Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4432 Certificate IV in Community Services

Course Title: Facilitate the interests and rights of clients

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 100

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

Please note that this course has compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching and assessment activities. 

 

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
LAW5734C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2024, Term2 2024, Term1 2025

Course Contact: Bella Kelly

Course Contact Phone: 9925 4109

Course Contact Email: bella.kelly@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist clients to identify their rights, voice their needs and concerns and realise their interests, rights and needs.

This unit applies to workers of all levels in a range of health or community services settings who provide services using a human rights based approach and have direct interaction with clients.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CHCADV001 Facilitate the interests and rights of clients
Elements:	1. Facilitate the realisation of client interests, rights and needs 2. Advocate in accordance with client preferences and requests to optimise client outcomes 3. Provide ongoing support to clients 4. Support clients making a complaint 5. Review progress

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements. 

Overview of Assessment

There are two individual assessment tasks consisting of role plays, and short answer questions.