CHCYTH015 - Support young people to create opportunities in their lives

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each units 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:

• interact, encourage and support at least two young people, one in an individual setting and one in a group setting, including:

• providing support according to their circumstances and the objectives of each individual’s desired goals, individual needs, risks and circumstances, including education and employment
• supporting vulnerable young people and those with special needs and risks to participate in the decision making and planning of actions and opportunities
• creating opportunities for the individuals using youth work interventions and documented measures of change.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

• aspects of human behaviour and development related to young people, their personal and social development and relationships
• statutory requirements and application of the concept of duty of care and child protection
• context for youth work
• case planning practices and principles
• principles of effective communication and cultural practices, and customs of the community and the young people in the service
• relevant organisation procedures and policies related to program, service and personal support for young people, referral, reporting of young people’s issues and experiences
• support services and specialists and their guidelines for access and service provision.