CHCCCS037 - Visit client residence

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each units learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

• schedule, prepare for and undertake visits to five different people in their place of residence
• identify hazards or risks present during the above visits and respond according to organisational policies and procedures and work health and safety (WHS) standards
• document all aspects, make referrals and complete reports for each of the above visits according to the person’s needs and organisational policies and procedures.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

• issues relevant to visiting a client residence
• different types of residences
• organisational policies and procedures relating to:

• dealing with difficult or challenging situations
• dealing with ethical dilemmas and behaviours of concern
• infection control
• reporting issues observed during visits
• working in unfamiliar and unpredictable environments
• working alone
• working in home environments
• duress

• basic home fire safety and applicable state or territory smoke alarm legislation
• work health and safety (WHS) standards
• legal and ethical requirements and how these are applied in an organisation and individual practice:

• duty of care
• dignity of risk
• human rights
• discrimination
• mandatory reporting
• practice standards
• privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
• work role boundaries, responsibilities and limitations
• work as part of a multidisciplinary team.