This assessment requires you to undertake a Group Work task based on an analysis of a piece of occupational justice literature. This is a presentation activity. This assessed Group Work Presentation assessment is designed to facilitate early engagement in the unit material.

You are required, in pairs or small groups as allocated in week 1 by the unit coordinator, to present on ONE journal paper from the OCCT12002 material reading list for tutorial discussion in the relevant learning module. This reading list will be supplied to you in week 1 and is in addition to the weekly readings. Use of Powerpoint to prepare the key points is recommended, so as to facilitate creating a summary for posting on Moodle.

Up to four key questions should be prepared to facilitate tutorial discussion about this journal paper including its findings, strengths, limitations and implications. All sources must be acknowledged using APA referencing style. Each student within a pair/group will receive the same mark based upon the delivery of the assessment presentation, so it is important that work allocations are shared equally, that your partner/group is accountable for their contribution to the overall assessment. As part of this assessment, student peers will be expected to read the paper, provide constructive feedback and discuss questions raised as part of the tutorial discussion on each paper presented. This will occur across the weeks identified in your schedule to ensure early student engagement in the occupational justice literature.

Use the following as a guide to prepare your powerpoint presentation slides:

1. Study title & aim of the paper (1 slide)
2. Background – key literature that provides justification for the paper (2 slides max)
3. The occupational justice issues raised (2-4 slides)
4. Your appraisal – strengths, limitations, contribution to your understanding of occupational justice and implications for occupational therapy (2 slides) - use your skills from EBP here
5. Issues/questions – up to 4 questions that you have identified for discussion (1 slide)

The presentation is required to be for a length of 20 minutes, which includes facilitating the class discussion.

This assessment is designed to assist you to develop skills in reflection, analysis, professional reasoning and report-writing. You will complete a written report based on your research of either a) disadvantaged indigenous communities located anywhere throughout the world or b) post-conflict areas anywhere in the world. This task is designed to give you understanding and perspectives when whole communities may be affected by occupational injustices. Your research must include journal articles and text book sources as provided in the unit materials and you must demonstrate evidence of wider reading of the professional, peer-reviewed literature. Please include a minimum of fifteen references in your reference list. Your report must include an analysis of the following:

• Description of the issue
• The occupational injustice themes that have arisen as a result of this
• The occupational challenges experienced by the group/population in question
• An analysis of the occupational therapy role or opportunities for occupational therapy contribution to promoting occupational justice and any relevant theoretical frameworks/models supporting that role

Quality of description and analysis of the global issue (10)

Quality of description and analysis of the global issue as an occupational injustice issue (10)

Evidence of research and investigation into the role of OT in promoting occupational justice as it applies to this issue (20)

Effective written communication (10)

Refer to Moodle for full details and assessment rubric

This assessment is designed to allow you to integrate the knowledge you have gained during this unit with the information you have sourced from community-based services. Presenting to colleagues, peers and clients is an important professional skill for you to master over the duration of your Bachelor of Occupational Therapy course. You will share your final report and insights in a 15 minute presentation to your teaching staff and peers. In addition, you will design a 4-page compendium/prospectus/brochure (front cover, back cover and contents on the two middle pages) that highlight your chosen organisation, their mission, the services they provide and to whom those services are offered, and then your interpretation of how those services are addressing occupational injustices. This is a visual summary of your reflections on this assessment activity.

Preparation steps are required before you present your final assessment. This will involve researching local community volunteer and service organisations in the Central Queensland and Wide Bay local areas. You will be issued with relevant lists by the teaching team at the commencement of term. Choose one of those organisations. Research the organisation’s mission, the clientele it serves and the nature of programs and services it provides. Attendance at the organisation will be required (at the organisation's convenience). Many of these organisations do not have occupational therapy staff or volunteers and so will not see the services through the same ‘occupational justice’ lens that we do, so it will be your task to translate the information you gather and apply that ‘occupational justice’ lens. Consider the following in your preparation and collating your presentation:

Preparation and planning for contact/background research

• You may start out doing online research to understand the organisation's structure, vision, mission statements, target client/consumer population and staffing
• The organisation may be one that you already volunteer with- please check with the lecturing team about suitability in the context of OCCT12002
• As part of immersing yourself in the occupational justice experience, you may wish to consider volunteering in your chosen organisation. Although volunteering is not a requirement of you as part of OCCT12002, it would enhance the depth of your learning and you are asked to consider it as an option
• At the very least, you are expected to organise a meeting and spend some time at the service (at the convenience of the organisation and its' personnel)
• It is recommended that you approach the organisation (with a letter of introduction - template supplied by the unit coordinator) and request an interview with a service manager/program manager/CEO in order to obtain more details and enrich your knowledge about their services
• Your lecturing team will post a list of suitable organisations across ROK & BDG

During your visits/interviews/observations at the organisation

• Identify and describe the situations where people accessing the services are experiencing occupational injustice and explore the causes
• Consider why they require the services of this organisation and how is it supporting them
• Identify and describe how the services being provided are in some way promoting occupational participation and engagement (and relate these to occupational justice concepts)
• Identify and describe one way in which the work, skills and knowledge of an occupational therapist might contribute to the work and services that are being offered by this organisation

Following your visit/s

• Consider maintaining a reflection journal to identify and monitor your observations and learning that occur during your visits/interviews
• Relate what you have learned to occupational justice concepts
• Compile your presentation in a way that demonstrates your understanding of the concepts in this unit, with focus on occupational justice/injustice issues, the ways in which the services are promoting occupational participation and engagement, and ways in which occupational therapy could contribute to the everyday functioning of these organisations
  

Compile all of this information into a Power-point presentation, and present the PDF handout to your lecturers on the morning of the assessment.

Content & Conceptual Knowledge of "Occupational Justice at the Local Level" (10)

Quality of analysis (10 )

Skill in relating the description & analysis to the OT role (15)

Facilitation of Q & A session (5 marks)

Presentation delivery and quality (10 marks)