Course Title: Implement Community development strategies

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5432 Diploma of Community Services

Course Title: Implement Community development strategies

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 70

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

HWSS8160C

City Campus

TAFE

535T Social Care and Health

Face-to-Face or Internet

Term1 2024

Course Contact: Melinda Brown

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4580

Course Contact Email: Melinda.Brown@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work with individuals, groups and the community to identify issues and develop cooperative processes to facilitate change.

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 have the responsibility of supervision of others.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCCDE027 Implement Community development strategies

Elements:

1. Work with individuals and groups to identify issues.

2. Work with groups to establish cooperative processes.

3. Support group processes and skills development.

4. Reflect on practice.


Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements. 


Overview of Assessment

There are five individual assessment tasks consisting of case study analysis, role plays, and short answer questions.