Work effectively in child protection to support children, young people and families
Note: CHCPRT028 supersedes CHCPRT004
Unit Code: CHCPRT028
This accredited training resource supports Australian Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) in delivering nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET).
The resource includes:
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Available in print and online.
This resource is available as a hardcopy (printed) book in Learner Guide and Trainer/Assessor Guide variants, and for online delivery and assessment through Catapult LMS. Contact us to learn more.
Important: RTOs are responsible for validating all training and assessment resources against their own Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) and relevant regulatory requirements.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required by child protection workers to support children and young people, and to assist families to ensure that children and young people are safe and appropriately cared for. It also covers the ethical, duty of care and legal requirements for this work.
This unit applies to work undertaken in paraprofessional child protection occupations in government and non-government organisations.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or 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.
Skills must be demonstrated in a child protection workplace or in a simulated environment.
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.
Assessment must ensure:
Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations’ requirements for assessors.
$17.00 inc GST
