15. Information and accreditation
The Guide has been mapped against the Unit of Competency CHCFAM411A Engage fathers into family based programs which forms part of the National Community Services Training Package CHC02 and provides an industry benchmark for training and assessment against essential skills and knowledge required for engaging fathers into family based programs.
Through completing this work-based project, practitioners may use this Guide as a workplace template for collecting evidence to meet the requirements of the proposed Competency. Accrual of specified Statements of Attainment can eventually lead to a student meeting all the requirements of a proposed qualification–Certificate IV or Diploma in Relationship Education. These qualifications, like the Competency, rely on successful endorsement by all States in Australia. A local Registered Training Officer (RTO) will be able to answer questions about this process.
To obtain a Statement of Attainment, practitioners are required to:
- provide evidence of specified essential knowledge, as well as skills in the application of working effectively with fathers and engaging them into specific programs and existing programs
- complete the conversation boxes in this Guide and collect evidence of this over a period of time (evidence may include promotional material, record of brainstorming sessions, evaluation reports)
- authenticate the evidence by having it supported and signed by colleagues, supervisors, clients or other appropriate people
- submit the completed guide to a RTO for assessment.