Community Service Worker Role
Practical Report (20%)
Word Count: 1250 words
You are playing the role of a community service worker supporting an adult client who is seeking an order to protect herself and her children from family violence. You are required to investigate your local court and associated family violence support services and submit a written support plan for your client.
Based on your individual research, your written report must include the following:
(a) A review of the structure, and purpose of the court in the context of the family violence matter; (b) A summary of the legal process your client must follow to obtain a protection order;
(c) An overview of the range of relevant support services available in connection with the court that would assist your client;
(d) An explanation of how you (as the community service worker) would prepare for court if you received a subpoena or summons to attend court as a witness in your client’s case;
(e) Identify and discuss any ethical issues that could arise for your client, and for you, in your role as a community service professional assisting in this matter. Include a description of how you would respond to the ethical issues you have identified. The format of your report will be discussed in greater detail during tutorials.
You must use APA 7 Referencing. You must include a reference section in your report and acknowledge any sources that you use, including all web-based sources. Please include at least 5 referenced sources. Do NOT utilise sources such as www.tutor2u.com and other such web materials as these in no way constitute academic references for the purpose of your assignment. If you rely on such sources for theoretical support, you will be deemed NOT to have met the requirements of the assessment.
Assessment Criteria Criteria Weighting 100% HD
- Court structure and purpose 20%
- Summary of the legal process 20%
- Support services 20%
- Witness preparation 15%
- Ethics issues and worker response 15%
- Paragraph and sentence structure 10%
TOTAL /20
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Court structure and purpose (20% weight) Assessed the role, scope and purpose of the Court comprehensively, and accurately, noting areas for improvement
Legal process (20% weight) Synthesised the legal process comprehensively, and accurately, focussing on areas of direct relevance to the client and worker
Support services (20% weight) Support services and activities are comprehensively and accurately detailed, with clear links to the legal matter and client need
Witness preparation (15% weight) Comprehensive and accurate description of the role of the worker as witness and an excellent understanding of the preparation undertaken
Ethics (15% weight) Key ethical issues are clearly and accurately detailed, with reference to consequences and the worker response
Paragraph and sentence structure & referencing (10% weight) Clear presentation and structure. Wide range of good quality, contemporary sources that are well cited
Assessments formatting
Written assessments should be submitted in Word format only (unless otherwise specified by your tutor).
- Insert a page number at the bottom of each page.
- Margin: 2.54 cm (or 1 inch) on all sides
- Spacing: Double spacing
- Justification: Left-aligned
- Font style: Use a clear, readable font like Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri. Font size: 12 point Font colour: Black
- Avoid unnecessary graphics (e.g. photos, logos) unless required or approved by the lecturer. Appropriate graphical content would include charts, tables, and diagrams. If you are using graphics, they must be relevant and useful in supporting the content of your assessment. Use APA 7 formatting for tables.
- For standard essays, a Table of Contents is not required (unless requested by the lecturer).
- Use appropriate referencing and citation. For the Bachelor of Community Services, use the APA 7 referencing system.
- Include a reference list at the end of your assessment. It should start on a new page with the heading ‘References’.
- Observe the word count requirement. Your work will not be penalised if you go under/over the word limit. However, you may still lose marks as a result of failing to meet the assessment criteria (e.g. If you write 2000 words for a 1500-word essay, your lecturer may stop reading at the 1500-word mark and not assess the last 500 words.) NOTE: The word count excludes the cover sheet and reference list. • Direct quotations should not exceed 10% of the overall word count.