Community services

Select three (3) clients with mental health issues and co-existing needs in your workplace, and in consultation with your workplace supervisor, complete three (3) client interviews, assessments or referencing meetings where you:

provide information to the client and /or their family

listen, discuss and analyse any issues

plan and prioritise actions to achieve negotiated goals

provide evidence of a strengths-based approach to assessment

identify duty of care and dignity of risk considerations

provide referral service options or discuss the effectiveness of existing services that the young person is engaged in.

Written report(approximately 250 words)

In consultation with your workplace supervisor, you have selected three (3) clients with mental health issues and co-existing needs in your workplace. After you have conducted an interview, assessment or reference meeting for Client 1, record your findings in a written report below.

You must ensure the following information is included in your report:

what information was provided to the client and /or their family

analysis/overview of issues

planned and prioritised actions to achieve negotiated goals

strategies used to ensure a strength’s based approach to assessment

identification of duty of care and dignity of risk considerations

potential referral service options

 effectiveness of current services