CHCPOL403C - Undertake research activities

[pcaam1]

Hi! I'm a bit stuck with trying to understand how to go about this project and I've asked my trainer to explain it to me but I just can't quite get it. I've read over the project a few times and still can't understand. Please help?

Project 1
You have been asked to assess the effectiveness of a particular service that your community service organization delivers to its clients. Your organization wants to know whether it should continue to deliver this service for a period of two years in light of recent budget restraints. You have two weeks to conduct your research. You can utilise two others staff members to assist on a part-time basis and have a budget of $1500 to use, over and above your salary and that of the other staff members. Choose one of the scenarios and write a paper explaining how would you go about conducting and reporting on the research.

In the paper you must explain how would you:
 Prepare your research plan
 Involve and consult relevant stakeholders
 Scope the project
 Identify the resources you would need
 Develop strategies for:
- identifying research targets
- collecting, collating, editing, analysing, storing and manipulating data
- assessing patterns and trends
- drawing conclusions

Scenario 1
The organization you work for providers Youth-at-Risk Outreach Services targeting young people aged 12-15 who are identified as at risk through a range of factors including homelessness and illicit drug use. The service aims to divert young people from risk-taking behavior and to prevent their entry into the formal sex industry. These services provide a range of prevention and early intervention activities that use a harm-minimisation approach, including information and referral, direct assistance, specialist counseling, support groups, health education and needle exchanges, the service conduct activities according to the specific needs of the young people in the local area.

Scenario 2
The organisation you work for is funded to deliver the Community Support Service which supports Indigenous community members and their families by providing links and referrals to a range of mainstream and Indigenous services which may include welfare and social support, family violence, child care, legal, housing and health (including drug and alcohol services). The Community Support Service supports social inclusion and community cohesion. The service assists in closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in accessing services and information.

Thank you for the help
PC

[hilalkay]

I'm stuck on this one as well...

[Lorina]

Yeah this is a tough one...

Maybe if you use Scenario 2 you can find the effectiveness of external services and how they help ATSI communities. You can discuss the importance of social inclusion... hypothetically collecting data from external services, ATSI communities etc.

What did your trainer advise you?

,
Lorina

[hilalkay]

She really didn't say anything:( because it's holiday it's hard to get in contact with trainer...

[hilalkay]

I really didn't understand would you be able to give examples please

[hilalkay]

??

[Lorina]

OK, so you will probably need to find Aboriginal Support Services within your state.

For example:

Aboriginal Family Support Services
Victorian Aboriginal Health Services

Now in each of these, find out about what they do, how they help ATSI and the community and then you can "collect data" etc.

Hope this helps!

,
Lorina

[hilalkay]

Thanks soo much :)

[Lorina]

Yeah, it's a pretty tough assignment...

If you can get in touch with your trainer to confirm what exactly you need to do, it's probably a good idea!

,
Lorina

[hilalkay]

She just said we have to choose one company that is called youth at risk and write about it:/ why should the company still be running.. and add them dot points in the writing