Community and Cultural Awareness

Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Level 1
Unit No:
K/506/3340
Credits:
6
Guided learning hours:
48 hours

Assessment Guidance

Portfolio of Evidence

Unit Learning Outcomes

1

Understand the importance to public services of community and cultural awareness.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1
    Give reasons why different public service workers need to have an awareness of community and cultural issues.
2

Know about being part of a community.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1
    Give a definition of 'community'.
  • 2.2
    Describe some of the key features of community living.
3

Know about cultural diversity within a community.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1
    Give examples of cultural difference in a specific community.
  • 3.2
    State the benefits of cultural diversity on a specific community.
4

Know about social and cultural problems in a community and their effect on the work of the public services.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1
    Outline some of the social and cultural problems within a specific community.
  • 4.2
    Describe the ways in which the public services work to help resolve social and cultural problems within a specific community.