CHCCDE027 - Implement community development strategies

Unit code: CHCCDE027 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
70
Location
Footscray Nicholson
Werribee
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

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.

Assessment

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:

  • identify at least one community priority and assess the structures and issues
  • engage cooperatively with at least one community group to develop strategies to address their priorities and issues
  • support at least three activities to facilitate community participation.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and public policies impacting on community development processes
  • community processes and protocols
  • funding sources and their policies and strategies for encouraging community input and participation
  • principles and practices of community development work:
  • structural disadvantage and inequality
  • social justice and human rights:

    individual
    family
    community
    society

  • community development approaches and frameworks:
  • asset-based
  • rights-based
  • needs-based
  • gap-based
  • representation, lobbying and advocacy
  • power and conflict management
  • principles of networking and the role of partnerships
  • key methods of information dissemination and the benefits of use
  • referral processes
  • purpose and process of reflection
  • methods of monitoring and reviewing processes
  • general and cultural issues relating to specific community groups
  • group processes
  • organisational policies and procedures for data collection, analysis, and reporting.

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.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Diploma of Community Services
CHC52021 | Diploma | Duration:

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