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

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2020

Course Code: HWSS6018C

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

Important Information:

Students typically complete 80 hours of WIL

School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4352 - Certificate IV in Youth Work

Course Contact: Dianne Mackay

Course Contact Phone: +61 (3) 9925 44540

Course Contact Email: dianne.mackay@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

 

In this unit students will develop the skills and knowledge 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.  This applies to all youth work roles where the young person is the primary client.

 

This unit is delivered and assessed with 

CHCYTH001 Engage respectfully with young people

CHCYTH002 Work effectively with young people in the youth work context

CHCYTH010 Provide services for young people appropriate to their needs and circumstances

CHCPRT001 Identify and respond to children and young people at risk 

CHCYTH004 Respond to critical situations


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCYTH003 Support young people to create opportunities in their lives

Element:

1. Create a relationship of trust and respect

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Apply principles of youth work practice to facilitate safe individual or group processes for interaction

1.2 Identify the conditions necessary for young people to change and grow

1.3 Listen to and observe the young person’s stories experiences, and behaviour to clarify concerns and needs

1.4 Encourage and support young people to identify relationships between their issues and social structures

1.5 Respect the young person’s culture/s and way of interacting

 

 

 

Element:

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

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Use a range of communication skills to identify and explore the young person’s challenges, strengths and resources

2.2 Encourage the client to reframe their current circumstances to support their own understanding

2.3 Identify and acknowledge circumstances outside the young person’s control

2.4 Support the young person to communicate their issues or problems in a way appropriate to their individual needs, background and culture

2.5 Take appropriate action to address immediate issues or concerns

2.6 Confirm own understanding of issues and opportunities with the young person

Element:

3. Identify goals with the young person

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Use creative methods, processes and questions to consider and create possibilities

3.2 Establish with the young person their desired outcomes

3.3 Assist young people to explore future possibilities and ways of being

3.4 Identify barriers that hinder the way young people would like changes to take place

Element:

4. Develop and implement action plans

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Use a range of youth work interventions to create future opportunities

4.2 Explore additional resources needed to achieve goals

4.3 Develop proposals and strategies for action plans

4.4 Measure and ensure change is noticed

4.5 Document intervention work as required


Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the below elements.

1. Create a relationship of trust and respect

1.1       Apply principles of youth work practice to facilitate safe individual or group processes for interaction

1.2       Identify the conditions necessary for young people to change and grow

1.3       Listen to and observe the young person’s stories experiences, and behaviour to clarify concerns and needs

1.4       Encourage and support young people to identify relationships between their issues and social structures

1.5       Respect the young person’s culture/s and way of interacting

 

 

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

2.1       Use a range of communication skills to identify and explore the young person’s challenges, strengths and resources

2.2       Encourage the client to reframe their current circumstances to support their own understanding

2.3       Identify and acknowledge circumstances outside the young person’s control

2.4       Support the young person to communicate their issues or problems in a way appropriate to their individual needs, background and culture

2.5       Take appropriate action to address immediate issues or concerns

2.6       Confirm own understanding of issues and opportunities with the young person

 

 

3. Identify goals with the young person

3.1       Use creative methods, processes and questions to consider and create possibilities

3.2       Establish with the young person their desired outcomes

3.3       Assist young people to explore future possibilities and ways of being

3.4       Identify barriers that hinder the way young people would like changes to take place

4. Develop and implement action plans    

4.1       Use a range of youth work interventions to create future opportunities

4.2       Explore additional resources needed to achieve goals

4.3       Develop proposals and strategies for action plans

4.4       Measure and ensure change is noticed

4.5       Document intervention work as required

 

 

 

 


Details of Learning Activities

This course learning activities will be support and complimented by RMIT's online learning management tool Canvas. Other essential learning activities take place during the workshops, and you will also be required to undertake independent studies. Some learning activities that you will undertake in the workshops are:

  • Class discussion
  • Documentary viewing and discussion
  • Guest speaker
  • Group work projects
  • Questioning


Teaching Schedule

Week

Topic

Content

Assessment

Unit(s) of Competency
Elements and Performance Criteria

Week 1

 

Welcome,introductions, unit introduction

  • Welcome and introductions
  • Introduction to the cluster
  • Introduction to WIL
  • Introduction to assessments for the cluster
  • Expectations of students especially in relation to this cluster eg: email communication
  • Review cluster in Canvas

 

 

 

Week 2

 

History of youth work & “the youth work context”

Models of youth work practice

  • History of youth culture and subcultures
  • Harmful and helpful stereotypes about young people
  • Where does the concept of “youth” come from?
  • Why do we need youth workers
  • What role do youth workers play in society?
  • Professionalisation of youth work
  • Youth culture in Australia
  • Current topics of debate about young people in Australia
  • Develop comprehensive understanding of youth sector

 

CHCYTH001: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.4, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

CHCYTH002: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1

CHCYTH003: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

Week 3

 

Mutual respect and autonomy in youth work.

Common misconceptions/myths.

Youth centred practice.

  • Communicating with young people
  • Confidentiality with young poeple
  • Working with the young person as the focus
  • Rights, responsibilities and needs of young people
  • Professional relationship boundaries
  • Power inequities in professional relationships
  • Social and media myths about young people
  • Myths about the ways youth workers work

 

 

CHCYTH001: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.

CHCYTH002: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1. 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

CHCYTH003: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 , 1.4, 1.5, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

CHCYTH010: 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6

Week 4

Recognising individual needs and circumstances.

Physical, moral and psychosocial development and behaviour of young people

  • Situating young people within their context.
  • Maintaining up to date knowledge and awareness of social, political, economic and legal contexts of young people
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of historical and cultural contexts to individual young people.
  • Excursion to YACVic. (Youth Afairs Council of Victoria

 

 

 Week 5

Engaging with young people – how to build and maintain rapport.

Legal frameworks and duty of care requirements.

  • Duty of care
  • Mandatory reporting
  • Privacy and Confidentiality
  • Identify goals with the young person
  • Create a relationship of trust and respect

 

 

CHCYTH001: 1.1,1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,

CHCYTH002: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

CHCYTH003: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4,

CHCYTH010: 4.3, 4.6

 Week 6

Creating opportunities.

Goal setting and planning.

Recognising and responding to strengths and assets

Working with diversity.

  • Identify goals with the young person
  • Develop and implement action plans
  • Work with young people to identify their needs, rights, strengths, hopes and opportunities
  • Documentation of work.
  • Reflect understanding of youth culture and subculture and individual experiences and development
  • Recognise the role cultural diversity plays in young people’s development
  • Recognise the ways other diversities play roles in young people’s development eg: sexuality, gender, disability, family structure etc. 

Assessment Task 1: Question and Answer

You will be provided time during this class to complete this assessment.

 

 Week 7

Being informed – research in youth work

Preparing for placement – review assessments

  • Research, analyse and maintain up-to-date knowledge and awareness of the social, political, economic and legal contexts of young people.
  • Reputable and disreputable sources of information about young people.
  • Analysing data on young people.
  • Translating data into meaningful information

 

 CHCYTH002: 1.2, 1.3, 4.1

 Week 8

Excursion to Melbourne Magistrates Court

(Morning Session)

Organisational context

Working for a youth organisation

Representing your workplace

(Afternoon Session)

  • 10:30am arrival at Melbourne Magistrates Court for observation
  • Details and protocols for visit discussed prior in class
  • Core values and practice frameworks of youth work as a profession
  • Core values and practice frameworks of different youth work organisations
  • Identifying organisations that align with your personal values and beliefs.

 

CHCYTH001: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

CHCYTH002: 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

 Week 9

Providing services to young people.

Goal and agenda setting.

Targeted assistance and referrals.

Advocacy

  • Identifying immediate vs long term needs
  • Explore issues facing young people
  • Explore nature of support services required/sought
  • Facilitate goal setting
  • Ensure true nature of needs is investigated within comfort of young person
  • Facilitate appropriate and achievable action planning
  • Provide targeted assistance
  • Investigate and negotiate other people/organisation’s involvement
  • Provide appropriate referrals
  • Document actions
  • Play advocacy role as requested/required

 

CHCYTH010: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3..5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5

Week 10

 

Recognising and responding to risks experienced by young people

Responding to critical situations

Responding to crises with young people and their families

  • Implementing risk-minimisation strategies
  • Maintaining a safe environment before, during and after critical situations
  • Handling violent behaviour
  • Prevent escalation of violent behaviour
  • Securing the safety of clients, families, staff and bystanders

Workplace Simulation Assessment Task 2 - Ethical Issues and Duty of Care Incidents

CHCYTH004: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6

CHCPRT001: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

CHCYTH004: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 37, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7,

CHCPRT001: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Week 11

 

Child protection

Child Safe Standards

Mandatory reporting

Abuse and neglect

Ethical concerns

  • Implementing work practices which support the protection of children and young people
  • Identify and report indications of possible risk of harm
  • Apply ethical and nurturing practices when working with young people
  • Identifying signs of abuse and neglect
  • Report writing for indicators of harm or risk of harm

Workplace Simulation Assessment Task 2 - Ethical Issues and Duty of Care Incidents

CHCPRT001: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Week 12

 

Working with Young People

Workplace Investigation

 

Assessment Task 3: Working with Young People: Workplace Investigation

 

 Week 13

Working with Young People

Workplace Investigation
 

Assessment Task 3: Working with Young People: Workplace Investigation

 

Week 14 Preparation for Career Pop-up shops in youth organisations    

 

Week 15 Preparation for Career Pop-up shops in youth organisations  

 

 

Week 16

Placement Updates

Semester 1  Wrap Up/Assessments
 

 

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

 

To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all of the following assessment tasks  to a satisfactory standard. You will receive written feedback on all assessment (refer to MyRMIT for assessment criteria).

ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS ALIGNED TO WORK PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES.  

Students must complete 80 hours of work placement supported by RMIT to achieve competency in these units.  These units support students learning and assessment in the workplace.

Assessment Task 1: Working with Young People Research questions

 This assessment requires you to answer a series of questions about working with young people in the youth work context.

 Assessment Task 2:Working with Young People: Workplace Investigation

 This assessment requires you to participate in two separate role plays about ethics and a critical incident experienced in the youth work context.

 Assessment Task  3:Workplace Observation – Responding to children and young people at risk

 This assessment requires you to conduct a workplace investigation locating policies and procedures and interviewing an experienced youth worker.

 Assessment Task 4: Workplace Observation: Working with a Group.

 This assessment requires you to be observed working with a group of young people and verbally answering a series of questions.

 Assessment Task 5:Workplace Observation: Working with young people to set goals and provide information

 This assessment requires you to be observed working with a number of individual young people and verbally answering a series of questions.

 

 

 

Grades that apply to courses that are delivered and assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment are:   CA: Competency Achieved NYC: Not Yet Competent DNS: Did not Submit for Assessment   If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Unit if you would like to find out more: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/equitable-learning-services   A student charter http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/studentcharter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.   Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams   

 


Assessment Tasks

To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all of the following assessmenttasks  to a satisfactory standard. You will receive written feedback on all assessment (refer to MyRMIT for assessment criteria).

ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS ALIGNED TO WORK PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES.  

Students must complete 80 hours of work placement supported by RMIT to achieve competency in these units.  These units support students learning and assessment in the workplace.

Assessment Task 1: Working with Young People Research questions

 This assessment requires you to answer a series of questions about working with young people in the youth work context.

 Assessment Task 2: Working with Young People: Workplace Investigation

 This assessment requires you to participate in two separate role plays about ethics and a critical incident experienced in the youth work context.

 Assessment Task 3: Workplace Observation – Responding to children and young people at risk

 This assessment requires you to conduct a workplace investigation locating policies and procedures and interviewing an experienced youth worker.

 Assessment Task 4: Workplace Observation: Working with a Group.

 This assessment requires you to be observed working with a group of young people and verbally answering a series of questions.

 Assessment Task 5: Workplace Observation: Working with young people to set goals and provide information

 This assessment requires you to be observed working with a number of individual young people and verbally answering a series of questions.

 

Grades that apply to courses that are delivered and assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment are:

 

CA: Competency Achieved

NYC: Not Yet Competent

DNS: Did not Submit for Assessment

 

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Unit if you would like to find out more: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/equitable-learning-services

 

A student charter http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/studentcharter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.

 

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams 

 


Assessment Matrix

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