CHCMHS005 Knowledge Assessment

CHCMHS005
Knowledge Assessment
Learner
Section 1 – Personal
Details
Full Name: Phone:
Workplace:
Section 2 –
Qualification Details
Qualificatio
n Code:
CHC43315 Qualification
Title:
Certificate IV in Mental Health
Units Being Assessed:
Unit Code Unit Title
CHCMHS005 Provide services to people with coexisting mental health and
alcohol and other drugs issues
Learner Declaration
I, __________________________________ (Learner Name), state that the attached assessment is my own work. I have
kept a copy of this assessment for future records.
Learner Signature Date / /
Section 3 – Feedback
Learner Feedback
Time Spent
Reading/Researching:
Time Spent Completing
Assessment:
Additional
Comments:
Assessor Feedback
Student to resubmit
assessment Yes:
No:
Additional
Comments:
Assessor Signature Date / /
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General Information
Resources to complete these units of competency may include
To establish overall competency for this unit you may utilise workplace resources such as the ones listed below.
You are not limited to, the following resources:
 Legislation
 Consumer Care Manual
 Aged Care Act
 Disability Act
 Mental Health Act
 Industry and organisation service standards
 Industry and organisation codes of practice/ethics
 Accreditation standards
 International and national charters
 Organisation policy and procedure
 Consumers/consumer/consumers/consumers
 Workplace documents
 Workplace
 Industry - web
Hints and Tips
 Attend all training sessions as this will assist with your knowledge and understanding of the unit
requirements.
 If you need assistance please contact your trainer/assessor and ask for it
Assessment Instructions
Assessment Process for the Learner
Recognition of Prior Skills (RPL)
If you feel you can demonstrate or have prior skills for this unit, it is recommended that you inform your assessor
and apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for this.
Overall Assessment
As a learner you are required to demonstrate competency for each unit within your chosen qualification.
To achieve competency follow the steps below:
1. Knowledge Assessment – Written questions and Case Studies.
Additional Assessment
1. WHS and workplace practices will continue to be assessed throughout the course.
2. This assessment is completed holistically.
Conditions of Assessment
All work submitted must be your own work. Should you add content from other sources, please make sure this is
referenced in your assessment.
Assessment Process for the Assessor
Overall Assessment
Your learners are required to demonstrate competency for each unit within their chosen qualification.
Competency will need to be demonstrated through the following methods:
1. Knowledge Assessment – Written questions and Case Studies.
2. Completed assessor confirmation
Note: should the learner be required to re-submit or repeat the assessment, a new assessment (full or
partial) is to be provided to the learner with a new assessment cover sheet.
Wherever these boxes are located, the ATS assessor is to complete. S NS
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Part A – Written Questions
1. Define the terms co-morbidity and dual diagnosis as they relate to co-existing
mental health and AOD issues.
S NS
Co-morbidity
It denotes presence of more than one disorders within the same person like taking
drugs or
Dual diagnosis
This implies close relationship among two situations that indicates cause and their
effect.
2. Describe five (5) signs/symptoms that could indicate a person has drug or alcohol
problems.
S NS
1 Craving to drink
2 Impaired control
3 Physical dependence like shakiness, nausea, etc.
4 Tolerance for needs of increased amount of alcohol
5 Loss of sensitiveness
You have a new consumer. A profile of the consumer reads; the consumer is erratic and their behaviour can
change very quickly rapidly from being really happy and socially interactive to extreme anger resulting in abusive
remarks and aggressive behaviour. The consumer has problems with finance as she gambles on the pokies, use
over the counter non-prescribed drugs excessively and is a binge eater, most of the food consumed has no
nutritional content – junk food. Consumer hates being alone but has difficulty sustaining stable and enduring
relationships. At times the consumer engages in self-harming behaviour such as cutting on the arms, lower wrist
area. The consumer usually wears long sleeves to hide this behaviour.
3. Identify the mental health or AOD issue the consumer as having? Discuss the
reasons for your answer.
S NS
The consumer has became habitual for pokies and non-prescribed drugs. They have also became alone and due
to this they self-harm. This denotes the condition of depression in which person have a thought that they are
alone which further leads to anxiety.
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You are working with a new consumer to your service, AOD day respite. You notice the consumer is often unsteady
on their feet and has trouble communicating clearly, speech is slurred and they are slow to respond to a
conversation. The muscles in their legs look thin and weak. The consumer eats very little and is often agitated and
at times is talking about things that are not there.
4. Identify the mental health or AOD issue the consumer as having? Discuss the
reasons for your answer.
S NS
This implies ARBI (Alcohol related brain injury), this denotes misuse of alcohol over time which leads to
unsteady. This can be regarded as traumatic dementia instead of mental illness. This leads to prolonged
damage to central nervous system.
5. Holistic Care S NS
a) Why is holistic care an important aspect with recovery?
Often there are poor people, homeless and get minimized social support from care services. Therefore, emphasis
is laid on holistic care so that this section of society gets relevant services and support.
b) Provide a brief overview of the three (3) treatment models for dually diagnosed persons.
1. Sequential
(serial)
treatment
This implies non-simultaneous or serial participation within both addiction and mental
health treatment settings. Like person who have dual disorders receive mental health
at occasional time frame of depression.
2. Parallel
treatment
It denotes separate treatment for substance misuse and mental health disorders. Like
person may participate within drug refusal and AOD education at addiction treatment
program.
3. Integrated
treatment
This implies that same personnel is rendering substance misuse along with mental
health treatment in concurrent manner. This comprises of both the entities mental
health as well as addiction treatment within unified treatment program.
6. Explain the term ‘Evidence Based Best Practice’ as it applies to the mental health
and AOD sectors.
S NS
This implies that best practice strategies as well as methodologies are adapted for distinct situations along with
organizational needs that are utilized for attainment of higher levels of outcome. The evidence based practices
are dependent on latest practices that will lead to support procedures which have higher chances to succeed
and accomplish customer needs.
A consumer suffers from clinical depression and anxiety. The consumer is dependent on and abuses prescribed
drugs such as Xanax and diazepam (Valium). Part of your role as a mental health worker is to support the
consumer to commit and engage in rehabilitation services as a dual diagnosis consumer. The consumer is a single
mother with three children aged 6 – 10. The consumer says that they are too busy with their children and work to
undergo rehabilitation. The consumer works 9 – 3 so they are able to pick their children up after school.
7. Discuss the services and support options you can discuss with the consumer to
achieve engagements with treatment.
S NS
Customer can be provided with effective integrated treatment where care givers are liable for ensuring that
interventions are together bundled. In this case, illness model of problem must be utilized instead of moralistic
one.
8. Identify five (5) common characteristics and experiences for a consumer with a
mental illness and or AOD abuse.
S NS
1 Lack of support from friends and family
2 Financial issues
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3 Psychological problems will be denied
4 There will be no cooperation with health care providers
5 Might be homeless or frequent moves from one place to other
9. Provide five (5) examples to describe the impact of mental health and AOD on
mainstream society.
S NS
1 Person might become homeless
2 Imprisoned or drifter
3 Economic disadvantage
4 Rejection from mainstream society
5 Behavioral problems and poor personal hygiene
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10. Why is a readiness assessment completed for a consumer? S NS
This is done to improvise person's rating in context of dimensions where they have scored poorly. In case if
individuals have scored low implies the level of readiness . This will further aid within improvisation of
dimensions in which score is low.
11. Discuss the five (5) dimensions that demonstrates readiness to develop activities to
support a recovery plan.
S NS
1 Processing readiness
2 Development of awareness
3 Choosing a direction
4 Mobilizing support
5 Personalizing accomplishment
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