CHCPRT025 - Identify and report children and young people at risk

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:

• implement work practices which support the protection of at least two children and young people, including:

• complying with regulations, legislation and duty of care responsibilities
• employing child-focused and ethical work practices to uphold the rights of children and young people
• maintaining confidentiality
• identifying and responding to concerns in the protection of children and young people

• read and interpret the procedures for reporting children and young people at risk in line with organisational policies and procedures and legislative requirements.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

• types, indicators and dynamics of abuse:

• physical
• emotional
• psychological
• sexual
• neglect
• parental
• pre-natal

• protective and risk factors that apply to different groups:

• age
• gender
• disability
• culture
• sexuality

• key aspects of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
• impact of risk of harm
• characteristics of children and young people of risk
• characteristics of child-focused work practices
• engagement techniques for working with children and young people:

• establishing rapport
• asking non-leading and open questions
• active listening techniques

• duty of care, professional boundaries, and responsibilities
• impact of trauma on children and young people
• ethical needs and considerations including:

• approaches that incorporate the conventions on the rights of the child and human rights
• obligations as defined by the job specification and employing organisation
• obligations as stated in relevant codes of practice, licensing, accreditation registration to professional bodies and service agreements
• principles of ethical decision making

• overview of legal system and how it pertains to the job role:

• child protection system, including reporting protocols, responses to reporting and interagency policies
• child protection legislation in the relevant State or Territory
• Commonwealth, State or Territory requirements and processes for notifying risk, suspected harm and reporting process
• statutory and policy requirements relating to job role

• organisational policies and procedures for:

• gathering information
• documentation
• reporting
• communication
• privacy and confidentiality.