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also use australian resources.
an individual written report, based on the following scenario:
You are working as a social worker in a social work team within a community health service. This organization services the municipal area of Freshwater in a large rural town. The area is culturally diverse. A high number of residents have origins in Italy, Turkey, Greece, Albania, the Philippines, United Kingdom, India and New Zealand. More recently, there have been larger numbers of people with Middle Eastern and Sudanese backgrounds settling in the region. The area also has one of the largest Aboriginal populations outside metropolitan Melbourne with approximately 9% of the population being of Indigenous origin.
Freshwater?s Community Health?s statistics indicate that in comparison to the State average:
– People are 83% more likely to be unemployment benefit holders
– People are 45% more likely to be health care card holders
– People are 63% more likely to hold a disability support pension
– Crimes rates are 58% higher
– Child protection notifications are 129% higher
– There are 148% more one parent families
– 53% fewer students complete year 12
– There is a high incidence of drug and alcohol issues and hepatitis C;
– There is a high level of domestic violence
In today?s team meeting, the social work health team discussed the difficulties they are having in engaging and supporting individuals and families in the community. For example, Janice, a family therapist, said that she is concerned that a number of families are not regularly attending their appointments. Another worker, Tom, had heard from other allied health professionals, including the speech therapists and dieticians, that they have similar concerns. You too have been having some of the same problems. Aware of the stresses on families you started a parent support group last year, but only two families attended and both stopped coming after the second week.
The team is at a loss as to what to do but feels as the social work team they should have some strategies for addressing communities experiencing disadvantage. You aren?t sure yourself what to do, but you asked if you could have some time to consider the issue. You think you might revisit the literature on community development as this might provide some ideas. Bob asked if you could prepare a written report as it seems to be an issue relevant to the whole organization, and it would be good to circulate the ideas to other teams and management.
? Imagine you are the social worker in the above scenario.
? Prepare a report for your workplace team and organization which provides an overview of the key principles and theoretical perspectives you consider relevant to community level practice within the community described.
? Provided some final conclusions or recommendations as to how the team and the organization may reflect upon or discuss these ideas.
Not strategy, informing of ideas/theories/reflection of CD and how might you start discussion around these ideas. Not practically needed.
Brief background and the structured as a reflective report.
IMPORTANT NOTES!!
? This assignment is not about locating solutions but a way of viewing the context utilizing principles and theories of community development.
? This is a report to an inter-disciplinary team-who is your audience, how do they understand your ideas?
? The marking guidelines provide the framework for what must be included ? need to address each point
? The focus is on ?how are we going to get people to think differently-how will we keep the discussion happening??
? What evidence is there in the literature that supports your ideas?
? What skills are needed here? What roles for the social worker?
? How can the principles be put into practice?
Marking Guidelines
Criteria Marks
Evidence of retrieval and use of relevant literature 10
Ability to articulate core theoretical perspectives and principles of community development 10
Demonstrated understanding of how core theoretical perspectives and principles of community development might be applied to a process for community change. 10
Ability to present a well organized and well written report, within the requisites of the School?s style guidelines. 10
Total 40
Here are some useful websites to make sure your information is australian based
Useful web sites
Australian Bureau of Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/census
Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) http://www.dvc.vic.gov.au/
Local Government Victoria http://www.localgovernment.vic.gov.au/
Department of Sustainability and Environment http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/wcmn203.nsf/Home+Page/8A461F99E54B17EBCA2570340016F3A9?open
Australian Institute of Family Studies: http://www.aifs.org.au
Community Builders: http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au
Community Building: http://www.communitybuilding.vic.gov.au
St Lukes Publications: http://www.stlukes.org.au/publications/index.asp
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