Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

None.

Competencies covered

Competency: CHCYTH003 Support young people to create opportunities in their lives

Element: 1. Create a relationship of trust and respect

1.1 Apply principles of youth work practice to facilitate safe individual or group processes for interaction
1.2 Identify the conditions necessary for young people to change and grow
1.3 Listen to and observe the young person’s stories experiences, and behaviour to clarify concerns and needs
1.4 Encourage and support young people to identify relationships between their issues and social structures
1.5 Respect the young person’s culture/s and way of interacting

Element: 2. Work with young people to identify their needs, rights, strengths, hopes and opportunities

2.1 Use a range of communication skills to identify and explore the young person’s challenges, strengths and resources
2.2 Encourage the client to reframe their current circumstances to support their own understanding
2.3 Identify and acknowledge circumstances outside the young person’s control
2.4 Support the young person to communicate their issues or problems in a way appropriate to their individual needs, background and culture
2.5 Take appropriate action to address immediate issues or concerns
2.6 Confirm own understanding of issues and opportunities with the young person

Element: 3. Identify goals with the young person

3.1 Use creative methods, processes and questions to consider and create possibilities
3.2 Establish with the young person their desired outcomes
3.3 Assist young people to explore future possibilities and ways of being
3.4 Identify barriers that hinder the way young people would like changes to take place

Element: 4. Develop and implement action plans

4.1 Use a range of youth work interventions to create future opportunitie
4.2 Explore additional resources needed to achieve goals
4.3 Develop proposals and strategies for action plans
4.4 Measure and ensure change is noticed
4.5 Document intervention work as required

Unit Description

tbc


Unit offerings

Face to face: (Demand based)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.