Course Title: Support the rights and safety of children and young people

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4326

Course Title: Support the rights and safety of children and young people

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 40.0

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)
HWSS5745C	City Campus	TAFE	360T Education	Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace
HWSS5746C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	360T Education	Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Course Contact: Robyn Blaikie

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4838

Course Contact Email: robyn.blaikie@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This courset describes the knowledge and skills required to address duty of care requirements, working within an ethical framework and applying relevant legislation, codes of conduct, international agreements (such as Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC)–), policies and procedures in identifying, responding and supporting children’s and young people’s rights and safety.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

No specific pre-requisite and co-requisite.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CHCCHILD404B Support the rights and safety of children and young people
Elements:	1. Implement work practices which support the protection of children and young people
	2. Identify indicators of abuse and act appropriately
	3. Apply ethical practices and safeguard the rights and interests of children and young people

Learning Outcomes

This course applies to workers involved in delivering services to children and young people, including in community services, health, policing, youth work, recreation, family services, education, alcohol and/or other drugs work (AOD), mental health , youth work and other services to children.  On successful completion of this course, you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate your competency in the above elements.
 

Overview of Assessment

You must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of the competencies in order to be deemed competent.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks. You may be assessed by:
• Direct observation of actual and simulated work practice
• Oral or written questioning
• Assignments and projects
• Presentation of a portfolio of evidence which may comprise documents, and/or photographs and/or video and audio files
• Work-based activities
• Third-party feedback from a work supervisor/employer
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions, through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.
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.
An assessment charter (http://mams.rmit.edu.au/kh6a3ly2wi2h1.pdf) summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.
Your courses assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which are described and referenced in a single document: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=ln1kd66y87rc