Assignment 2: Research a sector of the Community Services Industry
You need to choose a sector of the Community Services Industry and research the current issues influencing service delivery in that sector and answer the questions below based on your research. A sector could include: • Aged care • Home and community care • Disability services • Alcohol and other drugs • Family and domestic violence • Mental Health • Housing • Community development • Community work • Youth work and juvenile justice • Children’s services • Child protection • Employment services
Answer the following questions based on your research:
• State the sector you have researched
• Identify the current needs of this sector’s target group.
• Identify a Community Service organisation within this sector.
• What are the roles and functions of this organisation?
• What have been the organisation’s responses to the changing needs of this target group?
• How does this organisation demonstrate a commitment to access and equity principles?
• What strategies has the organisation implemented to improve work practices?
The following questions are about self-reflection.
• For each of the following, identify 2 strategies you could undertake in regards to your personal communication skills in the workplace.
• To review or reflect on your personal communication skills in the workplace (i.e. review or reflect on how well you use your skills)
• To revise your personal skills in communication in the workplace (i.e. using your reflections to revise what you do and do it differently next time)
• What is the purpose of reflecting on your own work practices?
• What work practices could you reflect on?
• Reflect on your current skills, knowledge, qualities or attributes in regards to working in the Community Services Industry and