Occupational Certificate Community Development Worker (NQF 4)
- One Year
Purpose of Qualification
The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Community Development Worker. A Community Development Worker collects and provides relevant information from and for communities and builds social cohesion within the community, in order to support the development and implementation of community development initiatives and processes.
Overview
Career Focus
Entry level types of occupations in the Department of Social Development and with a range of Non-Governmental Organisations
Registered With
Department of Higher Education & Training
Accredited By
QCTO (SAQA ID: 97708)
Admission Requirements
NSC or NCV level 4 or NQF Level 4 with Communication and Mathematical Literacy
Articulation
Horizontal:
Further Education and Training Certificate: Community Development, NQF Level 4, SAQA ID: 67509
Vertical
NQF Level 5 Occupational Certificate: Community Worker (Community Development Practitioner)
Assessment of Programme
The Institution will conduct internal assessments by means of assessment activities and signed off work experience log sheets. Upon successful completion of all modules, The Institution provides a statement of results to the candidate and QCTO, as part of the candidate’s application to complete the external Summative Assessment conducted by the QCTO.
Modules
Year 1
Total Credits: 150
| Module | Level | Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Fundamentals of Development Practice (KM) |
4 |
25 |
|
Fundamentals of Sociology of Developing Societies (KM) |
4 |
12 |
|
Fundamental Communication Practices (KM) |
4 |
15 |
|
Collect information regarding community development needs and strengths (PM) |
3 |
11 |
|
Identify the relevant groups of beneficiaries and stakeholders (PM) |
3 |
2 |
|
Participate in collaborative community dialogues and engagements (PM) |
4 |
3 |
|
Report progress and status of data collection to supervisor (PM) |
4 |
2 |
|
Execute own personal development (PM) |
3 |
2 |
|
Support the process of facilitating meetings and forums (PM) |
4 |
2 |
|
Arrange and communicate logistics for forums and meetings/events (PM) |
3 |
2 |
|
Mobilise community support for identified initiatives (PM) |
4 |
2 |
|
Record the minutes of community development forums and meetings (PM) |
4 |
2 |
|
Communicate the outcomes of forums and meetings to stakeholders (PM) |
4 |
2 |
|
Provide relevant and clear community development information to stakeholders (PM) |
4 |
2 |
|
Establish, mobilise and maintain community participation and support (PM) |
4 |
2 |
|
Support the identification of capacity-building needs and the delivery of capacity building initiatives
to community members (PM) |
4 |
2 |
|
Support intervention initiatives within communities (PM) |
4 |
6 |
|
Support the integration of community well-being indicators (PM) |
4 |
4 |
|
Support alignment with legislative and policy frameworks relevant to the initiatives (PM) |
4 |
4 |
|
Exposure to information collection in rural, urban, inner city or perii-urban community settings (WM) |
3 |
16 |
|
Exposure to the coordination of a full range of community forums and meetings (WM) |
3 |
12 |
|
Exposure to the operations of formal and informal structures (WM)
|
4 |
8 |
|
Exposure to community capacity-building processes (WM) |
4 |
12 |
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