Course Title: Work effectively with young people and their families

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2020

Course Code: HWSS6109C

Course Title: Work effectively with young people and their families

School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5331 - Diploma of Youth Work

Course Contact: Dianne Mackay

Course Contact Phone: 9925 4454

Course Contact Email: dianne.mackay@rmit.edu.au


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Nominal Hours: 55

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

 In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge required to cooperate in mutual agreement on the activities, outcomes and processes of young people’s family members/nominated carers, for the purpose of achieving goals identified in consultation with the young person to address their concerns and/or risks.  

This unit is taught in a cluster with:

CHCYTH005 - Develop and implement procedures to enable young people to address their needs

CHCYTH008 - Support young people to take collective action

CHCYTH009 - Support youth programs

CHCDEV002 - Analyse sociological factors on clients in community work and services

CHCYTH012 - Manage service response to young people in crisis

 

160 hours of work placement undertaking youth work practice support the learning and assessment of these units


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCYTH011 Work effectively with young people and their families

Element:

1. Establish relationship with the young person's nominated carer/family members

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Gather necessary information about the background and circumstances of young person and their family/carers with respect for privacy and confidentiality

1.2 Provide information to young person and their family/carers in a factual, clear and ethical manner to promote positive responses

1.3 Identify issues and changes needed to behaviour and relationships of young people and their families/carers

1.4 Maintain clear, ethical and honest relationships with young person as the primary client, and their family/carers as secondary clients

1.5 Encourage family members to reflect on their relationships, expectations and personal responsibilities

1.6 Identify obstacles to professional relationships with families/carers

1.7 Record concerns according to the code of conduct and ethics

Element:

2. Exchange information with family/carers about young person's needs and/or risks

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Use effective communication and model positive behaviour techniques to encourage active participation and appropriate responses

2.2 Monitor and anticipate behaviour and mood of clients and respond appropriately

2.3 Provide clients with clear and relevant information at a suitable language and comprehension level within the parameters of confidentiality and privacy

2.4 Analyse own values for impact on attitudes and interactions and to detect and avoid personalising issues, discrimination or stereotyping

Element:

3. Determine a mutual approach to addressing the young person's needs

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Check that objectives, outcomes and processes of young person’s responses are consistent with organisation’s policies and objectives and service outcomes

3.2 Negotiate with the young person their goals and indicators of achievement and include other persons where nominated by the young person

3.3 Plan a structured sequence of activities and timetable to achieve client objective within available resources

3.4 Consult team members for feedback on the planned program

3.5 Identify resources needed for continuing work with clients and allocate according to priorities and availability

Element:

4. Respond to families'/nominated carers concerns about young person

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Develop trust and address family members’/carers’ concerns, including limitations on confidentiality and power differentials between individuals

4.2 Identify and prioritise short- and long-term implications of family/ carer concerns

4.3 Validate family/ carer concerns using a range of checking sources including consultation with the young person as primary client

4.4 Provide information to family members/ carers on a need-to-know basis with respect for young person’s privacy

4.5 Negotiate conditions and confirm agreement with families/ carers to encourage commitment, cooperation and mutual action

4.6 Identify indicators of concerns, patterns of behaviour, strengths and barriers to family involvement and consider this information in the approach taken

4.7 Encourage family members/ carers to take responsibility for agreement on objectives, targets and outcomes

4.8 Ensure location of client meetings promotes neutrality, individual empowerment, comfort, trust, privacy, energy and focus for all clients

4.9 Guide clients to maintain positive direction, cooperation, achievements and respect


Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.

1. Establish relationship with the young person's nominated carer/family members

2. Exchange information with family/carers about young person's needs and/or risks

3. Determine a mutual approach to addressing the young person's needs

4. Respond to families'/nominated carers concerns about young person


Details of Learning Activities

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Teaching Schedule

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Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

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Overview of Assessment

To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all of the following assessment tasks to a satisfactory standard. You will receive written feedback on all assessments via a rubric in Canvas. (refer to MyRMIT for assessment criteria).

Assessment Task 1 Knowledge assessment : Sociological & Policy Frameworks

You will demonstrate knowledge of sociological methods that you will need to apply to your practice as a youth worker.

 

 Assessment Task 2 Organisational Frameworks in Youth Sector

Problem based written assessment where you will demonstrate an understanding of policy frameworks and key issues for youth work

 

 Assessment Task 3 Working with Youth and their families

This is a simulated workplace assessment for you to support and facilitate young people and their families

 

  Assessment Task 4 Working with youth services

This assessment requires you to review services offered, identifying service gaps and developing a program or activity to meet the needs of the youth.

 

Assessment Task 5 community youth Project

This assessment requires you to set up, coordinate and evaluate a youth work program.

 

Assessment Task 6 Workplace observation: supporting youth participation

This is a practical assessment that takes place in your workplace

 

160 hours of work placement undertaking youth work practice support the learning and assessment of this unit

 

 

160 hours of work placement undertaking youth work practice support the learning and assessment of these tasks

 

 

-       assessment requirements aligned to WIL work placement activities.

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


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.

A student charter http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/studentcharter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.

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


Assessment Tasks

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Assessment Matrix

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Other Information

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