Understanding Human Services Presentation
| Assignment 2 is divided into 2 parts:
Part 1) Groups up to 5 students will produce a classroom group presentation to show how a service-user group with a protected characteristic has its needs responded to by different human-service professions/occupations (1 service-user group per group and 1 different human-service profession per student). In planning and organising your group presentation, you are required to do the following: (a) outline the needs of a service-user group with a protected characteristic; According to the Equality Act 2010, there are 9 protected characteristics: age, sex, disability, religion or belief, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race (colour, nationality, ethnic origin), pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/part/2/chapter/1 https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Documents/Advice%20booklets/equlity-act-2010-overview.pdf (c) account for the role and main duties, responsibilities and tasks of the professions/occupations chosen, and the difficulties/frustrations and the eases/joys each have encountered, in developing a response to those needs – answer the following questions: Has the service-user group selected increased over time? If yes, why? How do the needs of a service-user group with a protected characteristic are met by a team of different professionals? What are the main duties/responsibilities of the professionals involved? What have the main challenges in dealing with this service-user group been? To what extent has the service-user group selected been discriminated? What arrangements would you have for improving equality and diversity? (d) An analysis of relevant policy and legislation of your service-user group with a protected characteristic, assessing whether they are meeting the needs of your chosen service-user group. A place to start your search would be the Department of Health (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health) and for policies prior to 2014 (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.doh.gov.uk/).
(e) finally, you also need to provide at least one recommendation as to how the professional role performed by each of you could further be developed in relation to your service-user group. Part 2) Students will write a 500-word Individual Reflective Commentary providing an analysis of the strengths and limitations of their individual vs group performance in the classroom group presentation. You should reflect on: (a) What did I do well in my presentation? (b) What could have I done better in my presentation? (c) Did I speak clear and loud enough? (d) Was my body language appropriate? (e) Given the short allocation of time I had to talk, did I organise my script in a consistent and straightforward way? (f) If I had to do the same task again, which aspects of my performance would I be trying to improve? You are expected to draw on both academic texts and academic journals to support your Group Presentation and your Individual Reflective Commentary. Please insert a minimum of 5 references (3 must be academic sources) at the end of your Individual Reflective Commentary (which is not included in your word count). You are expected to present your Individual Reflective Commentary in the correct format (double-space, font size 12, with page numbers and the assignment title). Use the template provided on BREO by the lecturer. (a) As with ALL your written assignments, you must use the Harvard system of referencing to cite your sources in the body of your paper. Please pay particular attention to the referencing guidelines on secondary referencing. (b) Remember good written communication is about structuring your work so that your writing is clearly signposted and developed and you guide the reader logically from one section/subsection to the next. (c) Proofread and edit your reflective commentary before handing it in and/or ask a trusted person to read it through for you. (d) Your Reflective Commentary must be word processed, double spaced and page numbered. You must also include a word count. This is part of the assignment guidelines/task so you are expected to follow these instructions. (Please use the Template available on BREO provided by the lecturer) (e) Please enter your student ID number as part of your title when uploading and submitting to BREO and put your student number (not name) on your work. For example, name you upload something like 10902888_Understanding_Human_Services_assignment_2 where 10902888 is your student number. (f) Ensure you put your student number on your work but DO NOT put your name on your work. You are reminded that plagiarism of any type will be penalised and result in a fail. |
