Course Title: Engage respectfully with young people

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5331 Diploma of Youth Work

Course Title: Engage respectfully with young people

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 60

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.

Important Information:

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Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
HWSS6016C	City Campus	TAFE	365T Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face or Workplace	Term1 2017, Term1 2018, Term1 2019
HWSS6016C	City Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term1 2020, Term1 2021
HWSS6016C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term1 2022

Course Contact: Sarah Davidson

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8871

Course Contact Email: sarah.davidson@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

In this course you will develop the skills and knowledge required to communicate effectively with young people (aged 12 to 25 years) in work roles with a specific focus on young people.

This unit is taught and assessed with:

 

CHCYTH002 Work effectively with young people in the youth work context

CHCPRT001 Identify and respond to children and young people at risk 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CHCYTH001 Engage respectfully with young people
Elements:	1. Communicate effectively with young people 2. Reflect understanding of youth cultures and subcultures and young person’s own development 3. Work with the young person as the focus 4. Reflect on own practice and values

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

Students must complete 40 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: Knowledge Questions

Assessment Task 2: Research Assessment

Assessment Task 3: WIL Observation

Assessment Task 4: WIL Observation

Assessment Task 5: WIL Observation

  You should refer to the assessment plan which is available on Canvas for details of each assessment task and for detailed assessment criteria.
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
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