Weighting: 50%

Length: 14–16-minute audiovisual presentation and a PowerPoint (15 slides and additional slides for the title page,  case study overview, and  reference list)

Aim

The aim of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding and application of family processes, models of family work, and practice skills within social group work and family work practice.

Instructions

Position yourself as a social worker in training undertaking a placement in a community agency. You will work alongside your supervisor to support a client and their family.  Information about the client and their family will be provided on Moodle in a case study document. You are required to create an audiovisual presentation and a PowerPoint that demonstrate your understanding and application of family processes, models of family work, and practice skills.

Please follow the steps below to complete your presentation:  

(1)  Provide a summary of the case study and an overview of the presenting issues that the client and their family are experiencing.

(2)  Drawing on the theoretical concepts in this unit, articulate what is your understanding of how the presenting issue might be impacting the family members.  In your discussion, explore the family’s boundaries, roles, rules and communication patterns, as well as consider the influence of the family’s lifecycle stage. 

(3)  Drawing on at least one model of family work presented in this unit, discuss how it would inform your work with the family.  Discuss the key theoretical tenets and how you would be guided by the theoretical model, or models, to work with the family around the presenting issues.

(4)  Identify the interpersonal dynamics that you expect to emerge during family work and discuss how you would manage these.

(5)  Reflect on your reactions to this case and how you would minimise your personal bias when working with the family.

(6)  Record your audiovisual presentation, including avideo of yourself speaking alongside the PowerPoint, elaborate on the points made in the PowerPoint slides. 

Literature and references

In this assessment use at least 10 contemporary references to support your discussion. You may also use seminal scholarly literature where relevant. Suitable references include peer-reviewed journal articles and textbooks. When sourcing information, consider the 5 elements of a quality reference: currency, authority, relevance, objectivity, and coverage. Grey literature sourced from the internet must be from reputable websites such as from government, university, or peak national bodies: for example, the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Requirements

·       The audiovisual presentation should be 14-16 minutes long. You will need to submit an audio recording of this presentation in the assessment submission portal. You do not need to submit a transcript of this audio presentation.

·       Develop a PowerPoint presentation.  You are not required to include content in the presenter notes section of the PowerPoint.

·       Information within slides should be referenced where appropriate.  

·       Include a reference list at the end of your presentation.  

·       All references should be documented in accordance with APA 7th edition standards.

·       Ensure the slides are succinct, engaging and demonstrates planning to address the case study and the questions.

Resources

·       You can use unit provided materials and other credible sources (e.g. journal articles, books) to reference your argument. The quality and credibility of your sources are important.

·       We recommend that you access your discipline specific library guide: the Social Work and Community Services Guide.

·       We recommend you use EndNote to manage your citations and reference list. More information on how to use EndNote is available at the CQUniversity Library website.

·       For information on academic communication please go to the Academic Learning Centre Moodle site. The Academic Communication section has many helpful resources including information for students with English as a second language.

Generative AI

·       Generative AI (GenAI) refers to any artificial intelligence that can generate new content.  Gen-AI must not be used in any way for producing the assessment task which requires demonstration of human capacities/skills/knowledge.  

·       Please be aware that certain features in programs such as Grammarly and other writing aids incorporate Gen-AI capabilities that can rewrite sentences or entire paragraphs. The use of these features to generate or substantially alter content in your submission is not allowed.

Submission

Submit a PowerPoint presentation with the audiovisual recording.

Learning Outcomes Assessed

·       Analyse the underlying philosophical tenets informing family work models

·       Explain the knowledge underpinning group and family processes to analyse social work case scenario

·       Identify, describe and apply the essential core skills for effective social group work and family work

·       Justify social work method for family and group work in a particular situation

·       Ability to organise PowerPoint effectively to create an engaging and informative presentation (10%)

·       Skills used in the audiovisual presentation and ability to stay within the task parameters (10%)

·       Application of knowledge of family processes to the case (25%)

·       Application of theoretical concepts to inform family work practice (25%)

·       Exploration of the practitioner’s role in facilitating family work (20%)

·       Quality of research and referencing (10%)

·      Refer to the marking rubric in Moodle for more detail on how marks will be assigned.

Type: Part A: Social group work program (a group submission) & Part B: Individual submission: reflection on the use of self and the group process

Weighting: 50% - Part A is worth 35%; Part B is worth 15% - To pass the unit, you must achieve a minimum of 50% for this assessment.

Length: Part A 2000 words +/- 10% & Part B: 650 words +/- 10%

Aim

The aim of this assessment is to examine how group work can be utilised as a method of change and what knowledge and skills are required for the purpose of facilitating change.

This assessment has two components: (1) Part A is a social group work program; (2) Part B is a reflection of your own and peer contributions to the groupwork process.

Part A: Instructions

In week 7, you will be allocated to groups of three, to work with two other students.

You are to position yourself as social work students who are completing a field education placement in the same human service organisation.  Your supervisor has asked you to research the needs of your community and develop a short-term group work program that is four sessions long.  The program is to be informed by evidence.  

In your submission, please include an overview with the following information:

·       Brief description of the group program and why it is beneficial in the community.

·       The aims of the program and expected outcomes of participation.

·       Selection criteria for potential group members to ensure safety and enhance benefits of participation.

·       Rationale for delivering the group work rather than other social work methods such as case management, family work, or community development.

·       Practical issues to consider during planning; for example, the site, the setup, the delivery of the support group, and how any anticipated issues can be managed.

It is recommended that you present the program in A4 landscape.  For each of the group sessions, please provide an overview and the session’s purpose or objectives. In addition, it is recommended that you use the following information as column headings for each session:

·       Information and activities to be delivered

·       Research/theory informing the content

·       Research/theory informing the group process.  This information would consider the anticipated group processes associated with stages of group development and offer facilitation guidance.  

·       Methods of evaluating client change (session by session and the whole program)

Please note that the suggested format is a guide only and you are free to modify it.

Use brief statements and dot points to elaborate on the points made, keeping with the succinctness requirements for program plans.

Part B: Instructions

You are required to submit an individual reflection focused on your use of self and the group process during your group work on Part A. This reflection must include the following:

·       Discussion of your contribution as a group member: examining your strengths and areas for further personal and professional growth.

·       Exploration of group dynamics: Reflect on how your group worked together, made decisions, fulfilled group roles and managed the termination phase.  Consider any changes in your group’s dynamics over time and how differing opinions or conflict were managed.  

·       Examples from your group work: Use specific examples to support your reflection.

·       Group work literature: Incorporate relevant  literature to support your discussion.

Learning Outcomes Assessed

·       Explain the knowledge underpinning group and family processes to analyse social work case scenario

·       Identify, describe and apply the essential core skills for effective social group work and family work

·       Justify social work method for family and group work in a particular situation

·       Critically reflect on social work group work including the use of self in the group process

Literature and references

For part A of the assessment use at least 10 contemporary references to support your discussion.  For part B of the assessment use at least 4 contemporary references.

You may also use seminal scholarly literature where relevant. Suitable references include peer-reviewed journal articles and textbooks. When sourcing information, consider the 5 elements of a quality reference: currency, authority, relevance, objectivity, and coverage. Grey literature sourced from the internet must be from reputable websites such as from government, university, or peak national bodies: for example, the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Submission 

Submit your assessment via the unit Moodle site in Microsoft Word format only.  One submission per group required for Part A.  Students are required to submit Part B individually.

Generative AI

Generative AI (GenAI) refers to any artificial intelligence that can generate new content.  Gen-AI must not be used in any way for producing the assessment task which requires demonstration of human capacities/skills/knowledge.  

Please be aware that certain features in programs such as Grammarly and other writing aids incorporate Gen-AI capabilities that can rewrite sentences or entire paragraphs. The use of these features to generate or substantially alter content in your assessments is not allowed.

Requirements

·       Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, such as Times New Roman, with 2.0 line spacing and 2.54cm page margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).

·       Include page numbers on the top right side of each page in a header.

·       Use formal language.

·       Use the seventh edition American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. The CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre has an online APA Referencing Style Guide.

·       The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. The word count excludes the reference list but includes in-text references and direct quotations.

Resources

·       You can use unit provided materials and other credible sources (e.g. journal articles, books) to reference your argument. The quality and credibility of your sources are important.

·       We recommend that you access your discipline specific library guide: the Social Work and Community Services Guide.

·       We recommend you use EndNote to manage your citations and reference list. More information on how to use EndNote is available at the CQUniversity Library website.

·       For information on academic communication please go to the Academic Learning Centre Moodle site. The Academic Communication section has many helpful resources including information for students with English as a second language.

·       Submit a draft before the due date to review your Turnitin Similarity Score before making a final submission. Instructions are available here.

Assessment Criteria (Part A) 

·       Presentation and structure of the submission.  (10%)

·       Appropriateness of the group program design including its overview and alignment of its objectives with the content & activities (20%)

·       Application of knowledge of group processes and social group work skills (30%)

·       Application of theory/ research to inform the content design of the group work (20%)

·       Evaluation plan - session by session and whole of program (10%)

·       Use of references and APA referencing (10%)

·       Refer to the marking rubric in Moodle for more detail on how marks will be assigned.

Assessment Criteria (Part B) 

·      Presentation and structure of the submission.  (10%)

·      Reflection on the use of self in the group process. (40%)

·      Analysis of group dynamics throughout the group’s life cycle. (40%)

·      Use of references and APA referencing (10%)

·      Refer to the marking rubric in Moodle for more detail on how marks will be assigned.