SOAD8006 Being Child and Young Person Centred

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Overview

This topic provides students with specialised knowledge and skills for working with children and young people who have experiences of trauma in contemporary practice context. This topic will support students to centre the child and young person and their primary consideration while accounting for the complex interplay of developmental needs, service delivery context and practitioner skills for working with complex experiences of trauma. This topic will draw on contemporary knowledge and theories about trauma and the impact of trauma on development and relationships. Being child and young person centred and trauma responsive requires the practitioner to synthesise and consolidate knowledge using the social ecological perspective, developmental theories, and the fundamental importance of relationships.

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Aims

This topic aims to assist students to:

Develop specialised knowledge and skills to for working with children and young people who have experienced trauma
Students will learn to centred the child and young person as their primary consideration in consideration of their developmental needs, service context and complexity
Draw on contemporary theories and knowledge to understand trauma and the impact of trauma

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

Synthesise contemporary literature and research on understanding trauma and impacts of trauma for children and young people

Synthesise contemporary knowledge about trauma responsive practice for its relevance for working with children and young people

Develop trauma responsive skills to create safe child and young person-centred spaces and professional relationships

Employ reflective and reflexive practice skills to develop self-awareness of the impact of personal biography on practice

Critically analyse contemporary practice context with children and young people to identify systemic and structural factors that contribute to complex trauma

Assessments

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Requisites information

Pre-requisites:

1 Admission into MSWGE-Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry)
2 SOAD9110
2a SOAD9212
3 Admission into GCLGTC-Graduate Certificate in Loss, Grief and Trauma Counselling
3a Admission into MSWQS-Master of Social Work (Qualified Social Worker Entry)
3b Admission into MEDWM-Master of Education (Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health)
3c Admission into MEDWMP-Master of Education (Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health) [1.5 years]
3d Admission into GCEWM-Graduate Certificate in Education (Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health)
3e Admission into GCCVCYP-Graduate Certificate in Counselling Vulnerable Children and Young People
3f Admission into MED-Master of Education
3g Admission into MCPEP-Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
3h Admission into GCE-Graduate Certificate in Education
3i Admission into MLE-Master of Leadership in Education
3j Admission into GCWPMHE-Graduate Certificate in Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health in Education
3k Admission into MWPMHE-Master of Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health in Education
3l Admission into GCTRP-Graduate Certificate in Trauma Responsive Practice
3m Admission into MCBT-Master of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
3n Admission into GDPBHC-Graduate Diploma in Behavioural Health Counselling
3o Admission into MCOS-Master of Counselling
3p Admission into MWPMHEA-Master of Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health in Education
3q Admission into GDPCBH-Graduate Diploma in Counselling (Behavioural Health)
3r Admission into MCBH-Master of Counselling (Behavioural Health)
3s Admission into GDPDPL-Graduate Diploma in Disability Practice and Leadership
3t Admission into MDPL-Master of Disability Practice and Leadership
3u Admission into MDPLA-Master of Disability Practice and Leadership - 1.5 years
3v Admission into MDPLDE-Master of Disability Practice and Leadership (Developmental Education)
3w Admission into GCTRPOS-Graduate Certificate in Trauma Responsive Practice - Offshore

Must Satisfy: ((1 and (2 or 2a)) or ((3 or 3a or 3b or 3c or 3d or 3e or 3f or 3g or 3h or 3i or 3j or 3k or 3l or 3m or 3n or 3o or 3p or 3q or 3r or 3s or 3t or 3u or 3v or 3w)))

Assumed knowledge

Background knowledge of childhood development.

Handbook

Being Child and Young Person Centred

SOAD8006

4.5 Units