Course Title: Support group activities

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C2199

Course Title: Support group activities

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 20.0

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.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
EMPL7014C	City Campus	TAFE	365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng	Face-to-Face or Workplace
EMPL9745C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng	Face-to-Face or Workplace
EMPL9748C	Bundoora Campus	TAFE	365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng	Face-to-Face or Workplace

Course Contact: Elizabeth-Anne Cotter

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4870

Course Contact Email: elizabeth-anne.cotter@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the knowledge and skills required to participate in and provide general support for a range of informal and formal groups in a variety of settings. This unit may be applied to group work in a range of community service settings.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no prerequisites for this unit of competency.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CHCGROUP302D Support group activities
Elements:	1. Identify the purpose of the group 2. Establish relationship with the group 3. Organise resources for group activities

Learning Outcomes

 By completing this unit of competency you will achieve and demonstrate competence in the following skills:

Identifying the purpose of the group

Establishing a relationship with the group

Organising resources for group activities

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.