CQUniversity Unit Profile.

Objective

The first assessment for this unit consists of a Case Study. This first assessment is a PASS or FAIL assessment and a PASS must be attained to meet the PASS requirement for this entire unit.

The Case Study assessment will encourage you to develop an understanding of the interplay and relationship between personal and workplace factors in promoting, impacting and maintaining psychological mental health in the workplace.

The Case Study assessment will provide you with the opportunity to apply theory; understand the importance of conducting assessments and review resources and processes for the purpose of strengthening psychological well-being in the workplace.

Case Study

You will identify and clearly define a staff psychological well-being concern from a workplace scenario that will be provided to you. You will be required to write a case study from the information presented in the workplace scenario. This assessment will allow for the development and understanding of your knowledge of risks, personal resilience and the inter-relationship between personal strengths and weaknesses that an individual may have and how these are impacted on, in a positive or negative way in a workplace space.

The Case Study assessment will be 'open' and made available from 13 July and will 'close' for submission on 24 August. The expected word count is 1000 words +/- 10%. This word count does not include the Reference page. Formatting for the assessment will be APA style and information pertaining to this style of referencing is available on the unit Moodle site.

Make sure that you read the marking criteria for this case study assessment as it will guide you as how you can attain a PASS for this assessment. You are expected to demonstrate that you have read wider than the unit materials available in the eReading list (available in the unit Moodle site) and that you demonstrate an ability to source and cite correctly from a range of scientific papers, books and articles.

This assessment allows you to apply knowledge and skills covered in the unit as well as display a level of insight and clarity into your own professional capabilities.

Standard requirements:

Academic convention with regard to presentation and content need to be followed in this assessment even though this is a case study piece of work. Therefore it must adhere to the prescribed word count of 1500 words +/- 10%, contain in-text citation where relevant and a reference list, in addition to presenting good standards of spelling and grammar. Other presentation standards include at least 1.5 line spacing and 12 point font, preferably Arial.

Further details will be available on the unit Moodle site.

Full marking criteria is available on the unit Moodle site and includes:

• Demonstration of a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between personal and workplace factors in promoting and maintaining psychological mental health in the workplace
• Identify and argue an understanding and application of theories and frameworks relevant to workplace mental health
• The application of skills, knowledge and resources at times of crisis to support staff mental health and well-being
• Originality
• Independent reading and research
• Accurate and appropriate reference style applied in the body of the assessment and in the Reference list (APA reference style)
• Standard requirements (presentation, word count, submission date, spelling and coherency in writing, grammar, use of supporting evidence)

Objective

The second assessment for this unit consists of a powerpoint or equivalent presentation (not to be presented in person but submitted via the Moodle site, for viewing and marking by the Unit Coordinator), on a topic of your choice relating to any aspect of diversity in the workplace OR alternatively, a workplace behaviour that may require intervention such as a Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support. The chosen workplace behaviour may NOT be the same as the topic identified and written on in Assessment One (Case Study).

The powerpoint assessment provides you with the opportunity to articulate and develop how to support an aspect of diversity in a workplace OR how to identify and support a workplace behaviour that requires Employee Assistance Program (EAP) intervention.

Question

You are required to produce a powerpoint presentation or equivalent which demonstrates a theoretical and informed understanding of an aspect of diversity in the workplace OR alternatively, a workplace behaviour that requires intervention such as EAP. You are free to choose any aspect of diversity in the workplace OR a workplace behaviour that may require intervention such as EAP, that is not directly addressed within the unit topics for the powerpoint presentation. However, if you decide to choose an aspect or subject not included in the unit topics please check the suitability of the choice with the unit co-ordinator.

Your powerpoint presentation or equivalent MUST include at least ONE slide addressing each of the following aspects:

• With reference to theory, suggest why the topic you have chosen to write on is an aspect of diversity OR a workplace behaviour requiring intervention such as EAP
  There must be a minimum of 4 separate bullet points on a slide covering the reference to theory (for either an aspect of diversity OR a workplace behaviour requiring intervention)
  Define the details of the aspect of diversity OR a workplace behaviour requiring intervention such as EAP 
  Outline how and if the awareness and understanding of the aspect of diversity OR a workplace behaviour requiring intervention such as EAP has shifted in any way, over time
  Identify some of the common reactions to the form of diversity OR the workplace behaviour requiring intervention such as EAP
  A summary of a journal article/chapter of a book/internet article discussing the selected aspect of diversity OR workplace behaviour requiring intervention such as EAP

Your powerpoint presentation or equivalent MUST also include:

• One slide covering the Learning Objectives/Outcomes for the powerpoint presentation or equivalent
  A minimum of FIVE images in the presentation
  A minimum of THREE references provided from the unit content from Week 4 through to Week 10
  One slide presenting a summary of the topic of the powerpoint presentation or equivalent
  One slide on References (APA style)
  
  Other aspects that are optional but that may be considered in relation to your selected aspect of diversity OR workplace behaviour requiring intervention such as EAP, powerpoint presentation or equivalent can be:
  
• Have there been any positive effects within the workplace from the chosen aspect of diversity OR workplace behaviour requiring intervention?
  Is the aspect of diversity OR workplace behaviour requiring intervention relatively the same across gender, culture, political, geographical and/or religious beliefs (as examples only, there may be other dimensions that can be discussed in the powerpoint presentation)? 
  What have been or who are the predominant antagonists or alternatively supporters, for positive change for the aspect of diversity OR a workplace behaviour requiring intervention in the workplace (i.e. managers, corporations, informed research, human resources (HR)?

Although the internet can be accessed as a knowledge source for this assessment, a reliance exclusively on material gained from the use of search engines such as Google is NOT acceptable and using Wikipedia as a reference source is also NOT acceptable. Think about the quality of the information required for this assessment and how you can access reliable, peer reviewed, well-authored material. Please refer to the eReading list in the unit Moodle page for source material and as a starting point for answering some of the questions. Further guidelines for this assessment will be available in the unit Moodle page and in discussion in the weekly tutorials.  

Standard Requirements - Power Point

The Power Point assessment will be 'open' and made available from 07 August and will 'close' for submission on 21 September. The expected Power Point slide count is 10 - 20 slides maximum and needs to be a document that would inform a 20 minute presentation. If using powerpoint or the equivalent, there should be no less than 10 and no more than 20 slides inclusive of 'Title' and 'References' slides. The powerpoint or equivalent assessment needs to adhere to to academic conventions and as such have correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and referencing (APA reference style). other presentation standards include 18-25 point font (with the exception of the title slide, slide headings, the reference slide and copyright or source acknowledgements for images).

Make sure that you read the marking criteria for this Power Point assessment as it will guide you as how you can attain a PASS for this assessment. You are expected to demonstrate that you have read wider than the unit materials available in the eReading list (available in the unit Moodle site) and that you demonstrate an ability to source and cite correctly from a range of scientific papers, books and articles.

You will NOT be required to verbally present the powerpoint presentation, but only submit your presentation for viewing and marking by the co-ordinator.

This assessment allows you to apply knowledge and skills covered in the unit as well as display a level of insight and clarity into your own professional capabilities and understanding of diversity in the workplace OR alternatively, when and how to access resources for staff well-being such as Employee Assistance Programs.

Full marking criteria is available on the unit Moodle site and may include:

• Identify an understanding of theories and frameworks relevant to contemporary research on diversity in the workplace OR a workplace behaviour requiring intervention such as EAP
• The application of skills, knowledge and resources at times of complex mental health presentations by staff in the workplace
• Originality
• Independent reading and research
• The use of supporting evidence
• Adherence to assessment requirements
• Presentation
• Accurate and appropriate reference style applied in the body of the assessment and in the Reference list (American Psychological Association style)
• Standard requirements (presentation, word count, submission date, spelling and coherency in writing, grammar, use of supporting evidence)

Objective

The third assessment for this unit consists of the development of a Workplace Wellness Initiative Plan in a workplace that you are familiar with. This third assessment is a PASS or FAIL assessment and a PASS must be attained to meet the PASS requirement for this entire unit.

The Workplace Wellness Initiative Plan assessment will enable you to reflect on the development and implementation of wellness/mental health focused supports in the workplace.

Workplace Wellness Initiative Plan Assessment

The Workplace Wellness Initiative Plan assessment will be 'open' and made available from 7 September and will 'close' for submission on 9 October. The expected word count is 1000 words +/- 10%. This word count does not include the Reference page. Formatting for the assessment will be American Psychological Association (APA) style and information pertaining to this style of referencing is available on the unit Moodle site.

The Workplace Wellness Initiative Assessment will encourage you to develop foundational knowledge and skills, and demonstrate understanding of the role that healthy workplaces can have on staff productivity, lowered absenteeism and positive and sustainable mental health for staff in a workplace. This assessment will provide you with the opportunity for ongoing engagement with the unit material and enable you to articulate critical knowledge pertaining to a variety of Workplace Wellness Initiaitives; their purpose, function, reliability and motivations for establishing in a workplace.  Make sure that you read the marking criteria for this Workplace Wellness Initiative Plan assessment as it will guide you as how you can attain a PASS for this assessment. You are expected to demonstrate that you have read wider than the unit materials available in the eReading list (available in the unit Moodle site) and that you demonstrate an ability to source and cite correctly from a range of scientific papers, books and articles.

This assessment allows you to apply knowledge and skills covered in the unit as well as display a level of insight and clarity into your own professional capabilities and understanding of applying a wellness/mental health initiative in a workplace.

Standard requirements

A student must obtain a PASS mark for each assessment to successfully pass this unit.

Formal assessment work are considered academic pieces of work and as such should follow academic conventions with regard to presentation. The Workplace Wellness Initiative Plan assessment must contain in-text citations following APA formatting style, a reference list and excellent standards of spelling and grammar.

Full marking criteria is available on the unit Moodle site and includes:

• Review of skills, knowledge and available resources to support staff mental health and wellness in the workplace
• Development of personal and/or collective group action plan/s to support and sustain positive mental health and wellness in the workplace
• Independent reading and research
• Accurate and appropriate reference style applied in the body of the assessment and in the Reference list using American Psychological Association (APA) style
• Standard requirements (presentation, word count, submission date, spelling and coherency in writing, grammar, use of supporting evidence)