| Effective Term: | 2025/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Working in Partnerships With Families |
| Unit ID: | HEALM6303 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 060303 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit develops student’s ability to work in partnership with families, a crucial skill for healthcare professionals supporting families with young children, through the use of the Family Partnership Model (Davis & Day, 2010). Experiential workshops will focus on both theory and the development of applied knowledge and skills around the helping process in order to develop effective and empowering relationships with families. This includes working with culturally diverse partnerships and motivational interviewing |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | |  | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Appraise the Family Partnership Model (Davis & Day, 2010) |
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| K2. | Explore adult learning principles and apply to professional practice |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Demonstrate communication and empathy skills to develop effective and supportive relationships with families |
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| S2. | Actively participate in workshops in the Family Partnership Model to understand the helping process |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Critically apply knowledge and skills relating to the Family Partnership Model to a range of simulated and authentic situations involving professional-client relationships |
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| A2. | Apply professional and appropriate communication strategies with children and families and professional colleagues |
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| Unit Content: |
The ANMAC National Accreditation Standards for the Midwife (2014); NMBA Midwife Standards for Practice (2018); NMBA Code of Conduct for the Midwife (2018), Code of Ethics for the Midwife (2014), NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016); NMBA Code of Conduct for nurses (2018), Code of Ethics for nurses (2012) and Maternal and Child Health Service Standards (2010) have substantially informed the syllabus/content of this unit.
•Family Partnership Model
•Purposeful relationship building
•Listening and construing
•Helper qualities and skills
•Engaging and contracting
•Exploration and clear understanding
•Helping parents change perspectives
•Working with difficult clients
•Motivational interviewing
•Cultural safety and awareness Working with interpreters
•Having difficult conversations |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, S2, A1 | Application of theoretical concepts and published evidence to the context of child and family health | Annotated bibliography written | 40-60% | | 2. | K1, K2, S1, S2, A1, A2 | Application of theoretical concepts to the provision of parent group session using the model and adult learning principles | Written response | 40-60% |
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