CHCCDE019 - Work within a community development framework

Unit code:CHCCDE019Study level:TAFE

Nominal hours

Location

Footscray Nicholson
Sunshine
Werribee

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work within a community development framework.
A community development framework may include a range of methods designed to strengthen and develop communities by enhancing individual and group capacity to confidently engage with community structures and to address problems and issues.
This unit applies to workers using a community development approach to carry out work in the health, community services or other sectors. Workers at this level are part of a professional team and under the guidance of a supervisor.

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:

engage with at least one community group to establish and achieve their priorities
develop at least one community development work plan to meet identified priorities.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

relevance of the community development work role and functions to maintaining sustainability of the workplace, including environmental, economic, workforce and social sustainability
key features of a community development work plan
community development approaches and frameworks:

asset-based
rights-based
needs-based
gap-based

impact of current and changing social, political and economic contexts
strategies for addressing individual differences
strategies for undertaking community consultation and managing engagement
processes for documentation and provision of information
principles and practices of community development work:

structural disadvantage and inequality
social justice and human rights:

individual
family
community
society

organisational policies and procedures for referrals.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.