FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE FOR CHC COMMUNITY …

1 FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE FOR CHC COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HLT HEALTH TRAINING PACKAGE For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander primary health care qualifications see separate GUIDE Release October 2015 COMMUNITY Services and Health Industry SKILLS council Page 1 of 101 CHC and HLT FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE - Release Contents Modification History _____ 4 Purpose of this GUIDE _____ 5 What are FOUNDATION SKILLS ? _____ 7 Australian Core SKILLS Framework _____ 7 FOUNDATION SKILLS in units of competency _____ 8 FOUNDATION SKILLS unit of competency summary _____ 8 Summary of key ACSF SKILLS _____ 9 Summary of key employability SKILLS _____ 9 FOUNDATION SKILLS in assessment requirements _____ 9 FOUNDATION SKILLS in qualifications _____ 11 FOUNDATION SKILLS summary for CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support _____ 11 Summary of key ACSF SKILLS _____ 11 ACSF mapping of core units of competency _____ 13 Summary of key employability SKILLS _____ 13 Using trigger words _____ 14 The

2 Australian Core SKILLS Framework _____ 16 Determining a learner s ACSF levels _____ 16 Indicative ACSF assessment _____ 16 Diagnostic ACSF assessment _____ 17 Who carries out ACSF assessments? _____ 18 Strategies to support the development of FOUNDATION SKILLS _____ 19 What vocational trainers can do _____ 19 Scaffold FOUNDATION SKILLS _____ 19 Use model texts_____ 20 Personal word lists _____ 20 Skimming and scanning _____ 20 Using a highlighter _____ 21 Other strategies _____ 21 Keep connected to a network _____ 22 Using the FOUNDATION SKILLS Training Package _____ 22 What industry can do _____ 23 Use clear documents _____ 23 Use clear instructions _____ 24 Check out the SKILLS of your trainers _____ 24 Encourage a culture of helping out _____ 25 Resources

3 _____ 26 Appendix A _____ 28 Units of competency - FOUNDATION SKILLS unit summary _____ 28 CHCADV001 _____ 28 CHCADV004 _____ 28 CHCAGE001 _____ 30 CHCAGE003 _____ 30 CHCAGE004 _____ 31 CHCAGE005 _____ 31 CHCCCS004 _____ 33 CHCCCS006 _____ 33 COMMUNITY Services and Health Industry SKILLS council Page 2 of 101 CHC and HLT FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE - Release CHCCCS007 _____ 34 CHCCCS011 _____ 34 CHCCCS015 _____ 35 CHCCCS016 _____ 36 CHCCCS023 _____ 36 CHCCCS025 _____ 37 CHCCOM003 _____ 38 CHCCOM005 _____ 38 CHCCOM006 _____ 39 CHCCSM004_____ 40 CHCCSM005_____ 40 CHCCSM006_____ 41 CHCCSM007_____ 42 CHCDEV002 _____ 43 CHCDIS001 _____ 44 CHCDIS002 _____ 44 CHCDIS003 _____ 45 CHCDIS005 _____ 45 CHCDIS007 _____ 46 CHCDIS008 _____ 46 CHCDIS009 _____ 47 CHCDIS010 _____ 48 CHCDIV001 _____ 49 CHCDIV003 _____ 49 CHCECE001 _____ 50 CHCECE002 _____ 50 CHCECE003 _____ 51 CHCECE004 _____ 51 CHCECE005 _____ 52 CHCECE007 _____ 52 CHCECE009 _____ 52 CHCECE010 _____ 53 CHCECE011 _____ 53 CHCECE013 _____ 54 CHCHCS001 _____ 55 CHCLEG001 _____ 56 CHCLEG003 _____ 56 CHCMGT005_____ 57 CHCPAL001 _____ 58 CHCPRP001 _____ 59 CHCPRP003 _____ 59 CHCPRP005

4 _____ 60 CHCPRT001 _____ 61 CHCSOH002 _____ 62 CHCSOH008 _____ 62 CHCSOH009 _____ 63 CHCSOH011 _____ 63 CHCSOH012 _____ 64 HLTAAP001 _____ 65 HLTAAP003 _____ 65 HLTAID003 _____ 66 HLTAID004 _____ 66 HLTINF004 _____ 67 HLTMSG001 _____ 68 HLTMSG002 _____ 68 HLTMSG003 _____ 69 HLTMSG004 _____ 69 HLTMSG005 _____ 70 HLTMSG006 _____ 70 HLTMSG008 _____ 71 COMMUNITY Services and Health Industry SKILLS council Page 3 of 101 CHC and HLT FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE - Release HLTWHS001 _____ 72 HLTWHS002 _____ 72 HLTWHS004 _____ 72 HLTWHS006 _____ 73 Appendix B _____ 74 FOUNDATION SKILLS summary for CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care _____ 74 FOUNDATION SKILLS summary for CHC32015 Certificate III in COMMUNITY Services _____ 77 FOUNDATION SKILLS summary for CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support _____ 79 AGEING specialisation _____ 80 DISABILITY specialisation _____ 81 HOME AND COMMUNITY specialisation _____ 83 FOUNDATION SKILLS summary for CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support _____ 85 FOUNDATION SKILLS summary for CHC43115 Certificate IV in Disability _____ 88 FOUNDATION SKILLS summary for CHC52015 Diploma

5 Of COMMUNITY Services _____ 91 CASE MANAGEMENT specialisation _____ 93 SOCIAL housing specialisation_____ 94 FOUNDATION SKILLS summary for HLT52015 Diploma of Remedial Massage _____ 97 COMMUNITY Services and Health Industry SKILLS council Page 4 of 101 CHC and HLT FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE - Release Modification History Release number Release date Comments September 2015 This release merges the previous separate FOUNDATION SKILLS guides for children s and youth services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers January 2015 COMMUNITY Services and Health Industry SKILLS council Page 5 of 101 CHC and HLT FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE - Release Purpose of this GUIDE This FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE is one of several guides produced to help with the implementation of the HLT Health and CHC COMMUNITY Services Training Packages.

6 CHC and HLT units of competency, assessment requirements, qualifications and skill sets can be found on the national register In addition, the following non-endorsed Training Package components (companion volumes) have been developed: The Implementation GUIDE is a mandatory requirement for Industry SKILLS Councils to develop. It is available at and contains overview information about the entire Training Package, including a list of all units of competency, SKILLS sets and qualifications. It also contains key implementation advice for use by registered training organisations (RTOs).

7 Other guides and resources to assist implementation include: - A Learning strategies GUIDE describes potential strategies for working with a diversity of learners and possible learning strategies. - A Knowledge strategies GUIDE identifies knowledge requirements of the units of competency, a glossary of terms and provides information about potential resources as well as links to useful information. - An Assessment strategies GUIDE provides guidance on implementation of the assessment requirements as well as general advice about assessment. - This FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE provides guidance about identifying FOUNDATION SKILLS and developing them in students in the context of the sector in which they work.

8 - A Work placement GUIDE provides guidance on how to set up work placements, the roles and responsibilities of RTOs and industry partners, how to ensure that the placements are good learning experiences for students and are run effectively in organisations. COMMUNITY Services and Health Industry SKILLS council Page 6 of 101 CHC and HLT FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE - Release Feedback and contributions In time, these companion volumes will provide an opportunity to showcase best practice from RTOs and provide a forum for sharing information and resources. If you have any ideas, resources, case studies or feedback to contribute to the companion volumes, please provide your feedback via the CS&HISC Continuous Improvement Feedback Register.

9 These are optional companion volumes developed by the CS&HISC to support implementation COMMUNITY Services and Health Industry SKILLS council Page 7 of 101 CHC and HLT FOUNDATION SKILLS GUIDE - Release What are FOUNDATION SKILLS ? FOUNDATION SKILLS is one component of a unit of competency and, according to the 2012 Standards for Training Packages: FOUNDATION SKILLS : describe those language, literacy, numeracy and employability SKILLS that are essential to performance must be explicit and recognisable within the Training Package. Where FOUNDATION SKILLS essential to performance are not explicit in the performance criteria they need to be listed, along with a brief context statement.

10 FOUNDATION SKILLS is the term that Australian Government agencies have started to use to cover the Australian Core SKILLS Framework s (ACSF) five core SKILLS , plus employability SKILLS as described in the Core SKILLS for Work framework Australian Core SKILLS Framework The ACSF is a national framework that provides a consistent, national approach to identifying the language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) SKILLS required for work, for education and training, and for personal and COMMUNITY interaction. It provides a common language to be able to talk about LLN performance levels of individuals and also about the LLN requirements of jobs and of training programs.