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Children and Young People at Risk
UndergraduateUNE-HDCW1262025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 15 June 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025,
- 23 June 2025
- Price from
- $2,351
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Children and Young People at Risk
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- demonstrate understanding of the duty of care, ethical and legal considerations appropriate for working with children and young people as a case worker in a community services centre;
- discuss trauma informed care in the context of supporting children and young people and their families;
- demonstrate an understanding of life span development in the context of supporting children and young people and their families;
- identify and describe the role of case workers in providing group and individual client advocacy and support when working with young people; and
- implement appropriate case work service provision, reporting writing and information management for individual clients, group and other stakeholders.
- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
Studying this subject will extend your community services case work skills, allowing you to more effectively help children and young people at risk. Integrating theoretical and practical foundations, you will hone your skills to identify, assess and provide appropriate services to vulnerable children and young people in a range of client contexts. From simpler to more complex needs, you will learn to match the provision of advocacy, representation and referral as appropriate. Considering your role as a community services case worker, you will examine your duty of care, and the ethical and legal considerations when working with children and young people. You will analyse, plan and evaluate strategies appropriate for working in group settings to identify issues and support group processes, as well as exploring options for providing group and individual client advocacy and representation. Analysing individual client or group information, you will also identify appropriate case work services.
Assessment 1: Competency based assessment (CBA) written matching task assignment. 200 words. Relates to Learning Outcome 1;
Assessment 2: May included activities such as online group work, online quiz, and online participation. 1500 words. Relates to Learning Outcome 1;
Assessment 3: Written Assignment. 1500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5;
Assessment 4: Written Assignment. 2000 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5.- Assessment 1 - Written Assignment. 1500 words. (40%)
- Assessment 2 - Written Assignment. 2000 words (45%)
- Competency based assessment (0%)
- May include activities such as online group work, online Quiz, and online participation (15%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UNE-CWW-DIP-2025 - Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing
Others
Candidature in the Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media). Headset, including microphone (highly recommended). Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
- Other requirements -
Textbook requirements:
Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing
UndergraduateUNE-CWW-DIP