Questions:
1.Demonstrate knowledge about approaches to working with young people and their families.
2.Identify factors that increase vulnerability in young people and their families.
3.Evaluate current government policies of working with young people.
4.Critically analyse policies and practices around risk assessment and risk management of young people.
5.Identify ethical dilemmas involved in working with young people and their families.
- The UNCRC defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen.
- The Youth Justice system in Victoria defines youth as 10 – 17 years old.
- Services define young people differently e.g., many mental health services provide a service to 12 – 25 year olds. Other services only go up to the age of 18 years, or 21 years.
- The social structure of many Aboriginal communities is based around larger kinship systems that are overlapping and fluid, rather than a small nuclear family.
Some argue that the traditional anglo idea of the nuclear family does not reflect of many families living in contemporary society.
1.Introduction to Working with Young People & their Families
2.Young people and families with multiple and complex needs
3.Young people and the statutory child protection system
4.Young people and the youth justice
5.Young people’s rights
6.Effectively engaging with and communicating with young people and their parents
7.The assessment and intervention process
8.Risk assessment and risk management
9.Responding to young people who have experienced trauma
10.Promoting resilience in young people
11.Interagency collaboration and communication
12.Professional ethics.
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