Working with Young People with Complex Issues

This unit introduces the knowledge and skills required by Youth and Community workers encountering young people and adults who present with complex attachment and trauma challenges. There is a focus on the system that underpins therapeutic interventions in out of home care programs.

The unit will explore childhood development, trauma, and attachment theories. It also delivers an understanding of the correlation and integration of these, as they relate to emotional and behavioural issues in children, young people, and adults. A clear understanding of the impact of complex relational trauma will be emphasised as central to understanding this interplay with several theories and the practical application providing context. Students will explore practical knowledge and interventions, that can be applied when working with children and young people presenting with complex needs.

This unit meets the elements of the following units of competency:
CHCCCS009 Facilitate responsible behaviour
CHCMHS007 Work effectively in trauma informed care
CHCPRT009 Provide primary residential care
This unit will reflect on the historical context of the out of home care sector and consider the essential values and philosophies that guide this work. A range of different models of youth and community work, along with essential understandings of personal safety risks will be theoretically and practically taught.