Assessor Resource

CHCYTH008
Support young people to take collective action

Assessment tool

Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024


This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to enable young people to participate in the decision-making that affects their lives.

This unit applies to youth work where the primary concern is to support groups of young people in taking action to meet their needs or responding to community issues.

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.

You may want to include more information here about the target group and the purpose of the assessments (eg formative, summative, recognition)



Evidence Required

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ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements define the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Encourage and support young people to develop and use networks

1.1 Identify and note young people’s issues, needs or interests in community issues

1.2 Encourage and support young people to identify common issues, needs and interests

1.3 Discuss possibilities for responding to identified common issues, needs and interests

1.4 Provide opportunities for young people with similar interests or needs

1.5 Support and encourage young people to identify relationships between their issues/interests and social structures

1.6 Encourage young people to work together to take joint action

2. Support young people to come together to plan collective action

2.1 Ensure young people have the relevant skills and knowledge to operate in a collective way

2.2 Map and monitor youth participation processes, particularly decision-making and inclusion processes of groups

2.3 Provide support, encouragement and opportunities to young people to enable them to communicate and interact with others to coordinate a planned action

3. Support young people to identify and form alliances with key stakeholders

3.1 Identify other stakeholders interested in the issue or strategy

3.2 Gauge the interest, resources and possible roles of stakeholders

3.3 Support young people in contacting, informing and negotiating alliances with stakeholders

3.4 Assist young people and stakeholders to maintain appropriate contact and information flow

3.5 Encourage young people to acknowledge key stakeholder support

4. Support young people to implement their strategies or action plans

4.1 Provide relevant information as required to individuals and the group to facilitate better operation of collective networks

4.2 Offer individual or group support on an ongoing basis

4.3 Use group processes to monitor progress and adapt or further develop plans

5. Assist young people to monitor and evaluate strategies

5.1 Support groups to monitor and record progress

5.2 Assist groups to identify outcomes and consequences (intended or unintended) of their actions on an ongoing basis

5.3 Evaluate strategies and group processes

5.4 Provide reports of outcomes as appropriate to stakeholders and within the organisation

5.5 Celebrate achievements, including personal development, skills development and social change


Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements define the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Encourage and support young people to develop and use networks

1.1 Identify and note young people’s issues, needs or interests in community issues

1.2 Encourage and support young people to identify common issues, needs and interests

1.3 Discuss possibilities for responding to identified common issues, needs and interests

1.4 Provide opportunities for young people with similar interests or needs

1.5 Support and encourage young people to identify relationships between their issues/interests and social structures

1.6 Encourage young people to work together to take joint action

2. Support young people to come together to plan collective action

2.1 Ensure young people have the relevant skills and knowledge to operate in a collective way

2.2 Map and monitor youth participation processes, particularly decision-making and inclusion processes of groups

2.3 Provide support, encouragement and opportunities to young people to enable them to communicate and interact with others to coordinate a planned action

3. Support young people to identify and form alliances with key stakeholders

3.1 Identify other stakeholders interested in the issue or strategy

3.2 Gauge the interest, resources and possible roles of stakeholders

3.3 Support young people in contacting, informing and negotiating alliances with stakeholders

3.4 Assist young people and stakeholders to maintain appropriate contact and information flow

3.5 Encourage young people to acknowledge key stakeholder support

4. Support young people to implement their strategies or action plans

4.1 Provide relevant information as required to individuals and the group to facilitate better operation of collective networks

4.2 Offer individual or group support on an ongoing basis

4.3 Use group processes to monitor progress and adapt or further develop plans

5. Assist young people to monitor and evaluate strategies

5.1 Support groups to monitor and record progress

5.2 Assist groups to identify outcomes and consequences (intended or unintended) of their actions on an ongoing basis

5.3 Evaluate strategies and group processes

5.4 Provide reports of outcomes as appropriate to stakeholders and within the organisation

5.5 Celebrate achievements, including personal development, skills development and social change

Specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Context for youth work must include one or more of the following:

centre-based work

drop-in centres, recreational facilities

housing and residential services

outreach and home visits, street, parks

schools

online youth work, web-based, emails, discussion rooms

telephone contact

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
 
Identify and note young people’s issues, needs or interests in community issues 
Encourage and support young people to identify common issues, needs and interests 
Discuss possibilities for responding to identified common issues, needs and interests 
Provide opportunities for young people with similar interests or needs 
Support and encourage young people to identify relationships between their issues/interests and social structures 
Encourage young people to work together to take joint action 
Ensure young people have the relevant skills and knowledge to operate in a collective way 
Map and monitor youth participation processes, particularly decision-making and inclusion processes of groups 
Provide support, encouragement and opportunities to young people to enable them to communicate and interact with others to coordinate a planned action 
Identify other stakeholders interested in the issue or strategy 
Gauge the interest, resources and possible roles of stakeholders 
Support young people in contacting, informing and negotiating alliances with stakeholders 
Assist young people and stakeholders to maintain appropriate contact and information flow 
Encourage young people to acknowledge key stakeholder support 
Provide relevant information as required to individuals and the group to facilitate better operation of collective networks 
Offer individual or group support on an ongoing basis 
Use group processes to monitor progress and adapt or further develop plans 
Support groups to monitor and record progress 
Assist groups to identify outcomes and consequences (intended or unintended) of their actions on an ongoing basis 
Evaluate strategies and group processes 
Provide reports of outcomes as appropriate to stakeholders and within the organisation 
Celebrate achievements, including personal development, skills development and social change 

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