Unit of competency details
CHCCDE024 - Support community action (Release 1)
Summary
Usage recommendation:
Current
Releases:
| 1 1 (this release) |
08/Dec/2022 |
Companion volumes:
Unit of competency
Assessment requirements
Training packages that include this unit
Qualifications that include this unit
Classifications
Classification history
| ASCED Module/Unit of Competency Field of Education Identifier | 090599 | Human Welfare Studies And Services, N.e.c. | 08/Dec/2022 | |
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Unit of competency
Modification History
Not applicable.
Application
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to support the community to represent their own priorities and aspirations through social and public action.
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.
Pre-requisite Unit
Nil
Competency Field
Community Development
Unit Sector
Community Services
Elements and Performance Criteria
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ELEMENTS
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
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Elements describe the essential outcomes
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Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
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1. Respond to community priorities.
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1.1. Plan and implement opportunities for stakeholders to identify and advance community priorities and aspirations.
1.2. Identify models of participation and action research methods.
1.3. Identify, develop and agree on strategies for meeting community priorities.
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2. Support identified community priorities.
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2.1. Assess suitability of activities proposed to address community priorities.
2.2. Determine amount and type of resources required to undertake proposed activities and assist in securing access to resources.
2.3. Support community and stakeholders to undertake advocacy and lobbying activities.
2.4. Facilitate collaboration and cooperation between community stakeholders.
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3. Evaluate effectiveness of community action.
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3.1. Evaluate the effectiveness of activities in meeting community priorities using accepted strategies and mechanisms.
3.2. Review progress of strategies with key stakeholders and update as required to ensure strategies continue to support community priorities.
3.3. Document outcomes of evaluations and report according to organisational policies and procedures.
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Foundation Skills
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Unit Mapping Information
Supersedes and is equivalent to CHCCDE008 Support community action.
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e0c25cc-3d9d-4b43-80d3-bd22cc4f1e53
Assessment requirements
Modification History
Not applicable.
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:
- support at least one community to identify their rights and represent their priorities and aspirations through social and public action.
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
- social structures and systems in the community
- principles and practices of community development work:
- structural disadvantage and inequality
- social justice and human rights:
- individual
- family
- community
- society
- current social policy and its implementation programs
- components of strategic planning
- decision-making systems and leadership
- community development principles relevant to social action, public action and asset-based approaches
- principles of community engagement
- techniques for negotiation and conflict management
- processes for undertaking action research
- role and means of social movements as the driver for social change
- techniques for service promotion
- general and cultural issues relevant to specific community group
- strategies and mechanisms for evaluation of activities
- organisational policies and procedures for 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.
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e0c25cc-3d9d-4b43-80d3-bd22cc4f1e53
