Practical Report

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Assessment 2: Practical Report (30%)Human Computer Interaction
Due Date: Friday of Week 8
Word Count: 1400-1600 words
You are playing the role of a community service worker supporting a young adult son who is 18 years
old who is seeking an order to protect himself from family violence perpetrated by his step-father at
home where the son lives with his mother and step-father. You are required to investigate your local
court and relevant support services and submit a written Support Plan for your client (i.e., the 18 year
old son).
Based on your individual research, your written Support Plan must include the following:
(a) The location and role of the local court in the context of seeking a family violence protection order;
(b) A summary of the legal process as it relates to protecting the adult son from family violence by order of the
court;
(c) An overview of the local support services available in connection with the court and external to the
court that would assist your client;
(d) An explanation of how you (as the community service worker) would prepare if you received a
subpoena to both submit your file notes, and attend court as a witness in this case;
(e) Identify and discuss two ethical issues that could arise for you in your role as a community service
professional assisting the adult son in this matter. Include a description of how you would respond
to the ethical issues that 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 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 D C P F
Court location and role 20%
Summary of the legal process 20%
Support services 20%
Preparation 15%
Ethics issues and worker response 15%
Paragraph and sentence structure 10%
TOTAL /30%

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Criteria for
report		 High Distinction
80% -100%		 Distinction
70%- 79%		 Credit
60-69%		 Pass
50-59%		 Fail
0-49%
Local court and
role (20%
weight)		 Assessed the role of
the local court
comprehensively
and accurately.		 Assessed the role
of the local court in
a way that is
generally detailed
and accurate.		 Assessed the role
of the court in a
way that is
generally detailed
and accurate.		 Assessed the role
of the court with
some inaccuracies.		 Superficial and
inaccurate
assessment of the
role of the court.
Legal process
(20% weight)		 Synthesized the
legal process
comprehensively,
and accurately,
focusing on areas of
direct relevance to
the elderly father
and the worker.		 Summarized the
legal process
comprehensively
and accurately.		 Summarized the
legal process in a
way that is
generally detailed
and accurate.		 Attempted to
summarize the
legal process with
some inaccuracy.		 Superficial and
inaccurate summary
of the legal process.
Support
services (20%
weight)		 Support services at
court and external to
the court are
comprehensively and
accurately detailed,
with clear links to
the legal matter and
the father’s needs.		 Support services
and activities are
comprehensivel
y and accurately
detailed.		 Support services
and activities are
presented in a way
that is generally
detailed and
accurate.		 Support services
and activities are
presented with
some inaccuracy
and limited detail.		 Superficial and
inaccurate
presentation of
support services and
activities.
Preparation
(15% weight)		 Comprehensive and
accurate description
of the role of the
worker in providing
documentary
evidence and as a
witness present in
court. Demonstrates
an excellent
understanding of the
preparation needed.		 Good description of
the role of the
worker in providing
documentary
evidence and as a
witness in court.
Demonstrates a
good understanding
of the preparation
undertaken.		 Description of role
of the worker in
providing
documentary
evidence and as a
witness in court
that is generally
detailed and
accurate.		 Description of the
role of the worker
in providing
documentary
evidence and as a
witness in court
with some
inaccuracy and
limited detail.		 Superficial and
inaccurate
description pf role of
the worker in
providing
documentary
evidence and as a
witness in court.
Ethics (15%
weight)		 Two key ethical issues
are clearly and
accurately detailed
with an excellent
discussion of the
worker response.		 Two key ethical
issues are clearly
and accurately
detailed with a
good discussion of
the worker
response.		 Two ethical
issues are
identified with
some discussion
of the worker
response.		 An ethical issue is
identified and
described in some
detail. Limited
discussion of the
worker response.		 Ethical issues are not
identified and no
discussion of the
worker response.

 

Paragraph &
sentence
structure &
referencing
(10%
weight)		 Clear presentation
and structure. Wide
range of good quality
contemporary
sources that are well
cited.		 Clear presentation
and structure.
Range of good
quality sources
cited.		 Mostly clear
presentation and
structure.
Sources are
adequately cited.		 Large sections of the
support plan are
unclear and
unstructured.
References were
basic with frequent
errors of citation.		 Unclear presentation
and disordered
structure. Referencing
missing from major
sections of content.

 

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