+1 862 207 3288 • Imagine you are a community development worker in a non-government organisation in your city (or one nearest you). You have been working closely with one section of the community for just over a year (this is up to you, it could be older people, youth, a particular ethnic group, new immigrants, Indigenous people, people with a disability, new parents – just select one that interests you).
This section of the community has identified that they are concerned about increasing crime and violence in the city, and they would like to work together to change things.
Develop a project plan for a community development project that would help this part of the community address their concerns.
You can be creative in the type of crime and/or violence your community targets, the kind of project you desing, and how it would operate.
A a project plan is written up in prose style (like an essay), but uses a range of headings to divide up the information into clear sections so the reader can easily understand what the project is, why it is needed, what it aims to do and how it will happen. Headings to use in your project plan are listed below.
References will be needed (most likely in sections headed 5,7,9 and 11). The Reference List section is not included in the word limit.
Use the following headings in your project plan
1. Name of Project
2. Brief Summary of the Project (no more than 100 words)
3. Aim(s) of the Project
4. Why this Project is Needed
5. Community Work Approach or Model
6. Project Objectives, Strategies and Activities
7. Evaluation
8. Budget
9. Potential Funding Sources
10. Project Timeline
11. Limitations and Weaknesses of the Project
12. Reference List.
Presentation
Word processed document, 12 point font, double line spacing. Submit via Learnline.
Marking
You will recieve a mark out of 100.
The assessment is worth 40% of your total mark for this unit.
Assessment criteria
• Project plan follows the 12 heading format provided and the presentation guidelines
• Project idea and aims are clearly stated – and suit a community work approach
• Community work model or approach is well defined and a rationale for its selection is provided
• Strategies and activities are designed to meet the objects of the project
• Evaluation ideas or tools are able to demonstrate the extent to which the project aims and outcomes have been achieved.
• Project budgeting and potential project funding souirces are explained
• Critical analysis of the limitations and weakness of your project plan and approach/model.
• Use of at least five (5) references and consistent use of a referencing system (preferably APA 6th).
1. Select a social work, allied health, or humanitarian and community work scenario/topic; examples may be a disabilities social worker, a family counsellor, or a relief worker.
2. Consider the area of social policy it falls under; examples may be housing, Indigenous Australia, or children and families.
3. Drawing on the research literature and subject materials, and your own research, consider how social policy has impacted on your chosen scenario/topic, and how it could affect the future.
4. You are required to consider what this means for the human service practitioner and agency involved as well as the client, client group, and/or community.
Task:
There are (3) case studies for you to chose from to write your essay and these will be provided to you by your lecturer. Examine the case study and analyse the practitioner role and theoretical underpinning associated with the approach. You can chose one or more of the theoretical models learning in class in preparing your essay. For example: Strengths Based Approaches, Attachment Theory, Systems ecological approach and anti- oppressive practice. Your essay needs to include consideration of:
• The social work/practitioner role in the case study.
• The client and their significant others (extended family).
• How you come to understand the presenting issues.
• How your understanding of theory and models of practice inform your understanding of the case situation.
• How your understanding of theory and models of practice influence the approach you might take with the case study and outline this how you would work with this scenario.
• Consider what evidence can you find in the literature to help you critically evaluate your chosen approach to practice.
Analysis/Argument(60 marks)
Demonstrated understanding of concepts, theory or perspective/model chosen
Application of concepts in critical analysis.
Use of clear framework
Key concepts, debates and issues identified
Critical reflection on the topic
Topic discussed in adequate depth – material relevant to topic
Evidence of wide reading
Structure/Organisation (20 marks)
Comments: (e.g. flow, linking between sections, good paragraph structure.)
Clarity of Expression (10 marks) Correct spelling/punctuation.
Good sentence/ Succinct writing
Referencing (10 marks) Bibliography Quality/number of references good correctly/consistently presented/Sources adequately acknowledged. Minimum of (5) academic references.
SWK351 Case Study One:
You are a social worker in a program with in a non-government agency that supports people recovering from addiction. Steve, a 23 year old man presents at your service as he has been has a upcoming Court date for some drug related offences and his lawyer told him if he attends a course it will prevent him from going to prison.
Steve has a long history of alcohol and marijuana addiction as well as several prior convictions for theft and burglary. Steve has no family support and left home and school when he was 14 after being abused by his alcoholic step father. He is currently living in transitional housing with friends who are also drug users. Steve has never been able to hold down a job, but picks up occasional work.
Steve agreed to one of one counselling however, during sessions he would often make rude remarks he was angry and bored and would often walk out of sessions.
SWK351 Case Study Two
You are a social worker in a government child protective service and you receive the following report and are allocated to work with the family:
Subject Children: Stephen (aged 8
Mary (aged 4
Parents Jeanie (b.mo aged 28)
Tom ( b.fa aged (32)
Address: Remote community (during Wet season)
Outstation (during Dry season)
Case Manager: Tess
Current situation:
A notification was received from a remote community health centre notifying that Stephen and Mary will be air lifted to Hospital due to weight loss (each averaging 200 grams per week). B/mo of the children Jeanie is pregnant and is also considered to be severely malnourished so will also be flying in with the children for treatment. Family will be accompanied by another female family member who notifier describes as ‘responsible’. Notifier advised that they had applied the World Health Organisation classification for malnourishment to both children and it meets the ‘severe’ category. Notifier also notes that it is unusual to need to admit a child of eight (8) years of age to hospital for malnourishment.
Notifier stated they have continued to experience difficulties in following-up health issues for the children because family spends large amounts of time at their Outstation and there is no service outreach to this location. Previous involvement with the family has resulted in two (2) hospitalisations for Stephen and Mary for failure to thrive and each time their weight had increased on their return to community however contact is lost when family moves to the outstation. Notifier added that b/mo Jeanie has disclosed that there is often little to no food available at the Outstation as it runs out quickly. Jeanie presents as disempowered when discussing family issues with the health centre and her own serious malnourished state supports the view that her nutritional needs take low priority in the family hierarchy. The health centre has had no direct involvement with the birth father as he never accompanies Jeanie or the children to their service. When the Centre has used a local interpreter to discuss family issues, Jeanie is even less forthcoming with details of her family life. A staff member at the health centre has told notifier that she saw the father driving around the community recently in a new 4-wheel drive.
SWK351 Case Study 3
Betty (26) is an Aboriginal woman who lives in suburban Darwin with her Partner (Rick) He is an Anglo Australian casual labourer. They have been together for 2 years and Betty is 6 months pregnant with her first child. She has visited the hospital for a health check up and the nurse made a referral to the social worker to have a ‘chat’ as she said she had been feeling down and was not very happy about the baby coming. Betty did not identify any other family she was close to other than her partner Rick. Betty works at Windscreens Obrien on accounts, as she has her certificates and likes to work. She hides some of her money as Rick is in control of the finance’s and she likes to sneak out every now and then and buy something of her choosing. She is worried about the baby coming and not having access to money.
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