QUESTION PAPER 1 - OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE: CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKER (NQF 5) - FINAL EXTERNAL INTEGRATED SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Aug 22, 2026

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Final external integrated summative assessment, Question Paper 1, for the Occupational Certificate: Child and Youth Care Worker (Child and Youth Care Worker NQF 5), covering 130 marks and a 2.5-hour duration. The paper assesses holistic care and child development across developmental stages, including social development support, risk reduction and safety planning following an injury scenario, and intervention in multiple dimensions of development. It also evaluates behaviour management using stress-model interventions, restorative justice, proactive behaviour techniques, and justifying Maslow’s hierarchy of needs through case-study behaviours.

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Pages11

Reading Time28 min

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Question 1

Case study: Theresah (1.1-1.2)

Scenario: Thabo injury and safety (1.3-1.5)

Question 2

Behaviour in context and behaviour management model (2.1.1)

Restorative justice and proactive techniques (2.2.1-2.2.2)

Case study: Mtombela and Maslow (2.2.3)

Question 3

FINAL EXTERNAL INTEGRATED SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTION PAPER 1 OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE: CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKER (CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKER NQF 5) SAQA ID: 99510 CREDITS: 190 Date: 130 Marks Time: Duration: 2 ½ hours Paper 1 Question 1: Identify, assess and meet the holistic (physical, emotional, social, cognitive, spiritual) needs of children and youth at different stages of their development. (25) Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow: Case study Theresah, a 14-year-old girl is placed in a group home for teenagers. It soon becomes apparent that Theresah relates only to the adults in the setting and does so in a way which relies on her trying to please them. At times, her relationship style is that of being a servant to the adults. 1.1 By using your knowledge of the various stages of child development examine Theresah’s social behaviour with regard to the social development behaviour expected of a teenager. (5) 1.2. By applying child and youth care tasks and practice, show ways in which Theresah can be helped to develop her social needs. (5) Read the following scenario and answer the question which follows: Thabo together with a group of young people were leaving the facility to go to school. The heavy metal main gate had been removed by construction workers the afternoon before and placed leaning against the 2-metre wall that bounded the property. Thabo, saw this as an opportunity to show his peers his athletic ability. Instead of going through the now open exit, he climbed up the loose gate as a ladder to leave the property over the wall. When nearly at the top the gate toppled backwards with Thabo attached. The gate and Thabo fell onto a child watching below. The child was severely injured and required hospitalisation. The other children blamed Thabo for the incident, he started isolating himself and even bunking school. Some of the older boys have been seen pushing Thabo around at meal times. 1.3. Considering this scenario and the child and youth care worker’s responsibility to implement holistic care, what should the child and youth care worker do to ensure the safety of the children and the reduction of the risk of injury to the children in the centre? (5) 1.4. Illustrate in which dimensions Thabo’s development is at risk and show what the risk factors are. (5) 1.5 In the follow up after the incident, how would you intervene to develop Thabo in all the dimensions of development? (5) QUESTION 2: Understand and identify the behaviour of children and young people within a range of contexts. Merged with Contextualise the application of the professionally accepted behaviour management model. (45) Read the following scenario and answer the questions which follow. Sibongile has a bottle of shampoo which she leaves in the bathroom. On Friday evening she finds her shampoo finished, the bottle empty as the other girls have used it. Sibongile becomes very angry. She throws the empty bottle against the bathroom wall, breaking the bottle. She shouts and threatens the other girls. She grabs the girl she suspects of stealing her shampoo throwing her to the ground. 2.1.1 Using the stress model, design at each phase of the cycle, practical behaviour management interventions that the child and youth care worker could use to facilitate more appropriate and coping behaviour with Sibongile.

FAQs

What is assessed in Question 1 regarding Theresah’s social development?

Question 1 requires examining Theresah’s social behaviour against expected teenage social development and showing practical ways to help her develop her social needs using child and youth care tasks and practice.

What should the child and youth care worker do after the Thabo injury scenario?

The worker must implement holistic care responsibilities to ensure children’s safety and reduce the risk of injury, including addressing supervision and environmental hazards, then intervening to support Thabo across all development dimensions.

How does the paper require behaviour management to be handled in Sibongile’s scenario?

It requires stress-model interventions across the cycle, restorative justice to restore group calm and relationships, and selecting and explaining effective proactive behaviour management techniques that could have prevented the crisis.

Aug 22, 2026

Uploaded by Jake