CHC50321 Diploma of Child, Youth and Family Intervention

Child, youth and family intervention work is focused on providing activities and support related to improving the personal living and emotional circumstances of children or young people at risk and their families. Workers build strong professional relationships with those they support to reduce the risk of their living environments by using advanced case management and interpersonal skills. Work across the sector is varied and can involve working in people’s homes, residential facilities and community-based settings.

Key tasks include:

• Managing teams of support workers
• Development, implementation and monitoring of protection plans for children and young people
• Develop, facilitate and review all aspects of case management
• Work with children and young people with complex trauma and attachment issues and needs
• Undertake and implement planning with at-risk children and young people and their families
• Build professional practice and sectoral expertise
• Manage safe workplace practices
• Develop workplace communication strategies

This work is often undertaken through employment in government services and broader community service agencies. Workers will:

• Work under limited supervision or within a team and are responsible for planning and prioritising their own work program to achieve targets
• Manage statutory and organisational information requirements
• As required, exercise legal authorities and delegated decision-making on relevant statutory matters
• Undertake supervision and on the job training for other workers
• Be responsible for implementing policies and procedures of the organisation and contributing to continuous improvement processes
• Undertake appropriate reporting to meet the organisation’s legal and ethical requirements