Course Title: Engage respectfully with young people

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4429 Certificate IV in 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:

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

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Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
HWSS5768C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2024, Term2 2024, Term1 2025, Term2 2025

Course Contact: Dianne Mackay

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254454

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

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to communicate effectively with children and young people in work roles with a specific focus on young people.

This unit is clustered with:

CHCYTH014 Work effectively with young people in the youth work context

CHCPRT025 Identify and report children and young people at risk

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CHCYTH013 Engage respectfully with young people
Elements:	1. Communicate effectively with young people 2. Respond to youth cultures and subcultures and young person's own development. 3. Work with the young person as the focus. 4. Critically 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

To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all of the following pieces of assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will receive written feedback on all assessment.

Assessment will include:

1 of 4 Knowledge Questions and Answers

2 of 4 Research Report

3 of 4 Group Activity Role Play

4 of 4 Youth at-risk Role Play