Course Title: Support young people to create opportunities in their lives

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4262 Certificate IV in Youth Work

Course Title: Support young people to create opportunities in their lives

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 50

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)

HWSS5664C

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global, Urban and Social Studies

Face-to-Face or Workplace

Term1 2012,
Term1 2013

Course Contact: Jennifer Brooker

Course Contact Phone: +(61 3) 9925 4115

Course Contact Email: jennifer.brooker@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit describes the knowledge and skills required to assist young people to identify the challenges and opportunities in their lives and to work towards their goals on an individual or group level

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCYTH403B Support young people to create opportunities in their lives

Elements:

Build respectful and trusting working relationships with young people

Define identified goals

Develop and implement action plans

Work with young people to identify their needs, rights, strengths, hopes and opportunities


Learning Outcomes


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this competency will include work placement in conjunction with class-based actitivities, wrritten and oral assessment tasks.