ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET
QUALIFICATION: BSB80615 Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning)
UNIT CODE: BSBLED808 Conduct a career development session
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ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS
- You need to achieve a ‘Satisfactory’ grade in ALL the assessments items to be granted a ‘Competent’ grade in the unit.
- In case you are not able to achieve a ‘Satisfactory’ grade in any assessment task, you will be given three (3) attempts to resubmit your assessment. Your trainer will be available to assist you in any areas of difficulty. Please discuss the assessment with your trainer to seek advice on how you can achieve competency in the unit.
- Where relevant, oral questions may be asked to gather more information on your knowledge, skills and competence in the unit.
- A holistic approach is used to assess your skills relevant to this qualification. The skills are assessed across the different units offered within this qualification. Where a skill relevant to this unit is not assessed within this assessment pack, please note that the skill will be assessed in another unit.
Assessment 1: Knowledge Questions
YOUR TASK:
This assessment has THREE parts. Refer to the relevant learner guide and supplementary readings and answer the questions below.
WORD LIMIT:
Unless otherwise specified, please limit your answer to a maximum of 100 words per question.
PART A: Career development theories and models
- Explain the ‘Theory of Work Adjustment’ in your own words.
- Explain what you understand by the acronym RIASEC.
- According to Super’s Self Concept Theory, does ‘self-concept’ remain static throughout your life or does it change? Explain Super’s theory of ‘life stages’ and development tasks in detail
- What are the implications of Super’s theory for career counselling?
- Do you agree with Krumboltz ‘Theory of Planned Happenstance’? Why or why not? Give examples from your own life experiences to respond to explain the reasons for your answer.
- Refer to Bandura’s ‘Social Cognitive Theory’ and answer the following questions:
- What is ‘self- efficacy’?
- How does self-efficacy affect a person’s ability to function in a workplace?
PART B: Career Development Standards and key concepts
(Also refer to Reading 2: CICA_Prof_Standatrds_Booklet)
- Which organization commissioned the development of the professional standards for career development professionals in Australia?
- What are career development standards and what is their impact on career counselling?
- According to the CICA Professional Standards, what are the competencies required in terms of advanced communication skills for working as a career development professional?
- List any three Federal laws that you need to understand as part of your career management work.
- Why is it important to understand organizational policies prior to conducting a career development session?
- Explain the following concepts in your own words:
- Lifelong learning
- Holistic career development
- Career decision making
- Career maintenance
- Work satisfaction
- Employability
- Enterprising
- Positive uncertainty
- Happenstance
PART C: Career Coaching and client interactions
- What do you understand by career coaching?
- What are the core competencies and key skills required to deliver career development sessions?
- Analyse and describe your own strengths and weaknesses against the core competencies required for professional coaching.
- List any THREE factors or ways of thinking or feeling, (apart from education, training and job roles) that impact on an individual’s career choices. Explain how they can impact on individual career choices
- List at least FIVE strategies you can use to build a rapport with individuals and groups when conducting career development sessions
Assessment 2: Planning a Group Coaching Session
This assessment uses a research conducted in Tunisia with a group of accounting students and employers as a basis to construct a case study for planning a group coaching session.
YOUR TASK:
This assessment has THREE parts. You need to read the introduction to each part and complete the questions that follow.
Please read the ‘Assessor’s Checklist’ at the end of this assessment to understand the criteria your assessor will be marking you against.
WORD LIMIT: Unless otherwise specified, please limit your answer to a maximum of 50 words per question
PART A: RESEARCH PAPER
CASE STUDY BACKGROUND
Step 1: Refer to Reading 3 ‘Skills and Attributes Needed for Success in Accounting Career’ provided to you
Step 2: Find the information from the above reading and respond to the questions below.
- Briefly explain the purpose of the research conducted in Tunisia.
- How many students participated in the study?
- What skills do employers expect of accounting graduates at recruitment, in training and in ongoing accounting employment?
- What professional skills do graduating accounting students perceive as having the highest priority for career success?
- As a career development coach, which skills do you think the graduates need to develop further to match the expectations of the employers?
PART B: INFORMATION GATHERING
CASE STUDY – continued
Imagine that 10 of the Accounting graduates (4 men and 6 women) who participated in the above study are planning to travel to Australia in the near future to seek job opportunities in Australia.
They have also expressed an interest in getting their Tunisian Bachelor Degree in Accounting assessed for equivalence in Australia, in order to apply for an Accountant (general) position. They have found out that CPA Australia is the body responsible for assessing the equivalence of overseas qualifications against Australian qualifications.
The subjects they completed as part of their Bachelor degree in Tunisia include:
*Accounting Systems and Processes
*Financial Accounting and Reporting
*Management Accounting
*Finance and Financial Management
*Business Law
*Economics
*Tunisian Legal System
Their university has invited you to Tunisia you to provide a 2-hour group career development session to them, so they can understand the Australian job environment for accountants. In order to prepare for this group session, you need to undertake research to gather information about the Accounting profession, career opportunities and career development options for these graduates in Australia.
What you need to do:
Step 1: Conduct online research in relation to a career in Accounting in Australia.
If any of the above links are not working, please find the information through your own /Internet research and include the link to the website where you found the information with each response.
Step 2: Complete the questions below
- What do accountants do on a day to day basis?
- What is the salary range for accountants in Australia?
- What are the three top States for employment as an Accountant?
- What are the key skills required by Accountants in Australia?
- Which post graduate Masters qualification could they do to advance their Accounting career in Australia?
- Go to https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/become-a-cpa/migration-assessment/criteria-and-requirements. Carefully ready the CPA guidelines to assess the equivalence of the graduates’ Bachelor Degree against the Australian Bachelor Degree qualification. You need to look at the mandatory competency areas for Accountant (general) 221111.
- Will the Bachelor Degree in Accounting from Tunisia be deemed equivalent to the Australian Bachelor Degree?
- Why or why not?
- What can the graduates do to meet the requirements?
PART C: CAREER DEVELOPMENT SESSION PLAN
CASE STUDY – continued
You have now gathered sufficient information relevant to the Accountants career in Australia. You are getting ready to deliver your group career development session. You need to start developing your detailed session plan.
What you need to do:
Read Sections 8, 9 and 10 in your Learner Guide. Complete the tasks below
- Analyse your target group:
- Based on Super’s theory, which ‘stage’ are the graduates likely to be in?
- Is there any diversity within the group?
- Which theories do you think you can apply to your career development session in this situation? Give reasons for your choice of theory.
- Develop a ‘Career Planning Form’ that you can send to the Tunisian graduates to complete before your group session.
Make sure that your form collects all the relevant information to help the graduates plan their career development path.
- Develop a detailed 2- hour CAREER DEVELOPMENT SESSION PLAN for the group.
Think carefully about how you are going to start your session. What you will do to build rapport with the group, what topics you will cover during the session and how you will wrap up the session. Complete the details in the table below.
TOTAL WORD LIMIT: 500- 750 words in total
| HINTS | WRITE YOUR SESSION PLAN BELOW (Please write your notes in as much detail as possible) |
| Welcome and Introduction What will you say at the beginning of the session? What strategies will you use to build rapport with the group? What strategies will you use to build trust with the group? How will you convey the key goals for this session to the participants? What strategies will you use to identify common patterns of thinking, feeling and behavior amongst the Accountants and devise counter strategies? What information will you share with them about job opportunities for Accountants in Australia | |
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| What type of records and reports will you keep for this session? | |
| How will you assist individuals to use relevant support resources and technology? | |
| How will you monitor support resources and technology to ensure they support quality outcomes for clients after the session is over? |
Record of results
| Office Use Only: Assessor to complete |
| ASSESSOR CHECKLIST FOR ASSESSMENT 2 Has the learner demonstrated the following through their written responses? | PLEASE TICK BELOW | |
| Yes | No | Did not attempt/ Incomplete |
| Ability to analyse, plan, implement and evaluate target group development needs | ||
| Analyse diversity of target group | ||
| Collect, assess and store information for use in a career development setting | ||
| Ability to plan career development sessions according to career development theories and models and career development needs | ||
| Acquire, record and prepare relevant information prior to a career development session | ||
| Create cooperative and productive environment for conduct of the session | ||
| Build rapport with the clients | ||
| Use effective communication skills | ||
| Create climate of trust, comfort and safety | ||
| Provide effective career counselling and information | ||
| Conduct career development counselling in a clear and unambiguous manner | ||
| Communicate accurate assessment of individual needs | ||
| Complete problem and goal clarification to the satisfaction of all involved | ||
| Identify common patters on thinking, feeling and behavior and devise counter strategies if these ate limiting career growth | ||
| Ensure participants set personal goals and make informed choices in career development session | ||
| Complete career development work in an ethical, cooperative and respectful manner | ||
| Prepare accurate records and reports | ||
| Assist individuals to use relevant support resources and technology | ||
| Monitor support resources and technology to ensure they support quality outcomes for clients |
| OVERALL RESULT FOR ASSESSMENT 2 (Please TICK below) | COMMENTS: | |
| o Satisfactory | o Unsatisfactory | o Did not attempt/ Incomplete |
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| Assessor signature | Date | |
Assessment 3: Conduct a Career Development Session for an Individual
This assignment has FOUR parts
PART A: FIND A CLIENT FOR THE ROLE PLAY
YOUR TASK
Step 1: Identify a classmate/ friend/ relative who can participate in this role-play with you. You will need to take on the role of the career development expert and the other person will be your ‘client’.
Step 2: Ask the ‘client’ to complete the ‘Career Development Form’ template. A copy is available in the Appendix section of your Learner Guide.
Step 3: Collect a copy of the completed form from your client. You will need to submit their completed form as part of your assessment.
- NAME OF YOUR CLIENT: ____________________________________
PART B: PLAN FOR THE ROLE PLAY
Think carefully about how you are going to start your session. What you will do to build rapport with the client; what topics you will cover during the session and how you will wrap up the session. Complete the details in the table below.
| HINTS | WRITE YOUR SESSION PLAN BELOW (Please write your notes in as much detail as possible) |
| Welcome and Introduction What will you say at the beginning of the session? What strategies will you use to build rapport with the client? What strategies will you use to build trust with the client? How will you convey the key goals for this session to the client? What strategies will you use to identify common patterns of thinking, feeling and behavior and devise counter strategies? | |
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| What type of records and reports will you keep for this session? | |
| How will you assist individuals to use relevant support resources and technology? | |
| How will you monitor support resources and technology to ensure they support quality outcomes for clients after the session is over? |
PART C: CONDUCT THE ROLE PLAY
YOUR TASK
Conduct a career development session with your client. You can use your plan from Part B to guide your session
(Make sure that you follow the ten-step process outlined in your Learner Guide)
(IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are in class, your trainer may ask you to complete this activity in class. If you are studying online, or if you are unable to participate in this session in class, you will need to record a video of your role-play session and submit it to your assessor. You can record yourself and your client using a smart phone or any other device. You can upload your vise on YouTube or Dropbox or any other File-sharing site and provide a link to your assessor)
Please refer to the Assessor’s Observation Checklist over the page to understand the marking guide for this assessment.
Office Use Only: Assessor to complete
| OBSERVATION CHECKLIST FOR ASSESSMENT 3 (PART C) Has the learner demonstrated the following through their role play? | PLEASE TICK BELOW | |
| Yes | No | Did not attempt/ Incomplete |
| Ability to analyse, plan, implement and evaluate client’s development needs | ||
| Collect, assess and store information for use in a career development setting | ||
| Ability to plan career development sessions according to career development theories and models and career development needs | ||
| Acquire, record and prepare relevant information prior to a career development session | ||
| Create a cooperative and productive environment for conduct of the session | ||
| Build rapport with the client | ||
| Use effective communication skills | ||
| Create climate of trust, comfort and safety | ||
| Provide effective career counselling and information | ||
| Conduct career development counselling in a clear and unambiguous manner by following a step-by-step process | ||
| Communicate accurate assessment of individual needs | ||
| Complete problem and goal clarification to the satisfaction of all involved | ||
| Identify common patters on thinking, feeling and behavior and devise counter strategies if these ate limiting career growth | ||
| Ensure participant sets personal goals and make informed choices in career development session | ||
| Complete career development work in an ethical, cooperative and respectful manner | ||
| Prepare accurate records and reports | ||
| Assist individuals to use relevant support resources and technology | ||
| Monitor support resources and technology to ensure they support quality outcomes for clients |
LEARNER NAME: __________________________________
DATE OBSERVED: _________________________________
ASSESSOR NAME: _________________________________
ASSESSOR SIGNATURE: _____________________________
PART D: SELF ASSESSMENT
Answer the questions below in relation to your role-play AFTER conducting your career development session.
- Did you follow the 10-step process for conducting a career development session as outlined in your Learner Guide? Explain in detail.
- Did this activity help you develop skills in conducting career development sessions? Please explain in detail.
- What did you do well?
- What can you improve on for future career development sessions?
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