Course Title: Develop community resources
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2013
Course Code: HWSS5687C
Course Title: Develop community resources
School: 365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4313 - Certificate IV in Community Development
Course Contact : Julian Silverman
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4578
Course Contact Email:julian.silverman@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 90
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
This unit describes the knowledge and skills required to assess community resource requirements and to develop strategies to address these community resourcing issues.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCCD505E Develop community resources |
Element: |
Assess community resource requirements |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify resource requirements through consultation with networks and key people and organisations |
Element: |
Develop and acquire resources |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Develop strategies for the provision of resources to assist in meeting organisation objectives within funding considerations |
Element: |
Facilitate community access to resources |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Publicise availability of resources to target group, key people and organisations to encourage participation in activities |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
You will attend an all-day workshop in which you will participate in activities including discussions and presentations related to engaging communities in the community development process as part of specific initiatives. You will be presented with information relating to the central themes of the unit including theories and skills relating to assessing community resource requirements, then developing and facilitating community access to these resources.
Teaching Schedule
Please note: While your teacher will cover all the material in this schedule, the weekly order is subject to change depending on class needs and availability of speakers and resources.
| Week 7 | Class Content | Learning Elements |
| Develop community resources | This workshop will focus on how students can work with their communities to determine availability and access resources essential for community projects and programs. This will include a working with communities and committees to develop effective budgets as part of project proposals and project plans. | 1. Assess community resource requirements 2. Develop and acquire resources 3. Facilitate community access to resources |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems and access to specialised facilities and relevant software. You will also have access to the library resources. |
References
Other Resources
You will be issued a reading kit that includes links to relevant web resources upon commencement of this course. It will contain articles and instructional materials that relate to this workshop and it will be developed in consultation with industry experts in the community development sector.
Web links for this workshop:
Building Stronger Communities through Stronger Community Organisations – ourcommunity.com.au
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/
Overview of Assessment
Assessment is ongoing throughout the course. Assessment will incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of knowledge and skills and will include:
- Community Development Case Study
- Self and Supervisor Assessment
Assessment Tasks
In order to demonstrate competence in this course you will need to satisfactorily complete the following assessment tasks:
Community Development Case Study
The community development case study will demonstrate how you have planned, implemented and monitored your project that you would undertake with a community group or organisation. In order to satisfy the requirements of this unit, your plan must demonstrate how you can effectively identify community resource needs, your approach to sourcing the required resources and how you have enabled individuals and groups access to them.
Self and Supervisor Assessment
You and your supervisor will be asked to evaluate your effectiveness in implementing your community development plan including developing the access of your community to resources as detailed in your case study against the performance criteria in critical aspects of evidence associated with this course. In particular you will be assessed on your ability to identify community resource requirements, provide access to the community resources to community groups and individuals, and how you have worked in partnership with relevant community services to develop community programs.
Assessment Matrix
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