Assessment 1: Individual Assessment-Short Answer Essays (10%)
Criteria for summary
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Weight: 100%
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Structure: paragraph and sentence structure
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40%
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Literacy skills: ability to respond to the assessment question clearly and concisely
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40%
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Presentation and referencing: Presentation based on Stott’s Formatting Guidelines (coversheet including word count, spacing, font). Referencing using in-text and end of text based on APA Guidelines.
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20%
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·For this assessment you are required to answer two (2) questions which are worth 5% each.
·You must limit your word count to 900 words in total for both questions.
·This is an open book assessment.
·You MUST use the scholarly readings relevant to each question.
·It is expected this assessment task should take you approximately 2-3 hours to complete.
·You have six (6) days to complete it and no extensions will be granted (without a situation of extenuating circumstances and a formal request for Special Consideration).
·Use correct essay format, paraphrasing, in-text referencing and attach an end-of-text reference list in the correct APA format.
Question 1 (5%)-400-500 words
READING:Lloyd, Vera (2014).Community Services Intervention: An Introduction to Direct Practice, Taylor & Francis Group.
Read the attached text and answer the following questions (with references from the textandusing your own ideas):
A)Choose two characteristics and provide examples of how these contribute to working effectively in community services.
B)Provide 2-3 examples of your own personal characteristics, and how these will be helpful in your current/future community services work.
C)Provide two examples of the challenges you might face as a community services worker and give examples of strategies to overcome these.
Question 2 (5%)-300-400 words
READING 1-Taylor, Judy (2015),Working with Communities, Oxford University Press, pp78-82.
READING 2-Muller, L (2016). Preparing to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Decolonisation for Social Work Practice. In J. Maidment and R. Egan (eds),
Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense
(pp 84-89). Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Read the TWO excerpts/readings and answer the following questions.
Scenario-Imagine that you are working in an aged care residential facility. The name of the facility is Djilba Aged Care and has predominantly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents. You have been asked by your manager to take one of the residents for a full day shopping trip.
Q2-Based on the two readings, provide 3-4 examples of what you would need to take into consideration for the shopping trip. Give a brief explanation to support each example.