Course Title: Advocate for clients
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: JUST5170C
Course Title: Advocate for clients
School: 365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng
Campus: City Campus
Program: C2199 - Certificate II in Community Services
Course Contact : Elizabeth-Anne Cotter
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4870
Course Contact Email:elizabeth-anne.cotter@rmit.edu.au
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Nominal Hours: 20
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
There are no prerequisites for this unit of competency.
Course Description
This unit describes the knowledge and skills required by the worker to support clients to voice their opinions or needs and to ensure their rights are upheld. This unit may apply to work undertaken across a range of sectors in the delivery of community services.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCAD401D Advocate for clients |
Element: |
1. Assist clients to identify their rights and represent their own needs 2. Advocate on behalf of clients on request 3. Advocate for clients |
Performance Criteria: |
1. Assist clients to identify their rights and represent their own needs 1.1 Assist client to identify their own needs and rights and to determine if their rights are being infringed or are not being met 2. Advocate on behalf of clients on request 2.1 Initiate, negotiate and implement relevant strategies for addressing client needs 3. Advocate for clients 3.1 Where assessment indicates the client requires advocacy support: |
Learning Outcomes
By completing this unit of competency you will achieve and demonstrate competence in the following skills
Assisting clients to identify their rights and represent their own needs
Advocating on behalf of clients on request
Advocating for clients
Details of Learning Activities
Students will participate in classroom discussions, problem solving, role play scenarios and work place simulations. Key concepts will be explored through the investigation of these real world and simulated environments. Learning activities include questionnaires and case studies.
Teaching Schedule
Classes / workshops will be offered on a weekly basis during the academic year.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment in this unit of competency will be through a mix of in-class tasks, case studies, scenarios, workplacement based projects, group work and team work, problem based learning and responses to a range of underpinning knowledge questions as well as the development of an evidence portfolio linked to the unit of competency elements and workplace practice.
Assessment Tasks
A learner must be able to demonstrate an understanding of of the essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in the elements and performance criteria for this unit.
Assessment Matrix
CHCAD401D Advocate for clients
Task Questions In class activities Project Work Evidence portfolio of work practice
Element 1 X X X X
Element 2 X X X X
Element 3 X X X X
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