AOD relapse prevention

CHCAOD007 Develop strategies for alcohol and other drugs relapse prevention and management

This unit is about collaborating with alcohol and/or drug (AOD) clients to:

 

How you will be assessed

You will be assessed through:

 

Practical

You will be assessed in the workplace in industry conditions where you will need:

  1. the use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources, including risk assessment tools/forms, client treatment plans, and your organization’s policies and procedures
  2. involvement of people with whom the candidate can interact
  3. scenarios that cater to a range of settings, including crisis situations

You need to show that you have done the following:

  1. Held a relapse planning session with at least two clients with alcohol and/or drug issues that incorporate supporting clients with:
    1. solving problem
    2. setting goals
    3. coping
    4. self monitoring and management
    5. recognizing and managing cravings
    6. cognitive restructuring
    7. harm minimization
  2. Communicated effectively with:
    1. empathy
    2. open questioning
    3. reflective listening and
    4. summarizing.

 

 

Interview/assignment questions

  1. What are the roles and responsibilities of different people in the relapse prevention process, including your own role?
  2. Explain the following principles of effective communication:
    1. building rapport
    2. motivational interviewing,
    3. active listening and
    4. questioning.
  3. Explain the core principles of crisis management.
  4. Harm minimization:
    1. What different approaches are there to harm minimization?
    2. Explain the principles of harm minimization.
  5. Effects of AOD addiction:
    1. What are the effects of AOD addiction?
    2. When a person has an AOD addiction, what behaviors do they most commonly exhibit when responding to intervention?
  6. Explain two different models of relapse prevention.
  7. Relapse triggers:
    1. List five factors that typically trigger relapse.
    2. Describe individual risk relapse factors in three different cases.
  8. What factors influence substance use? (In your answer, include environmental, cultural, and economic factors.)
  9. Explain how to assess and manage risk in relapse prevention. Include both risks that could precipitate relapse, as well as other kinds of risks.
  10. Explain how to use the following factors to minimize risk of relapse:
    1. environmental
    2. physical
    3. physiological.
  11. Explain relapse management strategies for:
    1. managing cravings and urges
    2. identifying and challenging thoughts
    3. problem solving
    4. goal setting
    5. building positive relationships
    6. minimizing harm to client and others.
  12. What pharmacotherapies are effective in reducing risk of relapse?
  13. What other therapies are effective in reducing risk of relapse? Explain how they work.
  14. What are the rights and responsibilities of:
    1. AOD workers?
    2. employers of AOD workers?
    3. AOD clients?
  15. What are the boundaries of your work role? Include your responsibilities and limitations.
  16. Below is a list of considerations in relapse prevention and management work. Some have international, national, state/territory, and local aspects. For each one, answer these questions:
    1. What are the requirements?
    2. How is it applied in organizations?
    3. How is it applied in individual practice?

Legal requirements:

Mandatory reporting
Children in the workplace
Discrimination
Specific AOD legislation
Human rights

Ethical considerations:

Discrimination
Dignity of risk
Informed consent

Practices:

Codes of conduct/ practice
Policy frameworks
Records management

Note: Your assessor may also ask you a variety of what if questions.

Mapping note: No further assessment of health and safety (duty of care) and privacy and confidentiality is necessary if you have already satisfactorily done the assignments on.

 

 

Detailed requirements

1. Explore relapse prevention

  1. Review client information to inform your relapse prevention strategy
  2. Prepare the client for the possibility of relapse as a common experience
  3. Find out any previous relapse prevention strategies that the client has used in the past
  4. In consultation with the client, determine what stakeholders need to be included in the relapse prevention process

 

2. Identify potential risks

  1. With the client, identify and discuss potential relapse triggers
  2. Determine what environmental factors could contribute to client responses
  3. Identify circumstances that could cause potentially harmful behavior to client and others
  4. Assess risks in conjunction with the client (Follow your organization’s protocols)

 

3. Develop relapse prevention and management strategies

  1. Research and evaluate a range of support strategies, and identify the most suitable to meet the client’s needs
  2. Work with the client in a way that promotes their participation and respects their insights and experiences
  3. Work collaboratively with client to:
  4. select most appropriate relapse prevention strategies
  5. decide on relapse management strategies
  6. decide on contingency plans if difficulties are encountered, including harm minimization

 

4. Report and document information

  1. Accurately record strategies in the client’s individual treatment plan (Follow your organization’s protocols)
  2. Follow privacy and confidentiality requirements when reporting feedback.

 

5. Other.

  1. Manage tasks and contingencies on the job.
  2. Follow Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards, and industry codes of practice.