CHCEDS051

Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work inclusively, and contribute to the planning and implementation of learning support strategies for students with disabilities. This includes ensuring that student health and safety is maintained at all times.

The unit applies to education support workers who operate under the guidance and supervision of a teacher or other educational professional. They work mainly with students in classroom settings in primary and secondary schools, as defined by State/Territory legislation.

Unit mapping information

Supersedes and is not equivalent to CHCEDS025 Facilitate learning for students with disabilities.

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.

Foundation skills

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

Unit sector or competency field

Children’s Education and Care–Early Childhood Education and Care

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in the workplace:

• student interactions and support activities must be directly observed by the assessor on at least one occasion
• remaining performance evidence may be collected through authenticated third-party reports
• observation and third-party reports must be supplemented by other forms of evidence.

Skills related to reflection may be demonstrated outside of the workplace, but must be based on work within a primary or secondary school in Australia.

Interactions with students must be supervised by a teacher or other educational professional.

Assessment must ensure access to:

• student information to inform planning
• teaching and learning resources
• individual behaviour plans
• organisational policies and procedures for working with students with disabilities
• students with disabilities in a school
• colleagues for guidance and collaboration

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