Assignment 2: Understanding and Analysing the Relationship between Professional and Service-User Gro

Demonstrate an understanding of the emergence and development of a professional/occupational group

1) Demonstrate an understanding of the emergence and development of a professional/occupational group and its main changes and achievements in terms of policy, professional status, power, education and influence.

2) Analyse the relationship between a professional/occupational group and a service-user group with a protected characteristic (age, sex, sexual orientation, religion and belief, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and partnership, disability, pregnancy and maternity).

What am I required to do in this assignment?

Assignment 2 is divided into 2 parts:

Groups up to 5 students will show how a service-user group with a protected characteristic has its needs responded to by different human-service professions/occupations (1 service-user group per group and 1 different human-service profession per student).

Each student will choose a different human-service profession and will produce an individual film presentation. In planning and organising your individual film presentation, each of you is required to do the following:

(a) outline the needs of a service-user group with a protected characteristic; According to the Equality Act 2010, there are 9 protected characteristics: age, sex, disability, religion or belief, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race (colour, nationality, ethnic origin), pregnancy and maternity,

(b) analyse the relationship between a professional/occupational group and a service-user group with a protected characteristic;

(c) account for the role and main duties, responsibilities and tasks of the profession/occupation you have chosen, and the difficulties/frustrations and the eases/joys it has encountered, in developing a response to those needs - answer the following questions:

Has the service-user group selected increased over time? If yes, why?

How do the needs of a service-user group with a protected characteristic are met by a team of different professionals?

What are the main duties/responsibilities of the professionals involved?

What have the main challenges in dealing with this service-user group been?

To what extent has the service-user group selected been discriminated?

What arrangements would you have for improving equality and diversity?

Students will write a 500-word Individual Reflective Commentary providing an analysis of the strengths and limitations of their performance in the individual film presentation. You should reflect on:

(a) What did I do well in my presentation?

(b) What could have I done better in my presentation?

(c) Did I speak clear and loud enough?

(d) Was my body language appropriate?

(e) Given the short allocation of time I had to talk, did I organise my script in a consistent and straightforward way?

(f) If I had to do the same task again, which aspects of my performance would I be trying to improve?

You are expected to draw on both academic texts and academic journals to support your Presentation and your Individual Reflective Commentary. Please insert a minimum of 5 references (3 must be academic sources) at the end of your Individual Reflective Commentary (which is not included in your word count)  You are expected to present your Individual Reflective Commentary in the correct format (double-space, font size 12, with page numbers and the assignment title). Use the template provided on BREO by the lecturer.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

In order to pass Assessment 2, you will need to:

· Work as a member of a group and create an individual film presentation, contributing appropriately and to deadline.

· Outline a service-user group needs and account for the role and responsibilities of the professionals involved in developing a response to those needs.

· Provide recommendations as to how the relationship between professionals, service-users and carers could be further developed demonstrating a critical understanding of diversity.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

Your lectures and seminars will focus on the needs of different service-user groups and on past, present and future development of policy, legislation and professional knowledge to assess whether they have met the needs of these different groups.

How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.