CHCDEV005 - Analyse impacts of sociological factors on people in community work and services

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Unit code: CHCDEV005 | Study level: TAFE
Credit points
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Location
Footscray Nicholson
Werribee
Prerequisites
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Overview
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Overview

This unit of competency describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to analyse the impacts of sociological factors when undertaking community work and associated services.The unit describes the application of knowledge of the broad social and cultural context in which work is planned and implemented in the community services industry.

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:

  • provide community services to at least three people based on socio-cultural information gathered
  • monitor and review ongoing effectiveness of services provided
  • for one of the above people:
  • revise services provided in consultation with supervisor, to enhance person’s outcomes and address their social and cultural issues
  • perform the activities outlines in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 100 hours of work within a workplace. These hours cannot be completed concurrently with hours specified in any other unit of competency.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • major social and cultural institutions in Australian society and their societal functions
  • factors contributing to person’s experiences of inequality and the possible effects and consequences on their role in society
  • effects and consequences of unemployment on people in our society
  • contemporary frameworks and influences underpinning social and sociological policy
  • political and economic theory and systems
  • concepts of inequality and how they impact on people in our society
  • beliefs about stratifications in our society, and the ways in which stereotypes develop and their impact
  • policy decisions and their impact on community work
  • organisational policies and procedures.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VU Polytechnic and/or via the Victoria University Polytechnic 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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