Course Title: Provide systems advocacy services
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C6099
Course Title: Provide systems advocacy services
Portfolio: DSC
Nominal Hours: 90.0
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) |
JUST5168C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng |
Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace |
Course Contact: Steven Bruechert
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254577
Course Contact Email: steve.bruechert@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit describes the knowledge and skills required by the worker to advocate to ensure that the rights and needs of consumers and clients issues are maintained within the broader rights and needs of the general community
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Students must have at least five years of work experience in disability work and preferably currently working in a management role and be self- directed.
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCAD603A Provide systems advocacy services |
Elements: |
1. Obtain, analyse and document information relevant to the needs of clients as a community of interest within the general community |
2. Work with consumers, service users, services and other stakeholders to develop strategies to address identified needs |
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3. Advocate for and facilitate the implementation of strategies developed to address the needs of clients with specific needs |
Learning Outcomes
To identify and develop the knowledge and skills required by the student as a worker to advocate to ensure that the rights and needs of consumers and clients issues are maintained within the broader rights and needs of the general community to :
1. Obtain, analyse and document information relevant to the needs of clients as a community of interest within the general community
2. Work with consumers, service users, services and other stakeholders to develop strategies to address identified needs
3. Advocate for and facilitate the implementation of strategies developed to address the needs of clients with specific needs
Overview of Assessment
A workplace assessment appointment will be undertaken to allow students to present and discuss workplace evidence: Based on the individual student’s knowledge, skills and experience: an individual learning plan will be negotiated and developed. Students may be offered a number of assessment tasks and learning strategies such as workshop attendance, case studies, research project work and workplace activities and support to meet their assessment needs for this course (unit of competency).