Course Title: Support young people to take collective action

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2024

Course Code: HWSS8164C

Course Title: Support young people to take collective action

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.  

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Please read the Student website for additional requirements of in-person attendance: https://www.rmit.edu.au/covid/coming-to-campus  

  

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.  

 

School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5428 - Diploma of Youth Work

Course Contact: Dianne MacKay

Course Contact Phone: +61 399254454

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


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

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

Applicants must have completed a Certificate IV in Youth Work or a related field (Community Services, Disability & Alcohol & Other Drugs) and have been employed/volunteered (within the last 2 years) or are currently employed in a youth work/community services organisation working with young people.

Course Description

In this course you will develop the skills and knowledge required to better understand client groups and the issues that impact on their lives.  This understanding will enable you to function independently and to plan and undertake community work and associated services. You will focus on the broad social and cultural context in which work is planned and implemented in the community services industry. 

This unit is taught in a cluster with:

CHCDEV005 - Analyse impacts of sociological factors on young people in community work and services

CHCYTH021 - Support youth programs

Students complete a total of 200 hours of work placement undertaking youth work practice to support the learning and assessment tasks for these units.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCYTH020 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 peoples' issues, needs and 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 and needs. 1.5. Support and encourage young people to identify relationships between their issues, interests and social structures.

Element:

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

Performance Criteria:

2.1. Map and monitor youth participation processes, including decision making and inclusion processes of groups. 2.2. Provide resources and opportunities to young people to enable them to communicate and interact with others to coordinate planned action.

Element:

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

Performance Criteria:

3.1. Identify stakeholders interested in issues and strategies. 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 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 information to individuals and groups to facilitate better operation of collective networks. 4.2. Offer individual and group support on an ongoing basis. 4.3. Use group processes to monitor progress and adapt and further develop plans.

Element:

5. Assist groups to monitor and evaluate strategies.

Performance Criteria:

5.1. Support groups to monitor and record progress. 5.2. Assist groups to identify intended and unintended outcomes and consequences of their actions on an ongoing basis. 5.3. Evaluate strategies and group processes. 5.4. Provide reports of outcomes to stakeholders and 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 above elements.

The course provides an analytical approach to the broad social and cultural context in which work is planned and implemented in the community services industry. You will have a better understanding of social and cultural issues and how these impact upon the lives of your client group and how they affect your service delivery.


Details of Learning Activities

Details of learning activities

This course will have face to face on campus sessions 

In-class activities: 

  • Teacher directed classroom learning activities
  • teacher directed group activities/projects 
  • group discussion 
  • class activities to review discussions/lectures 
  • role play
  • Guest Speakers

Out-of-class activities: 

  • independent assessment -based work,
  • Reading and research
  • independent study 
  • Placement 


Teaching Schedule

Week 1
  • Introduction to the program
  • Introduction to WIL
  • WIL Team induction

 

 

Week 2
  • Topic 1: Introduction to Sociology

 

·       Sociological Factors impacting young people in Australia.

·       Social disadvantage and inequality

·       Social stratification and stereotypes

·       major social and cultural institutions in Australian society and their societal

functions.

Learning Activity

Week 3

Topic 2: Sociological issues impacting young people in Australia

·       Major sociological issues

·       Social polices to address sociological issues

·       Social and political theories

 

 

Week 4

Topic 3:  Collective Action and Youth Participation

·       Collective action: Concepts and process

·       Support young people to plan and facilitate collective action

·       Support young people to work in a group to achieve their collective action goals

·       Youth workers role in supporting young people to take collective action

 

 

 

 

Week 5

Assessment Task 1

Discuss and support Assessment Task 1

Placement support

 

 

Assessment Task 1

Week 6

Topic 4:  Plan and facilitate Youth Programs

•            Collect evidence to determine the need for a particular program

•                     Program planning

•                     Developing program budgets

•                     Finding the funding

•                     Developing program evaluation plans

•                     Contingency Plans

•                     Sessions plans

·              Risk assessment for youth events

•                     Facilitating your event

 

 

 

 

Week 7

Topic 4 Plan and facilitate Youth Programs continuing

 

Introduce Assessment Task 2,3,4

 

Week 8

Complete Assessment Task 2 in class

Assessment Task 2

Semester 2

Week 11

 Revision and review

Revisit the concepts from Semester 1

Placement support

Revisit Task 3,4

 

 

Week 12

Topic 5: Monitoring and evaluation of Youth programs, Program review 

             

  • Monitoring and evaluation of youth events
  • Support Young people to Monitor and Evaluate collective action
  • Involving young people in evaluation of the event
  • Evaluation Report
  • Organization's strategies to review service delivery
  • Revision of services

 

 

Week 13

Topic 5 continue 

Revisit  Assessment Task 3 

 

 

 

Week 14

Reflection of your program facilitation and complete Assessment Task 3 in class

Assessment Task 3

Week 15

Topic 6: Funding and Grant submissions

•                     Developing funding submissions

•                     Networking

 

 

Week 16

Assessment Task 4

•                     Support with logbooks

•                     Placement reflections

Assessment Task 4

Week 17

Resubmissions support

 

Week 18

End of the year celebrations

 

Week 1
  • Introduction to the program
  • Introduction to WIL
  • WIL Team induction

 

 

Week 2
  • Topic 1: Introduction to Sociology

 

·       Sociological Factors impacting young people in Australia.

·       Social disadvantage and inequality

·       Social stratification and stereotypes

·       major social and cultural institutions in Australian society and their societal

functions.

Learning Activity

Week 3

Topic 2: Sociological issues impacting young people in Australia

·       Major sociological issues

·       Social polices to address sociological issues

·       Social and political theories

 

 

Week 4

Topic 3:  Collective Action and Youth Participation

·       Collective action: Concepts and process

·       Support young people to plan and facilitate collective action

·       Support young people to work in a group to achieve their collective action goals

·       Youth workers role in supporting young people to take collective action

 

 

 

 

Week 5

Assessment Task 1

Discuss and support Assessment Task 1

Placement support

 

 

Assessment Task 1

Week 6

Topic 4:  Plan and facilitate Youth Programs

•            Collect evidence to determine the need for a particular program

•                     Program planning

•                     Developing program budgets

•                     Finding the funding

•                     Developing program evaluation plans

•                     Contingency Plans

•                     Sessions plans

·              Risk assessment for youth events

•                     Facilitating your event

 

 

 

 

Week 7

Topic 4 Plan and facilitate Youth Programs continuing

 

Introduce Assessment Task 2,3,4

 

Week 8

Complete Assessment Task 2 in class

Assessment Task 2

Semester 2

Week 11

 Revision and review

Revisit the concepts from Semester 1

Placement support

Revisit Task 3,4

 

 

Week 12

Topic 5: Monitoring and evaluation of Youth programs, Program review 

             

  • Monitoring and evaluation of youth events
  • Support Young people to Monitor and Evaluate collective action
  • Involving young people in evaluation of the event
  • Evaluation Report
  • Organization's strategies to review service delivery
  • Revision of services

 

 

Week 13

Topic 5 continue 

Revisit  Assessment Task 3 

 

 

 

Week 14

Reflection of your program facilitation and complete Assessment Task 3 in class

Assessment Task 3

Week 15

Topic 6: Funding and Grant submissions

•                     Developing funding submissions

•                     Networking

 

 

Week 16

Assessment Task 4

•                     Support with logbooks

•                     Placement reflections

Assessment Task 4

Week 17

Resubmissions support

 

Week 18

End of the year celebrations

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

The University Library has extensive resources and provides subject specialist expertise, research advice, help with referencing and support through: 

 

The Learning Lab 

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/learning-lab

The Study Support Hub  

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/study-support-hub

English for uni workshops 

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/study-support/workshops/english-uni-workshops

 

 


Overview of Assessment

Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through:

  • Case study scenarios
  • Knowledge questions
  • Workplace report
  • Practical demonstration of skills on work placement - workplace verification 

 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

Students enrolled in Vocational Education and Training qualifications are assessed for Competency.  To be assessed competent means you have consistently demonstrated the required knowledge and skills at a standard expected in the workplace. To be assessed as Competent in this course, you will need to complete each assessment task to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback from the teacher at the conclusion of each assessment task.  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.

 

Assessment tasks need to be completed for this unit are:

 

     Assessment Task 1: Research and Reflective questions

Assessment Task 2: Plan and develop youth programs

Assessment Task 3: Facilitate and Evaluate Youth Programs

Assessment Task 4: Placement observation and logbook

 

in this course your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a workplace context.   

As part of this course, you are required to undertake 200 hours of placement   supervised learning/assessment in your chosen industry area, gaining invaluable experience and industry contacts. 

 


Assessment Matrix

The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant unit of competency. These mapping documents are available through Program Administration if required.

The assessment Rubric is Available in Canvas.

Other Information

Attendance:  

Your learning experience will involve class-based teaching, discussion, demonstration and practical exercises   

It is strongly advised that you attend all timetabled sessions. This will allow you to engage in the required learning activities, ensuring you the maximum opportunity to complete this course successfully

Placement

To commence your placement which is a mandatory requirement for this course, you need a current working with children check and police check

information about your studies:  

You can access My Studies through the RMIT website for information about timetables, important dates, assessment dates, results and progress, Canvas etc.  

 https://www.rmit.edu.au/students  

  

Extensions of time for submission of assessable work: 

If you are prevented from submitting an assessment on time by circumstances outside your control you may apply for an extension of up to seven (7) calendar days in writing (email) to your Program Coordinator one working day BEFORE the due date. Eligibility criteria for application and the form is available from the link: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment/extensions-of-time-for-submission-of-assessable-work 

Where an extension of greater than seven days is needed, you must apply for special consideration. 

Special consideration: 

If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to attend on the due date of an assessment (e.g. test, examination, oral, etc.), you may submit an application for special consideration within 5 working days of the due date. If special consideration is granted, you will be given the opportunity to complete/repeat the assessment task at a later date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration or speak to your Program Coordinator. 

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism:   

RMIT University has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy.  

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/academic-integrity  

  

Credit Transfer and Recognition of Prior Learning:   

Credit transfer is the recognition of previously completed formal learning (an officially accredited qualification).  

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is an assessment process that allows you to demonstrate competence using the skills you have gained through experience in the workplace, voluntary work, informal or formal training or other life experiences.    

Please speak to your teacher if you wish to discuss applying for Credit Transfer or RPL for the unit(s) of competency addressed in this course.  

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/enrolment/apply-for-credit  

  

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