Course Title: Support young people to create opportunities in their lives
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C4337 Certificate IV in Youth Work
Course Title: Support young people to create opportunities in their lives
Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office
Nominal Hours: 45
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) |
HWSS5692C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace |
Term1 2014 |
Course Contact: Jennifer Brooker
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4115
Course Contact Email: jennifer.brooker@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course 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
Not applicable
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCYTH403C 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
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
Throughout the weeks 1, 3, 4 & 5 a number of formative assessments tasks will be completed in class, including a case study (identifying stages of change), participation in class discussion points regarding social/cognitive/cultural development, role playing communication skills and completion of mind maps and mock action plans (derived from additional case study).
The summative assessment task for this course is based around the interaction with young people on placement conducted in the work environment - students are asked to spend time with two young people on placement and formulate an action plan for a goal the young person has set themselves.
Due mid October.