This assessment builds on your theoretical knowledge and aims to put that theoretical learning into application.
For this assessment, you will be required to choose a case study from the list provided below. You are then required to prepare an essay, proposing an overall detailed and integrated welfare system as a specific response to your chosen scenario. In your essay, you must:
· Identify & describe how the welfare system/s is relevant to the case study and how it addresses disadvantage
· Identify & investigate resources and support services for the case study chosen and consider the funding system of the welfare system which delivers services & evaluate the services suitable for the scenario
· Explain links between human rights and welfare systems with an analysis of the protection of vulnerable groups in the community (as per the case study chosen)
· Word Count: 1300 words
Your written essay should
include at least 5 peer reviewed (scholarly) journal articles in addition to any textbook references. The format of your essay will be discussed in greater detail during tutorials.
Do NOT utilise sources such as
www.tutor2u.com
and other such web materials as these in no way constitute academic references for the purpose of your assessments. If you rely on such sources for theoretical support, you will be deemed NOT to have met the requirements of the assessment.
Case study options for Assessment 3
1. James is a 21-year-old man. He has a history of growing up with family violence and as a result he spent a lot of time in foster care and residential homes. He is Aboriginal but does not know much about his heritage and is having some identity issues. He has recently left foster care and is getting pressure from his friends to engage more in alcohol and drugs. He is not sure what is next for him, he doesn’t have a job and feels overwhelmed about life.
Consider the following:
What are the issues for James?
What can be done here for James if he attended your place of work & you were asked to assist him?
Who can help? What services can help James and how could James be encouraged to engage with these services?