CHCECE057 - Use collaborative practices to uphold child protection principles
Nominal hours
Location
St Albans
Werribee
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply child protection principles in an education and care setting. It also covers standard protocols to maintain a safe environment for children and work using a collaborative practice model.This unit applies to educators who work according to established policies and procedures in regulated children’s education and care services in Australia.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
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:
Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:
work collaboratively with at least two families, including:
• applying a range of collaborative work practices when working with families, children, young people, colleagues and other agencies
• adhering to child protection principles and work practices while performing work role
• applying self-management strategies and safe work principles
• communicating and responding appropriately to children and families
• supporting families to ensure that the child or young person is safe.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• legal, social and political context of child protection in children’s education and care
• the roles of key state/territory child protection regulatory authorities
• interagency frameworks and agreed protocols
• educator duty of care responsibilities
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child:
• its purpose
• the articles relevant to child protection
• legal and ethical considerations when dealing with families: child custody, child protection, confidentiality and privacy, family and service rights and responsibilities
• effects of child abuse and neglect and its impact on the wellbeing of the child
• key steps in the process of investigation and assessment in child protection: notification, investigation, assessment, decision
• established guidelines and key features of collaborative practice in child protection
• worker safety and self-management principles
• areas of diversity in society, their characteristics and how individuals may be affected in living their daily lives: culture, race, ethnicity, language, disability, gender, intergenerational disadvantage, family types, sexual orientation, gender identity
• socioeconomic circumstances and their impact on families
• service standards, policies and procedures for child protection.
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):