CHCCCS023 Assessment Task 1

Student Instructions

This assessment is to be undertaken in a fully equipped aged care facility.

For this assessment, you are to be observed on 3 separate occasions (2 observations by your workplace supervisor and 1 observation by your assessor). For this assessment, you will need to support independence and wellbeing in a workplace.

 Observation activity:

1. For this task you are required to demonstrate how you safely support three people to enhance independence and wellbeing during your direct support work in an aged care facility. You should keep a journal that outlines your experiences throughout your work placement.
2. During your work placement you will need to demonstrate your ability to
   1. Recognise and support each person’s individual differences
   2. Promote each person’s independence
   3. Support their physical well-being
   4. Support their social, emotional and psychological well-being

During your work placement you are required to keep a journal. This journal should identify answers to each of the following questions for each client:

1. What social, cultural or spiritual differences did each person have?
2. How were each of these people different to you and how did you ensure you did not impose your values on them?
3. What individual needs did they have?
4. What stage of life were they in?
5. What were their strengths and weaknesses?
6. How did you accommodate each person’s expression of identify and sexuality?
7. What opportunities did you provide for them in relation to activities that met their needs?
8. How did you help each person to identify their strengths and self-care capacity and what opportunities did you give them to utlised those strengths?
9. What information did you provide to them?
10. How did you enable them to manage their own service delivery?
11. How did you encourage them to maintain independence?
12. What did you do to support their physical well-being?
13. What did you do to support their social, emotional and psychological well-being?

This journal should include a detailed report on each person in relation to the questions however; you should ensure you remove all identifying information for privacy reasons.

You may wish to use these three people as the basis for your written activity task 1 report.

Your 3 observations will be observed as follows:

• 2 observations by your host employer / workplace supervisor that will be verified by your assessor from your College
• 1 observation by an Assessor from your College

(These are to be recorded in your Work Placement Record Book that will be given to you by your assessor)

To be assessed on: __work placement_____________________

ASSESSMENT TASK 2 – WRITTEN TEST

This information which is in the Student Assessment pack is to be handed to each student to outline the assessment requirements.

Student Instructions

This is an open book written test. Therefore, you are allowed to bring books/ resources that can help you to answer the test.

Your assessor will set a date and time for this open book written test.

On the test date:

1. Your assessor will set ground rules including no phones, talking, etc.
2. Your assessor will pass a copy of the assessment to you.
3. Your assessor will allow time for reading and questions before commencing assessment.
4. You will have 1.5 hours for this assessment. Your  are not to leave the classroom within 15 minutes of commencement of the assessment.
5. Once assessment has commenced, no communication between students is allowed.
6. If you repeatedly talk, or are caught cheating, you will be removed from the classroom, and reported to student administration. Your assessment will be marked as “incomplete”
7. Remember – assessments are a participatory process, so your assessor can help re-word questions, but cannot lead to answers.
8. Once completed, your assessment will be marked accordingly.
9. In the event that a question is not answered correctly, your assessor will discuss the response with you to determine if you did not know the answer, or did not understand the question.
10. In order to achieve competency, all questions MUST be answered correctly.

ASSESSMENT TASK 2 – WRITTEN TEST

Please complete below

STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS

Please refer to the instructions below regarding completing this assessment

QUESTIONS

 Discuss the basic human needs that we all have.