"What Policy Changes Are Needed to Address the Mental Health Challenges of International Social Work Students on the Gold Coast?" SWK4010 Assessment

Policy Advocacy Workbook

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Week 2 Workbook Task: Identifying the cause I would like to focus on the mental health issues faced by international social work students in gold coast/ or any topic related to international students in gold coast. (It has to be very specific and not generic)

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Prompt: In this first week, your task is to think of a policy challenge that you are interested in or passionate about. (approximately 400 words)

Identifies the cause - 400 Words - Marking rubric (7 to 8 marks) Exceptional identification and conceptual discussion of the policy cause that is the focus of the proposal. The proposal has considered how wide or narrow the focus of the policy advocacy needs to be and draws on high quality and relevant literature to provide adequate background history on the cause.

your task is to think of a policy challenge that you are interested in or passionate about. The workbook tasks for this week require that:

Prior to the week 2 Tutorial

• You should consider a cause that you are interested in (e.g. Homelessness, Poverty, Asylum seekers and refugees etc.).


• Once you have identified your cause, you narrow down the focus of your area of interest so that you have a specific issue to work on for your advocacy (e.g. Women over 65 who are homeless in Logan, Student poverty for international students on the Gold Coast, Support for asylum seekers fleeing the war in Ukraine in Brisbane).

In the Week 2 tutorial

• We will support you to find out where you can findbackground information on the cause such as its history, prevalence, past attempts to address the cause by others, social problems that are associated with it, how visible the issue is to others?

• We will challenge you to consider why others should care as much about the cause as you do?

Week 3 Workbook Task: What outcomes are you seeking?

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Prompt: The week three workbook task challenges you to consider the outcomes you are seeking for your policy advocacy. (approximately 400 words)

Marking rubric (7 to 8 marks) Exceptional identification and conceptual discussion of your policy advocacy outcomes integrating high quality literature as required. You have identified a clear outcome and have clearly demonstrated whether they are short or long term (or both). Your discussion clearly demonstrates whether your outcomes are seeking a change in attitudes, behaviours or both and these decisions are well justified and supported and you have clearly articulated a short term focus that will guide the remainder of your advocacy workbook.

week three workbook task challenges you to consider the outcomes you are seeking for your policy advocacy. The workbook tasks for this week require that:

Prior to the week 3 Tutorial

• You have a clear outcome in mind for what you would like to see happen relative to you cause, such as; it receiving increased public attention, gaining additional funding to support the cause, changing public policies etc.?


• That you are clear whether these outcomes are short-term (e.g. running a town hall to raise awareness), long-term (e.g. running an ongoing campaign for changes to asylum seeker policies), or both, in nature?

During the week 3 tutorial

• We will help support you to recognise whether these outcomes will be a function of a change in attitudes, behaviours, or both?


• We will discuss techniques to decide how feasible your outcomes are and will help you to decide on a short-term focus for your advocacy

Week 4 Workbook Task: What is your target audience?

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Prompt: The week four workbook task supports you to clarify who the target audience for your advocacy will be. (approximately 400 words)

Exceptional discussion of your target audience which is clearly justified drawing on relevant literature. Your discussion demonstrates a clear understanding of the points of view that your target audience is likely to have in relation to your cause linked to relevant literature as required. Exceptionally well researched consideration of the potential support and resistance you may encounter from your target audience linked to a highly refined discussion of what your target audience stands to gain or lose from supporting your short-term advocacy goals

Week 5 Workbook Task: Strategies and Tactics

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Prompt: The week five workbook task is all about deciding on strategies and tactics for your short-term policy advocacy.(approximately 400 words)

Marking rubric 7 to 8 marks) Exceptional - discussion of the strategies and tactics that will support your desired short term advocacy goals which is linked to relevant and high quality literature. Excellent discussion of the feasibility of your strategies and tactics with a clear and well supported implementation plan that draws on a strong evidence base.

deciding on strategies and tactics for your short term policy advocacy. The workbook tasks for this week require that: You should have developed an outline for your proposed policy advocacy action and should be clear about whether this action is trying to motivate or persuade the target audience to engage in specific attitude or behaviour change relative to the desired outcome.

• You should have considered whether your policy advocacy action can feasibly be implemented and you should have a clear implementation plan.

During the week 5 tutorial

• We will discuss some examples of previous policy advocacy and will discuss whether these actions were successful, whether they needed to be modified based on the evolving nature and circumstances in the advocacy domain, such as; changes in the political, economic, and social environments, and how they used evidence-based practice approaches to support their advocacy.

Week 6 Workbook Task: How will you build and keep momentum for your advocacy?

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Prompt: The final workbook task asks you to consider how you will build momentum and keep momentum going once you have implemented your short-term policy advocacy.(approximately 400 words)

Marking rubric (8to >7.0pts Excellent)

Exceptional conceptual discussion of how you will build and maintain momentum for your policy advocacy which is supported by relevant literature and has a clearly articulated and well supported plan for capturing feedback to inform the advocacy for your cause into the future.

The final workbook task asks you to consider how you will build momentum and keep momentum going once you have implemented your short term policy advocacy. The workbook tasks for this week require that:

• To have an outline with several suggested strategies for building and keeping momentum ready to share with others


• You should have a plan for how you will capture feedback on how these strategies are going so that you will know whether they are being effective, or whether you need to change course.

During the week 6 tutorial

• We will discuss some of your strategies so that you can receive feedback from your peers.


• We will look at examples of successful policy advocacy and will use these to consider whether there are lessons that we can apply to our cause.