CHCSAC006

Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify, implement and monitor support strategies to guide children’s effective participation within the framework of school age care.

This unit applies to educators who work in regulated school age education and care services according to established policies and procedures. They may at times work alone without onsite supervision.

Unit mapping information

CHCSAC001 Support children to participate in school age care

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/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.

Foundation skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Unit sector or competency field

School age Education and Care: Children’s Education and Care

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia:

• performance evidence may be collected through authenticated third-party reports
• third-party evidence must be supplemented by other forms of evidence
• interactions with children must be supervised by an approved educational professional

Assessment must ensure access to:

• resources that support specific support strategies
• information technology for documentation
• National Quality Framework:
  • National Quality Standard
  • the relevant approved national learning framework
• service standards, policies and procedures for:
  • collaborative partnerships with families and community
  • educational program and practice
  • health and safety
  • partnerships with family
  • relationships with children
• educators for collaboration
• school age children in a regulated children’s education and care service

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations requirements for assessors.