview, narrative therapy approaches, common terms and key concepts
  • 1.2 Identify work of people from indigenous and/or colonised cultures using narrative therapy approaches
  • 1.3 Apply concepts of narrative therapy in own work in supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of clients, and observe cultural protocols where appropriate
2. Use externalising practices
  • 2.1 Identify the difference between externalising and internalising practices
  • 2.2 Explain to clients and/or community how externalising practices may be used to address a range of social and emotional wellbeing issues
  • 2.3 Use culturally appropriate and safe communication skills to support clients and/or community to use externalising conversations to identify their social and emotional wellbeing issues
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
D5726 HLTAHW613B Work within a narrative approach Unit of competency