VU24045 - Participate in the community
Nominal hours
Location
St Albans
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to participate effectively in the local community by exploring information about services and facilities to meet own needs. This unit applies to learners with intellectual disability who wish to develop or improve their community participation. Learners at this level will require high levels of teacher/mentor support.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
- explore and use community information, resources and networks that meet one need as a community member and consumer.
- participate in one community activity as a responsible community member.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
- benefits in participating in the local community.
- sources of information about rights and responsibilities of community members.
- sources of information about consumer rights.
- personal safety strategies to safely participate in the community.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):