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.

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