Course Title: Undertake youth work in specific communities

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C0045 Graduate Certificate in Community Services Practice (Client assessment and case management)

Course Title: Undertake youth work in specific communities

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

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.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

HWSS5720C

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global, Urban and Social Studies

Face-to-Face

 Term1 2014,
Term2 2014

Course Contact: Zaina Nehme

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4552

Course Contact Email: zainaindira.nehme@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work effectively with young people in specific communities, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities, schools, rural and remote communities and other specific community settings. It includes the use of individual, group and community development processes to address issues of concern to young people in those communities. This unit applies to youth work in the context of diverse groups of young people and communities.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None required.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCYTH503A Undertake youth work in specific communities

Elements:

1. Become familiar with the culture of the specific community

2. Identify the place of young people in that community

3. Identify issues of common interest for young people and other key stakeholders in the specific community

4. Work with young people and other key stakeholders to plan, implement, evaluate and document specific interventions appropriate to the community

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.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is based on a written report that demonstrates how you have applied the principles of cultural diversity and cultural competence in your day to day practice.