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Discuss strategies for planning and evaluating a topical project in health and community Services

Action Plan Proposal Project title Title to be chosen by students Target Group First you need to research on https://profile.id.com.au to find some demographic information on this community, where they live, where they are from etc. Research information on the consequences for your group ie international students and the impact of Covid, visa status, current government policies etc. Then… Describe the group you have chosen ie International students. Paint a picture in 200 – 300 words of this group. Remember this is the picture that your funding body need to see to fully understand who you are aiming to help and why you want to help them (Include some demographic information and briefly state the problems that your chosen group are experiencing and the types of disadvantages, barriers and issues evident in this community) Note any strengths and assets of the community as well ie Funding available $30,000 per year for 2 years = total project funding $60,000 Rationale and Background Overall purpose / Rational and relevance Aim of the project Rational: Then describe why this project is needed? Explain how the project will respond to assessed needs and issues of your chosen group ie International student community? Approx. 100 – 150 words AIM: An overarching goal that describes what you want this project to achieve. One or 2 sentences Outcomes / Impact List 5 – 10 outcomes for this project in bullet point form. By the end of the project the students will be able • To express their…… • To Approach https://profile.id.com.au/ Implementation Activities and Strategies Implementation Strategy: How will the project outcomes be achieved? Clearly describe the overall approach to be followed. Is there a theme or an overarching approach? What strategies and activities will this project use to work? What strategies or activities are you are using Approx. 250 – 300 words Project timeline The duration of the project is 24 months. Provide an outline of the different stages of the project i.e. getting started, where will the project be in 3 months’ time / six months’ time etc What milestones will we need to reach along the way? Ie what will we achieve by 3 months (planning stage), by 6 months (the first group of participants will have finished) etc How will it contribute in the long term to changing people’s lives e.g. capacity building? Stakeholders Stakeholders are the people who are involved with the program and who will benefit from this program Who are the key partners? How could they be involved in project design and delivery? Who are the other key stakeholders affected by the problem and who could be influential in solving the problems / challenges for the young people? Ownership: What critical measures are taken for ensuring the ownership, rights, interests, opportunities, needs and participation of the direct beneficiary groups and key partners? - Committee of management for the project to make sure governance is being followed ie policies, processes etc - Gaining feedback from participants to make sure the project is meeting their needs - Local politician checking in to see if the project is on track - If project involves young people, everyone involved will need Working With Children Check and Police Check Budget The total income for this project is $60,000 You must provide details of all costs related to the project: Human Resources, Technical / Resources and Admin costs. This to be discussed in your group and added to your report in Annexe A: Project Budget Project management Project management and implementation Who will be carrying out the different project activities and be accountable for the outputs? Describe the arrangements for project management and how and why key implementation partners have been selected with reference to their expertise and added value i.e. an Art Therapist who will provide specialised counselling; an IT expert for Digital Literacy would provide specialised training on laptops, smart phones etc Monitoring and Evaluation How to you plan to evaluate the project? What methods will you use and at what points in the project will you use them? For example Outcome Method Who will conduct it Stage of project .to improve social interaction… Observation, - Event participation #, stories of change Staff, students Throughout., At events, Post events Remember to include the principles of evaluation: Participation, Empowerment, Consent, Confidentiality Sustainability Sustainability – how will you make your project sustainable ie make sure there are enough community members to take over once you leave – capacity building, empowerment 250 – 300 words Annexe A: Project Budget Budget Expenditure Item Details Cost Total Example: Art Therapist 1 x 2 hour session weekly $100 per session x 40 sessions $4,000 Annexe B: Timeline Quarters (3 month blocks) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Key Activities 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Hiring Art Therapist x x x x x x x x x x x

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Action Plan Proposal
	
Project title
	
Health Promotion and Community Development for the International Student
	Target Group
	
The chosen community intervention with respect to the mental health issues are the international students. As discussed by Jackson (2017) that the studies have shown that international students are at the increased risk of experiencing por mental health, with the isolation from their families and the culture, language barriers, financial stress and along with the academic pressure that increases the stress among them, and that too considerably more than the domestic students. The present challenges faced by the physical and mental challenges, the reality of staying and studying in Australia does not match with the expectations of the international students, the difficulties in properly assessing the services because of the discrimination faced by them, the financial, employment and the housing stress faced by them, the barrier in English language as many international students are not proficient in the English language, experience of harassment, bullying and racism and lastly the limited resources available to them.  The majority of international students do face these types of challenges, which further increases the mental pressure of them. Not only in the boundaries of the college or university campus, but the international students also face problems or discrimination in the local areas of Australia. There are incidents that the international students are not receiving necessary passes or proper safety while availing the public transport. The incidents are also reported regarding the lack of proper service awareness especially regarding the health insurance coverage, which also leads to a huge service gap. Hence, these issues calculatedly create immense pressure both on mental and physical aspects (Alsahfi & Shin, 2019). Therefore, there is a need for developing the community related initiates which will provide both physical health and mental health support to the international students. 
	
Funding available
	
$30,000 per year for 2 years = total project funding $60,000
	
Rationale and Background
	
Overall purpose / Rational and relevance
Aim of the project
	
Rational: 
The project is aimed to intervene the problem faced by the international student during their stay and academic course duration. The project will help in initiating good practices among the students and another stakeholder to ensure that a national international student mental health strategy is developed that could bring together all the stakeholders and the government levels across the education sector to initiate successful progress in addressing this issue. The project will further look into the matters that are also important such as the mental health, physical safety, financial issues, the employment issues, stress related with the harassment and bullying and  lastly the public safety. The project will provide guidelines that will enable in providing simpler and more easily accessible information on the support system and also delivering of the services. A collaborative approach will be initiated with the involvement of both internal and external stakeholders. 
AIM: 
1. Building the mental health and physical safety literacy and awareness.
2. Prevention and early identification of the risk or the emerging issues related with the mental health among international students. 
	
Outcomes / Impact
	
· The students will now be able to freely express their desire and their need to the teachers, the fellow students and the relevant stakeholders
· The discrimination with the international students will be reduced to a huge extent
· The community development initiative will help the students in getting access to the necessary health related interventions
·  The students will now be able to access the resources of the educational system in a more proper and independent manner
· The students will be able to access the opportunities available post education, such as employment or further more higher education
· The students will receive more participative opportunity, and further their will be a huge reduction in the discrimination and harassment  
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	Approach
	
	
Implementation Activities and Strategies
	
Implementation Strategy: 
The project is meant for addressing the issues related with the mental health challenges faced by the international students in Australia. The students coming down to Australia belong to many third world countries also, therefore they face the similar kind of discrimination as faced by the Aboriginal people in Australia. Hence, it is important to address these issues with a proper strategy which will address all the aspects:
· At first a collaborative approach is required to be implemented, which will be university or colleges, the existing local, state and national communication channel, along with various stakeholders.
· Implementing training and development initiatives for all in order to properly enable the acceptance of the international students.
· Proper development of policy and ensure the commitment is received from the leadership in order to properly implement initiatives to address the issues of the mental health and further facilitating the ease for the students.
· Providing more of mental health and physical safety literacy and awareness for both the international and domestic students. The training session must also be given to the relevant stakeholders in order to properly reduce the discrimination and the stress among the international students. This initiative will further enhance the accepting attitude among all. 
· Proper interventions will be developed which will identify the symptoms of this mental health issues among the international students as early as possible, and also try to prevent such issues. This will help in developing proper guidelines that will identify these issues. The appointment of psychiatrist is required along with counsellor who will look after these issues and provide necessary counselling to the students who are suffering. 
· The initiatives for addressing the mental health issues among the international students must be culturally appropriate and also, they must be tailored according to the issues faced by the students. Since, the students are coming from various countries, therefore, it is necessary to properly respect their background, and also the interventions must be prepared according to their problems (Altback & De Wit, 2018). 
	
Project timeline
	
The total timeframe provided for this project is for 24 months. However, various activities are divided based on the timeline, which is as follows:
· First three months of the project: In the first three months the prime objective is to identify the relevant issues and also the relevant stakeholders involved in this entire situation.

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