Course Title: Provide services for young people appropriate to their needs and circumstances
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: HWSS6020C
Course Title: Provide services for young people appropriate to their needs and circumstances
School: 365T Global, Urban and Social Studies
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4352 - Certificate IV in Youth Work
Course Contact: Dianne Mackay
Course Contact Phone: +61 (3) 9925 4454
Course Contact Email: dianne.mackay@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Tim Scherer
Iren Citler
Nominal Hours: 90
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 provide guidance and role models to young people and their families. This will include the skills necessary to maintain positive and supportive relationships, identifying problems and establishing goals for change based on maintaining support from family and the general community.
This unit is delivered and assessed with:
CHCYTH003 Support young people to create opportunities in the lives
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCYTH010 Provide services for young people appropriate to their needs and circumstances |
Element: |
1. Identify and address immediate needs and circumstances of young people |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify and respond to immediate needs of young people according to nature and degree of urgency 1.2 Provide young people and their families with information tailored to their capacity of understanding and designed to calm and reassure 1.3 Observe and note any signs of distress, anxiety, aggression and apathy 1.4 Look for and note signs of impairment of functioning in individuals and relationships |
Element: |
2. Explore and clarify issues facing the young person and the nature of support sought |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Offer the young person adequate opportunity to explore and clarify the issues facing her/him 2.2 Negotiate involvement of other parties as required by young person and worker 2.3 Listen actively and positively to young person’s issues, needs, views and feelings about their issues and accepting support 2.4 Make renewed attempts through appropriately modified approaches or responses where there are communication difficulties 2.5 Describe and analyse the nature and scope of the issues and check with the young person for completeness and accuracy 2.6 Clearly explain to the young person the role and capacity of the worker to provide assistance and support 2.7 Where appropriate, obtain relevant available information from others about the young person’s potential need for support, consistent with the young person’s right to access information and to approve or disapprove of the worker’s actions |
Element: |
3. Facilitate goal setting and action planning |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Encourage and support the young person to work out their own goals and priorities and to assess feasibility 3.2 Identify and explain in a supportive manner any risks arising from the young person’s choices 3.3 Offer further options to the young person without imposition or pressure where appropriate 3.4 Emphasise and negotiate clients’ responsibility for determining and achieving their goals 3.5 Encourage clients to identify and prioritise long- and short-term goals based on individual responsibility and personal choice 3.6 Support the young person to develop strategies to act on goals set 3.7 Encourage clients to identify and analyse factors that have contributed to past behaviour and obstacles to achieving individual and family goals 3.8 Identify unrealistic expectations, challenge negative attitudes and unacceptable objectives and re-negotiate plans when required |
Element: |
4. Provide targeted assistance and referral |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Discuss availability, type and nature of services and resources in a manner appropriate to the young person’s right of choices 4.2 Encourage young person to use services and resources appropriate to their needs in line with legal, statutory and organisational requirements 4.3 Advise the young person about legal and statutory provisions which might affect their situation and confirm young person’s understanding of information provided 4.4 Establish systems to ensure information and referral sources within organisation are up-to-date, comprehensive, accurate, accessible and relevant to clients 4.5 Continually monitor effectiveness of service delivery and resolve problems of access, services or resources as appropriate 4.6 Ensure all documentation and reporting is in accordance with organisation procedures |
Element: |
5. Act as an advocate on request |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Where the young person requests the worker to act as an advocate, identify the scope and goals of the possible role and outline and negotiate these with the young person 5.2 When requested and where possible, support the young person and accompany them during first stages of access to services to enable them to gain confidence to go alone 5.3 Represent the young person’s interests clearly and accurately in a manner consistent with the identified agreement between them and the worker 5.4 Explain to the young person all representations made on their behalf in a manner and language appropriate to their information needs and circumstances and confirm their understanding 5.5 Ensure decisions and/or actions taken on behalf of the young person are consistent with their expressed or implied preferences and interests |
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.
Details of Learning Activities
The learning activities for this course will include the following:
- role plays/simulations
- class discussions
- case study analysis
- media clips
Teaching Schedule
The Teaching Schedule is as follows:
Week 1:
- Identify and address immediate needs of young people
Week 2:
- Exploring/clarifying young person issue’s and support required
Week 3:
- Goal setting/Action Planning
Week 4:
- Targeted assistance and referral appropriate to their needs
Week 5:
- Advocating on behalf of young people
Week 6:
- Review of previous classes
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Additional resources will also be available ‘Blackboard’. A set of readings will be made available to you including journals and texts that may support you in the program.
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).
Assessments will include:
Assessment |
Assessment Type |
Assessment one |
Develop two action plans for young people in response to case study scenarios |
Assessment two |
Role play to demonstrate communication skills needed when working with young people (Individual video)
|
Assessment three |
Written response to questions about advocacy |
Assessment four |
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) 120 hours of placement in a youth work agency, workplace assessment requirements and a written report - assessment is aligned to WIL activities
|
- assessment requirements aligned to WIL activities.
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.
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: http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=c15i3ciaq8ca
Assessment Tasks
The first assessment task has two parts:
1. Case study - due 1 June 2015
- Complete Assessment tasks 1A and 1B by completing questions and identifying immediate needs of the young person and recording responses onto table template’s provided.
2. Case study - due 1 September 2015
- Read the Case Study and complete the answers to Advocacy questions
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant course. These are available from the Program Co-ordinator.
Other Information
Assessment Tasks Submission Cover Sheet: You must complete a submission cover sheet for every piece of submitted work, including online submissions. This signed sheet acknowledges that you are aware of the plagiarism implications.
Attendance: It is strongly advised that you attend all workshops in order to engage in the required learning activities, ensuring the maximum opportunity to gain the competency.
Feedback: You will receive verbal and written feedback by teacher on your work. This feedback also includes suggestions on how you can proceed to the next stage of developing your competency. Information regarding student feedback can be found at: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=9pp3ic9obks7
Student Progress: Monitoring academic progress is an important enabling and proactive strategy to assist you to achieve your learning potential. The Student progress policy can be found at:
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=vj2g89cve4uj1 (unresolved)
Special consideration Policy (Late Submission): All assessment tasks are required to be completed to a satisfactory level. If you are unable to complete any piece of assessment by the due date, you will need to apply for an extension. Information regarding application for special consideration can be found at: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=g43abm17hc9w
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: RMIT University has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. For more information on this policy go to Academic Integrity Web site: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=kw02ylsd8z3n
A Police Check and a Working With Children Check are required to do this course and must be shown to staff before placement can commence and be counted towards your hours.
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