Project Plan- Engaging with rural communities
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Assessment #1 – Project Plan
Assessment task

Project Plan- Engaging with rural communities (1350) Due date: 27th April- 5 pm

In the current socio-political environment there is a decline in rural industries and many rural and regional communities are struggling to survive.

Part 1 (500 words)
Identify one of the rural and regional towns that have recently suffered industry closure, job losses and/or population decline. Examine how this might impact upon families, youth and older people, and social work practice in this context.

Part 2 (850 words)
Using the community development approach discuss how you would work with that community to address this issue.

The plan should include the following steps (These should be used as headings).
• Create a vision
• Assess the current situation
• Set goals
• Establish objectives
• Develop action plans
• Implementation of action plans
• Evaluation plan
Assessment criteria:

Part 1

You should be able to demonstrate your ability to critically analyse the social issues faced by the rural community in the context of socio- economic, cultural and political changes. This needs to be evidenced with research in this area.

Part 2

Demonstrate a sound knowledge of community development approach
Apply CD approach to work with the selected rural communities in order to address the identified issue (It should reflect in goals, objectives and action plans).
Demonstrate an understanding of rural practice

This assignment will be assessed using the marking criteria and standards as given in the feedback sheet and listed above.

Formatting requirements for this assignment are; size 12 Times New Roman font, 1.5 spacing, text justified, pages numbered, margin 2.5cm. Minimum 8-10 references required; Harvard referencing conventions apply. Assignments that exceed the word limit (plus or minus 10%) are not acceptable. Markers will only mark to the word limit. Include the Word count below.