Course Title: Support young people to take collective action

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2023

Course Code: HWSS6023C

Course Title: Support young people to take collective action

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School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5331 - Diploma of Youth Work

Course Contact: Dianne Mackay

Course Contact Phone: +613 9925 4454

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


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Nominal Hours: 55

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 course you will develop skills and knowledge required to enable young people to participate in the decision-making that affects their lives and applies to youth work where the primary concern is to support groups of young people in taking action to meet their needs or responding to community issues.

 

This unit is taught in a cluster with:

CHCYTH005 - Develop and implement procedures to enable young people to address their needs

CHCDEV002 - Analyse sociological factors on clients in community work and services

CHCYTH009 - Support youth programs

CHCYTH011 - Work effectively with young people and their families

CHCYTH012 - Manage service response to young people in crisis

 

Students typically complete 160 hours of work placement undertaking youth work practice support the learning and assessment of these units


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCYTH008 Support young people to take collective action

Element:

1. Encourage and support young people to develop and use networks
 

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Identify and note young people's issues, needs or interests in community issues 1.2 Encourage and support young people to identify common issues, needs and interests 1.3 Discuss possibilities for responding to identified common issues, needs and interests 1.4 Provide opportunities for young people with similar interests or needs 1.5 Support and encourage young people to identify relationships between their issues/interests and social structures 1.6 Encourage young people to work together to take joint action

Element:

2. Support young people to come together to plan collective action
 

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Ensure young people have the relevant skills and knowledge to operate in a collective way 2.2 Map and monitor youth participation processes, particularly decision-making and inclusion processes of groups 2.3 Provide support, encouragement and opportunities to young people to enable them to communicate and interact with others to coordinate a planned action

Element:

3. Support young people to identify and form alliances with key stakeholders
 

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Identify other stakeholders interested in the issue or strategy 3.2 Gauge the interest, resources and possible roles of stakeholders 3.3 Support young people in contacting, informing and negotiating alliances with stakeholders 3.4 Assist young people and stakeholders to maintain appropriate contact and information flow 3.5 Encourage young people to acknowledge key stakeholder support

Element:

4. Support young people to implement their strategies or action plans
 

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Provide relevant information as required to individuals and the group to facilitate better operation of collective networks 4.2 Offer individual or group support on an ongoing basis 4.3 Use group processes to monitor progress and adapt or further develop plans

Element:

5. Assist young people to monitor and evaluate strategies
 

Performance Criteria:

5.1 Support groups to monitor and record progress 5.2 Assist groups to identify outcomes and consequences (intended or unintended) of their actions on an ongoing basis 5.3 Evaluate strategies and group processes 5.4 Provide reports of outcomes as appropriate to stakeholders and within the organisation 5.5 Celebrate achievements, including personal development, skills development and social change

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.

. Encourage and support young people to develop and use networks

1.1 Identify and note young people’s issues, needs or interests in community issues

1.2 Encourage and support young people to identify common issues, needs and interests

1.3 Discuss possibilities for responding to identified common issues, needs and interests

1.4 Provide opportunities for young people with similar interests or needs

1.5 Support and encourage young people to identify relationships between their issues/interests and social structures

1.6 Encourage young people to work together to take joint action

 

 

2. Support young people to come together to plan collective action

2.1 Ensure young people have the relevant skills and knowledge to operate in a collective way

2.2 Map and monitor youth participation processes, particularly decision-making and inclusion processes of groups

2.3 Provide support, encouragement and opportunities to young people to enable them to communicate and interact with others to coordinate a planned action

 

 

3. Support young people to identify and form alliances with key stakeholders

3.1 Identify other stakeholders interested in the issue or strategy

3.2 Gauge the interest, resources and possible roles of stakeholders

3.3 Support young people in contacting, informing and negotiating alliances with stakeholders

3.4 Assist young people and stakeholders to maintain appropriate contact and information flow

3.5 Encourage young people to acknowledge key stakeholder support

 

 

4. Support young people to implement their strategies or action plans

4.1 Provide relevant information as required to individuals and the group to facilitate better operation of collective networks

4.2 Offer individual or group support on an ongoing basis

4.3 Use group processes to monitor progress and adapt or further develop plans

 

 

5. Assist young people to monitor and evaluate strategies

5.1 Support groups to monitor and record progress

5.2 Assist groups to identify outcomes and consequences (intended or unintended) of their actions on an ongoing basis

5.3 Evaluate strategies and group processes

5.4 Provide reports of outcomes as appropriate to stakeholders and within the organisation

5.5 Celebrate achievements, including personal development, skills development and social change


Details of Learning Activities

Details of Learning Activities

This course will be a blended delivery with face to face on campus sessions  and  online via Canvas/Collaborate Ultra sessions

In-class (campus-based and online classroom) activities: 

  • teacher directed group activities/projects 
  • group discussion 
  • class activities to review discussions/lectures 
  • role play activities 

 

Out-of-class activities: 

  • independent assessment -based work, research 
  • independent study 
  • Assessment based Group work 
  • Placement (WIL units only) 


Teaching Schedule

Semester 1

Weeks

Topic

Assessment Due

Week 1

 Course and placement introduction

This Topic is an introduction to your course, assessments, and placement.
• An overview of your course
• Greet and meet.
• Exploring our strengths and areas for development
• Referencing
• Assessments
• Placement
• Attendance and communication

  

Week 2

Topic -1 Organisational Frame works

The main content cover under this topic are:
• Duty of care
• Privacy and confidentiality
• Evaluation and Monitoring of services
• Stereotyping
• Human Rights
• Human rights – Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC)
• YACVic code of ethical practice
• Child abuse- Myths and facts
• Risk factors and protective factors

  

Week 3

Topic -1 Organisational Frame works continuing

 

  

Week 4

Task 2, Placement support

Discuss and complete Assessment task 2 in class.

Placement support

 

Week 5

Topic 2- sociology

The main
content cover under this topic are:
• Sociological issues/ Factors impacting Young people in Australia.
• Inequality in Australia: A Young Person’s Perspective
• Social Disadvantage, Social Exclusion
• Identify major social and cultural institutions in Australian society and their societal
functions.
• Identify ways in which major institutions in Australian society can impact young people
as individuals and as part of community and family groups and the consequences of this
impact.
• Australian political system
• Australian economic system
• Political and economic Theories
• Major sociological issues- Homelessness, unemployment, Mental Health issues,
Discrimination and Family Violence
• Social policies and their role in addressing sociological issues.

Assessment Task 2 due

Week 6

 Topic 2- Sociology Continuing

  

Week 7

Online class

 

Topic 2- sociology Continuing

Task -1- Discuss and complete in class

.

  

Week 8

Placement support

 

Placement resume etc. support in class

 

 

Week 9

 

 

 

Topic -3 YP and youth programs

The main content cover under this topic are:
• Collect evidence to determine the need for a particular program
o Determining societal context – finding evidence
o Analysing specific needs of the young people

• Programs - moving from need to design
o Goals and Objective
• Program proposals
o Considering organisational requirements for program planning
o Selecting a program
• Program planning
o Developing program plan
o Session plans
• Crisis Response plan
o Risk assessment
o Risk monitoring
o Prevention of risks
o Organisational policies

 

 

 

 

Week 10

Topic -3 YP and youth programs

Continue Support and Manage Youth programs

 

Week 11

Topic -3 YP and youth programs

Continue Support and Manage Youth programs

Placement support

Assessment Task 1 Due

Week 12

 

Online class

Task 5, Placement support

Discuss Assessment Task 5 requirements in class. This is a placement assessment.

 

 

Week 13

Topic -4 Collective Action

The main content cover under this topic are:
• Supporting young people to take collective action
• Identify relationships between issues/interests and social structures

• Working to identify strategies for young people to address these- Planning
• Provide opportunities for young people to Plan
• Identify and establish alliance with key stakeholders/support networks
• Support Young people to implement their strategies or action plans
• Youth worker’s role in supporting Young people to take collective action
· Working with groups
· Group Dynamics
· Power Imbalances
· Support Young people to Monitor and Evaluate collective action strategies

 

 

Week 14

Topic -4 Collective Action

Continue Collective Action

 

Week 15

 

 Task 6, Placement support

Discuss and unpack Task 6 in class

 

Week 16

The main content covered under this topic are:

What is a Crisis?

 

·         How does young people in Crisis response

·         What is a crisis response framework?

·         Preventing a Crisis Situation

·         Responsibility of the organisation in dealing with crisis situations

·         Resources to assist dealing with crisis situations

Crisis Intervention

·   Youth worker’s role in a crisis situation

Crisis Management during an event

pic 5- Crisis

 

 

Week 17

Topic 5 Crisis Continuing

 

 

Week 18

 Online class

 

Discuss Assessment Task 3,

 

Support with Task 1 and 2 resubmissions

 

 

 

Semester -2

Semester 2

Week

Topic

Assessment Due

Week 1

 Topic 6 – YP and needs

For this topic, we will discuss how can we support young people to address their needs. We will have a look at how to engage young people in this process and also how to link YP with appropriate services. We will have two weeks to complete this topic. The main content covered under this topic are:

 

·         Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

·                 What is wellbeing?

 

·         The Wellbeing needs of Young Australians

 

·         How do we support young people to address their needs

 

·         Appropriate communication techniques to engage young people in the assessment process

 

·         Linking Young people with appropriate services to meet their needs

     Ensure that young people with complex needs receive appropriate services

·         Monitor and review of support provided to clients

·         Support, Supervision and debrief for staff

 

 

  

Week 2

 Topic 6 – YP and needs Continuing

 

  

Week 3

Presentation – Task 3

Assessment Task: 3 Presentations in class. Each student need to do a 10-minute presentation addressing all the criteria in Task 3

 

  

Week 4

Presentation – Task 3

Assessment Task: 3 Presentations in class. Each student need to do a 10-minute presentation addressing all the criteria in Task 3

Assessment Task 3

Week 5

 

Online class

Topic 7 – YP and Family

For this topic, we will discuss the strategies to work with YP and their families in different situations. We will have two weeks to complete this topic. The main content covered under this topic are:

 

 

What is a family?

 Establish relationship with the young person and nominated carer/family members

Provide information to the young person and family in a factual, clear and ethical manner.

 Obstacles to professional relationship with families and carers

Determine a mutual approach to addressing the young person’s needs

           Negotiate with the young person regarding their goals

           Goal setting process

            Developing plans to support the young person to achieve          their goals, identify resources to work with clients

 

 

 

 

Week 6

Online class

Topic 7 – YP and family continues

 

  

Week 7

Role play Prep and practice

 

  • Discuss skills: Counselling skills, summarise, paraphrase, negation, mediation
  • Dealing with conflict
  • Engaging YP and their families in the conversation
  • Developing support plans

Practice roleplay

 

Week 8

Role play

Role play – Students need to undertake role (Task 4). The assessor will observe students while they are doing their role play.

  

Week 9

 Role play

Role play – Students need to undertake role (Task 4). The assessor will observe students while they are doing their role play.

  

 

Week 10

 

Discuss Assessment Task 7

Revisit Assessment task 5, 6

 

  

Week 11

Placement- undertaking placement

 

Week 12

Placement- undertaking placement

Assessment Task 6

Week 13

 

Role play – Students need to undertake role (Task 4). The assessor will observe students while they are doing their role play

 

Assessment Task 4

Week 14

Assessment Task 5 in class support

Assessment Task 5

Week 15

Assessment task 7 in class support, placement logbook support in class

 

Assessment Task 7

Week 16

Guest speakers, End of year Celebration

 

Assessment Task 8

Week 17

Online class

Support with Resubmissions, logbook

 

Week 18

Online class

 


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Overview of Assessment

This course is assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment.
To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete the following assessment tasks to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback from the teacher when you have completed the assessment tasks

Assessment Task 1

Knowledge Questions

Assessment Task 2

Organisational frameworks

Assessment Task 3

Presentation

Assessment Task 4 

Role Play

Assessment Task 5

Community Project

Assessment Task 6

Practical – observation and questions

Assessment Task 7

Placement reflection

Assessment Task 8

Placement observation

Students need to submit completed logbooks as well. 

Students need to complete required hours of work placement undertaking youth work practice support the assessment tasks

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

You will be given two (2) attempts for each assessment to demonstrate the required skills. A third (3rd) attempt can only be offered after discussions between teacher and the Program Coordinator and is not automatic. Resubmissions beyond two (2) attempts are at the discretion of the teacher and/or coordinator.

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 Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more. 

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Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1

Knowledge Questions

Assessment Task 2

Organisational frameworks

Assessment Task 3

Presentation

Assessment Task 4 

Role Play

Assessment Task 5

Community Project

Assessment Task 6

Practical – observation and questions

Assessment Task 7

Placement reflection

Assessment Task 8


Assessment Matrix

Available on Canvas

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