Course Title: Working With Young People In Their Communities
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: HWSS5097
Course Title: Working With Young People In Their Communities
School: 365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng
Campus: Bundoora Campus
Program: C5001 - Diploma in Youth in Development Work
Course Contact : Jennifer Brooker
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4115
Course Contact Email:jennifer.brooker@rmit.edu.au
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Nominal Hours: 70
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
In this module the student explores what is currently understood about the most appropriate knowledge and skills for working successfully with young people in groups.
Learning Outcomes
Topics covered in this unit are:
1. Working with young people
2. Getting going in the community
3. Worker roles and methods
4. Moving to the next step - social planning
Details of Learning Activities
Over the seven weeks allocated to this module, students will undertake the self-help questions and actitivies as they work their way. And essay/project will be the culmination of their studies. Studnets will work through four units for this module.
Teaching Schedule
By teh end of teh unit students will be able to do the following:
- recognise several useful models for analysiing human behaviour and individual differences
- identify with the nature of group dynamics and the roles adopted by individuals in groups
- acknowledge own preferred roles within group situations
- work effectively as a group member
- take on a variety of roles in a group, including leadership and advocacy
- use communtiy development techniques
- create effective planning strategies and develop community profiles, social community and personal plans
- promote participation of young women and men in community activitities
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
2 essays
Learning Journal
Assessment Tasks
Assessment tasks for this module are:
- Learning journal - the self-help questions and acttivities located throughout the module
- 2000 word reprot in two parts:
- 1. design and complete a community profile for the community you work in adn research an aspect of that
- 2. write a recommendation based on your findings for part 1.
Assessment Matrix
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