Course Title: Work effectively with young people in the youth work context

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4262

Course Title: Work effectively with young people in the youth work context

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 70.0

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)
HWSS5499C	City Campus	TAFE	365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng	Face-to-Face or Workplace	Term1 2011

Course Contact: Spiros Soulis

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4230

Course Contact Email: spiros.soulis@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the knowledge and skills required to work in a youth work context.  The unit focuses on historical and contemporary youth sector practice and understanding of the current status of young people

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CHCYTH402A Work effectively with young people in the youth work context
Elements:	Apply, understanding of the social,historical, economic, legal and political contexts of young people Apply understanding of the context of youth work Work within the core values and practice frameworks of youth work Work with understanding of the impact of values in determining the aproach to working with young people

Learning Outcomes

Overview of Assessment

This course is assessed using a combination of both parctical and theoretically based tasks