What happens if i don’t get everything right?
Networks: Task 2 - case studies
Task summary
This task is a series of case studies. Read the information in each case study and then answer the questions that follow.
You must answer all the questions correctly.
What resources do I need to complete this assessment?
Write your answers with a black or blue pen only.
When do I complete this task?
You will complete this task in your own time.
When is this task due?
Instructions
What happens if I don’t get everything right?
If your assessor marks any of your answers as incorrect, you will be given feedback by the assessor and asked to resubmit.
You will need to do one of the following:
Choose one of the following scenarios.
Maureen
Outline the process you would use to connect Maureen to other services utilising your networks and collaboration skills. Include any ethical and networking principles you would need to consider in this process.
Francesca
Outline the process you would use to connect Francesca into appropriate services using your networks and collaboration skills. Include any ethical and networking principles you would need to consider in this process.
Uncle Bill
Outline the process you would undertake to source possible funding for a portable dialysis machine using your networking and collaboration skills. Include any ethical and networking principles you would need to consider in this process.
Plan the way you would use your networks and collaboration skills to connect the client you have chosen (Maureen, Francesca or Uncle Bill) to appropriate services.
| Chosen scenario | |
|---|---|
| Plan for networking/collaborating to meet client need | |
| Discuss the client’s needs and identify their priority need | |
| Groups within the community you could network and collaborate with to meet the client’s needs | |
| Steps you would take to connect to these organisations | |
| Ethical and networking principles that would need to be considered | |
| What are the benefits to the organisation in this collaboration? | |
Case study 2
| How you will gather information about the PCYC and its current services? | |
|---|---|
| The relationships you will need to build with the PCYC | |
| What information about your own service you will provide to the PCYC? | |
| How would you ensure you provide the most recent information? | |
| Make suggestions regarding how the 2 organisations could collaborate so that services complement each other, rather than compete with each other |
Case study 3
Read the case study and then answer the questions related to it on the next pages.
A trainer supports new employees in women’s refuges which are located across a large geographic area and across different organisations. The new workers are studying towards their Certificate IV in Community Services.
Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
Copyright and intellectual property?
[You need to address the following aspects in your answer:
The appropriateness or otherwise of how the staff member represented their organisation
| The appropriateness or otherwise of how the staff member represented their organisation. Give reasons for your answer. |
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| The issues the trainer will communicate to the staff member, together with relevant policies and practices. |
| The reasons for and against the trainer maintaining confidentiality in this situation |
| How could the trainer avoid this issue arising in the future? |
The organisations involved currently do not have an agreement that formalises their collaboration. In the current climate of funding cuts, they think it is about time that they did arrange a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalise their collaboration.
Complete the table below with the information that’s needed in an MOU between the different organisations on how this collaboration might work.
