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Unit of Study CYS03343 - Promoting Children's Protection and Participation (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    9

  • Level of learning

    Intermediate

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Focuses on the cultural, historical and contemporary contexts of child protection and how they underpin the legislative, policy and practice frameworks that aim to promote and protect children and young people. A strengths-based approach to working in this field is adopted, and resilience and risk assessment models critically evaluated. The unit will also enable participants to explore whether and how participation rights inform and help improve protection outcomes.

Unit content

  • Foundations of child protection (definitions, contexts and background to child protection in Australia)
  • Historical and cultural perspectives on child protection
  • Theoretical approaches informing practice
    • Psychological theories; sociological theories; multidimensional theories and other recent developments including strengths-based and participatory approaches
    • The participation/protection nexus
  • Contemporary legislation, policies and practices
  • Legislative frameworks and obligations
    • Policy frameworks and multi-agency and interdisciplinary approaches
    • Notification, mandatory reporting, risk assessment
    • Working with children, young people, families and bureaucracy
    • Prevention strategies

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify a range of issues faced by children, young people and their families impacting on their safety and protection
2 explain the cultural and historical contexts of child protection and how these influence contemporary understandings and practice
3 explore whether and how children's participation rights intersect with their protection rights
4 critically analyse contemporary legislation, policies and practices in relation to child protection.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify a range of issues faced by children, young people and their families impacting on their safety and protection
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. explain the cultural and historical contexts of child protection and how these influence contemporary understandings and practice
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  3. explore whether and how children's participation rights intersect with their protection rights
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. critically analyse contemporary legislation, policies and practices in relation to child protection.
    • GA3:
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.