Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work with the community to develop and deliver community projects on relevant 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.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:
• plan, deliver and evaluate at least one community project, including identifying and matching resources with activities to address community needs and priorities.

Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:
• Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and public policies impacting on community development processes
• social, community and youth issues impacting the local community
• principles and practices of community development work:
• structural disadvantage and inequality
• social justice and human rights
• individual
• family
• community
• society
• principles of designing and developing a community program:
• community priorities assessment and analysis
• asset mapping
• goals and objectives for project
• resource availability
• strategies and actions needed to achieve goals
• accountability requirements
• resources and support within the community
• review and evaluation
• decision-making structures and processes at organisation, community, regional and system level
• organisational policies and procedures for:
• preparation of promotional material and dealing with the media
• project evaluation
• seeking feedback from stakeholders
• documentation.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions.
Assessment must ensure:
• access to facilities, equipment and resources that reflect real working conditions and model industry operating conditions and contingencies
• access to Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and public policies impacting on community development processes
• access to organisational policies and procedures
• opportunities for engagement with community stakeholders.
Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations’ requirements for assessors.

Foundation Skills

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