Course Title: Support young people to take collective action
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5331 Diploma of Youth Work
Course Title: Support young people to take collective action
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 55
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Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
HWSS6023C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face or Workplace |
Term2 2017, Term1 2018, Term1 2019 |
HWSS6023C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
375T Vocational Design and Social Context |
Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace |
Term1 2020, Term1 2021 |
HWSS6023C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
535T Social Care and Health |
Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace |
Term1 2022, Term1 2023 |
Course Contact: Dianne Mackay
Course Contact Phone: +613 9925 4454
Course Contact Email: dianne.mackay@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
In this course you will develop skills and knowledge required to enable young people to participate in the decision-making that affects their lives and applies to youth work where the primary concern is to support groups of young people in taking action to meet their needs or responding to community issues.
This unit is taught in a cluster with:
CHCYTH005 - Develop and implement procedures to enable young people to address their needs
CHCDEV002 - Analyse sociological factors on clients in community work and services
CHCYTH009 - Support youth programs
CHCYTH011 - Work effectively with young people and their families
CHCYTH012 - Manage service response to young people in crisis
Students typically complete 160 hours of work placement undertaking youth work practice support the learning and assessment of these units
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCYTH008 Support young people to take collective action |
Elements: |
1. Encourage and support young people to develop and use networks 2. Support young people to come together to plan collective action 3. Support young people to identify and form alliances with key stakeholders 4. Support young people to implement their strategies or action plans 5. Assist young people to monitor and evaluate strategies |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the below elements.
. Encourage and support young people to develop and use networks |
1.1 Identify and note young people’s issues, needs or interests in community issues 1.2 Encourage and support young people to identify common issues, needs and interests 1.3 Discuss possibilities for responding to identified common issues, needs and interests 1.4 Provide opportunities for young people with similar interests or needs 1.5 Support and encourage young people to identify relationships between their issues/interests and social structures 1.6 Encourage young people to work together to take joint action |
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2. Support young people to come together to plan collective action |
2.1 Ensure young people have the relevant skills and knowledge to operate in a collective way 2.2 Map and monitor youth participation processes, particularly decision-making and inclusion processes of groups 2.3 Provide support, encouragement and opportunities to young people to enable them to communicate and interact with others to coordinate a planned action |
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3. Support young people to identify and form alliances with key stakeholders |
3.1 Identify other stakeholders interested in the issue or strategy 3.2 Gauge the interest, resources and possible roles of stakeholders 3.3 Support young people in contacting, informing and negotiating alliances with stakeholders 3.4 Assist young people and stakeholders to maintain appropriate contact and information flow 3.5 Encourage young people to acknowledge key stakeholder support |
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4. Support young people to implement their strategies or action plans |
4.1 Provide relevant information as required to individuals and the group to facilitate better operation of collective networks 4.2 Offer individual or group support on an ongoing basis 4.3 Use group processes to monitor progress and adapt or further develop plans |
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5. Assist young people to monitor and evaluate strategies |
5.1 Support groups to monitor and record progress 5.2 Assist groups to identify outcomes and consequences (intended or unintended) of their actions on an ongoing basis 5.3 Evaluate strategies and group processes 5.4 Provide reports of outcomes as appropriate to stakeholders and within the organisation 5.5 Celebrate achievements, including personal development, skills development and social change |
Overview of Assessment
This course is assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment.
To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete the following assessment tasks to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback from the teacher when you have completed the assessment tasks
Assessment Task 1
Knowledge Questions
Assessment Task 2
Organisational frameworks
Assessment Task 3
Presentation
Assessment Task 4
Role Play
Assessment Task 5
Community Project
Assessment Task 6
Practical – observation and questions
Assessment Task 7
Placement reflection
Assessment Task 8
Placement observation
Students need to submit completed logbooks as well.
Students need to complete required hours of work placement undertaking youth work practice support the assessment tasks
You should refer to the assessment plan which is available on Canvas for details of each assessment task and for detailed assessment criteria.
Grades that apply to courses that are delivered and assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment are:
CA: Competency Achieved
NYC: Not Yet Competent
DNS: Did not Submit for Assessment
You will be given two (2) attempts for each assessment to demonstrate the required skills. A third (3rd) attempt can only be offered after discussions between teacher and the Program Coordinator and is not automatic. Resubmissions beyond two (2) attempts are at the discretion of the teacher and/or coordinator.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.
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Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online:http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=c15i3ciaq8ca