SWK93: Working with Organisations & Communities Essay, SUSS, Singapore: Plan the steps of conducting a community needs assessment of residents living in rental housing

Questions:

1. Plan the steps of conducting a community needs assessment of residents living in rental housing, and discuss how you would practice sensitivity to diversity throughout the process.

Illustrate this practice at each step of the needs assessment. (36 marks) – Will require literature backup such as from journal articles, HDB website, and stats – To base on local context (Singapore) on sensitivity on diversity issues – See S4 SWK slides for info on needs assessment – Refer to Kirst-Ashman model (5 functions) under the same deck; can consider aligning to proposed programme in Q2 – See S9 SWK slides for model of comm development 2.

(i) Design a comprehensive Logic Model for a programme that targets seniors living in rental housing. Provide a brief description of your proposed programme and the activity(s).

Use the following impact  statement to formulate your outcome statement and to guide your planning: ‘A connected community of seniors’ (Your Logic Model should be in a table format, as taught in this module) (24 marks) – See S5 SWK slides for logic model – Align to Kirst-Ashman model in S4 SWK slides – See S9 SWK slides for model of comm development – See S11 SWK slides for managing resources

(ii) Explain how the activities and components of the proposed programme are aligned to any of the functions of the community. (20 marks) – See S8 slides for info on functions of community

(iii) Examine how the proposed programme adheres to the community work principle of human rights and social justice. (10 marks) Marks are given for appropriate in-text citations and literature references in the APA7 format, and overall organisation and structure of your answer. 10 citations required. (10 marks) – Minimum words 2750 excluding reference list & in-text citation Resources / Lecture Notes – see attached files.