The competency of interventions has five sub-domains and involves how and why the CYCP intervenes into the child/youth’s life. The five sub-domains are life-space intervention, advocacy, group work, planned intervention, and intervention plans.
Life-space intervention involves the CYCP creating activities every day and incorporating them into the child/youth’s everyday routine, to promote independence and valuable life skills such as coping with anxiety when sudden accidents happen that may interfere with the child/youth’s day (Stuart, 2009).
Advocacy is an important aspect of hearing the family or child/youth’s voice and speaking on behalf of them in case they feel they don’t have a voice (Stuart, 2009).
Advocating for the family requires great skill and proficiency in the ability to act immediately on their behalf if need be.
Group work involves the ability to work well with the group around you and adjust your actions and choice of words according to who you are with while keeping the same level of respect for everyone in any situation (Stuart, 2009).
Planned intervention takes into consideration what the child/youth may need to develop their growth and provide the appropriate treatment or activities in the child/youth’s daily routine, which can be adjusted according to the systems that are affecting them, and how those systems may suddenly change (Stuart, 2009).
Intervention plans involves carefully observing the group dynamic and quickly assessing what the group or child/youth may need in that very moment.
Observational skills are very important in the practice of CYC so as to evaluate and expect probable outcomes so that when situations do occur, the situation can be cautiously taken care of in the context of everyone’s needs (Stuart, 2009).
References
Stuart, C. (2009). Foundations of Child and Youth Care: Second Edition. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
