Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work within community and government structures to enable community development processes.
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.
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:
• assess aspects of at least one organisation’s management structure, philosophy policies and procedures, which support community development work and the potential barriers to that work
• prepare at least one comprehensive and accurate report on community development activities and projects and present to relevant stakeholders and management.

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
• structures and systems that support or present barriers to community development
• principles of participatory democracy
• management and governance structures operating with the community services industry
• key aspects of social, economic, political, cultural and economic development in the local community
• funding sources for community resources and programs at all levels of government
• managerial processes and approaches:
• management systems and principles
• performance standards
• service quality development
• consumer focus
• enterprise agreements
• performance monitoring and review
• change management principles
• organisational policies and procedures for:
• completion of community development activities and project work
• documentation
• privacy and confidentiality.

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

• {'skill': 'Writing skills to:', 'description': 'complete familiar forms; document simple written instructions.'}
• {'skill': 'Reading skills to:', 'description': 'interpret a variety of text to determine and confirm task requirements.'}
• {'skill': 'Numeracy skills to:', 'description': 'select and interpret mathematical information that is relevant to budget of strategic planning.'}

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