Assessment 3: Advocacy Report (35%)
Due Date: Week 9
Word count: 1800-2000 words
Title: Family Violence Policy
Imagine you are working for a non-government organisation in a front-line case work position. For several months, you and your fellow workers have had discussions about extending your practice to policy advocacy. You approach a manager who agrees to provide a 6-week full time project (out of philanthropic funds). They ask you to develop an advocacy approach for the agency that would contribute to policy change to one policy area. Your fellow workers agree to give you the task of researching and preparing a report for the agency.
Selecting a family violence policy area that you have analysed in this subject, write a report for the imagined agency including the following questions.
1. An overview of relevant theories of family violence policy change that could guide your work.
2. A brief scan of responsible government departments, non-government organisations, research organisations and peak bodies working in that policy area and the policy changes they are working on.
3. An aspect of the family violence policy that you think is worth changing and a justification for that change.
4. A beginning plan for policy change:
a. With whom in the sector would you work, what kind of campaign, actions or strategies do you think would suit your agency and this family violence policy change?
b. Which groups, individuals, public officials or organisations would you target for your policy advocacy plan?
The report will be between 1800-2000 words and be formatted with headings and an executive summary, and will have 9 references to literature using APA7 style.
Assessment 3: Advocacy Report (35%) Marking Criteria
Criterion Mark Fail Pass Credit Distinction HD
Demonstrated comprehension of the rational and political processes involved in social policy design 20 Student does not demonstrate
understanding of concepts or student plagiarises most material therefore does not demonstrate understanding Limited understanding Students has limited understanding of the rational and political processes involved in social policy design Mixed comprehension of the rational and political processes involved in social policy design Very good comprehension of the rational and political processes involved in social policy design Excellent comprehension of the rational and political processes involved in social policy design
Demonstrate an understanding of policy practice for community service work including analysis and advocacy 20 Student does not demonstrate understanding of policy practice for community service work including analysis and advocacy or plagiarises too much Limited understanding of policy practice for community service work including analysis and advocacy Mixed understanding practice for community service work including analysis and advocacy Very good understanding and application of policy practice for community service work including analysis and advocacy Excellent understanding and application of policy practice for community service work including analysis and advocacy
Depth and quality of analysis 20 Does not demonstrate
analysis skills or plagiarises too much Limited ability. Student either stays with the text or with the theory
but doesn’t link between them well Mixed analysis skills, demonstrates some ability to move between texts Very good ability to show connections between the policy, the literature and the learning materials Excellent ability to synthesise literature, learning material and policy documents
Demonstrated use of literature 20 Does not use the required number and type or plagiarises Uses less than the required number and occasionally uses them in the argument Uses the required number and type but the utilisation is mixed Very good use of the required number and type of literature and can use
the literature to support an argument Excellent use of the required number and type of literature and is able to use literature to support own voice.
Writing, structure, expression, accurate APA 7 references 20 Incorrect APA or below expected language structure and expression Good expression and minor errors in APA Very good expression and minor errors in APA Very good expression and always