Assessment Requirements for CHCPRT016 Work in the youth justice environment

Release: 3

Assessment Requirements for CHCPRT016 Work in the youth justice environment

Modification History

Release	Comments
Release 3	Updated: assessor requirements statement foundation skills lead in statement licensing statement modification history to reflect 2012 standards Equivalent outcome.
Release 2	Minor changes to formatting to improve readability. Corrections to metadata and mapping. Equivalent outcome.
Release 1	This version was released in CHC Community Services Training Package release 1.0 and meets the requirements of the 2012 Standards for Training Packages. Significant changes to elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment.

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be demonstrated evidence that the candidate has completed the following tasks at least once: followed legal, ethical and organisational requirements related to the work role, including: communicating effectively with young people and colleagues in a way that is appropriate to age, culture, ability, development and language requirements, and free from discrimination and oppression identifying and reporting to supervisor any issues requiring mandatory notification recording information accurately and completely as required and maintaining confidentiality in work practices contributing to identifying and implementing improved work practices explaining worker role and responsibilities to a young person and modelling positive behaviour assessed risks and taken appropriate action when working in youth justice services taken responsibility for own skill development, including: seeking and receiving feedback from supervisor planning ways to improve areas of work practices participating in skills’ development plan implementation reflecting on own work performance.

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the work role These include knowledge of: different youth justice work contexts and the effect of their interrelationship on own work current youth justice issues that impact on own work area different types of young people’s offending behaviour and the factors that influence behaviour key aspects of the youth justice system and relevant legislation in work jurisdiction key aspects of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child codes of ethics and organisation policy and procedures relevant to job role, including duty of care requirements physical, social, psychological and emotional development of young people and the ways in which such development can be affected principles and processes of effective communication with diverse groups of young people and colleagues accuracy and completion requirements of all written reports and records agency systems for recording and reporting a range of information about young people, the youth justice system and related work functions, and appropriate confidentiality requirements importance of anti-discrimination and inclusivity principles.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in the workplace. In addition, simulations and scenarios must be used where the full range of contexts and situations cannot be provided in the workplace or may occur only rarely. These are situations relating to emergency or unplanned procedures where assessment in these circumstances would be unsafe or is impractical. Simulated assessment environments must simulate the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment. Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency 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