Coordinate Complex Case Requirements

Coordinate complex case requirements
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Table of Contents
Task 1: Short answer questions...................................................................................................................3
Task 2: Scenarios........................................................................................................................................6
Task 3 – Case management project...........................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................19
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Task 1: Short answer questions
Candidate Name:
Date:
Additional
Instructions:
The topics covered in this question are funding and contracting strategy
and reform directorate. The cultural competence in social work practice,
poverty satiation taking place in Australia, national economic & social
impact and rise and fall of welfare dependency in Australia.
Question 1.1
Outline the Planned Support model for Case Management, giving a brief summary of each of the
seven (7) steps.
In this case management the focus is on various type of programs funded by
Commonwealth department of social services. Knowledge on funded programs by government is
provided. Information on community service organization is provided with their referral forms.
A brief overview of generational poverty is given and knowledge about Welfare Dependency in
Australia is provided that what are the trends and where they need to focus in order to improve
things. Lastly on the bases of the situation certain questions are answer which help in
understanding that uncertain things can take place at any point of time and one need to be ready
to deal with them in effective and efficient manner. One should focus on the things going around
so that they would able to analysis situation and take correct decisions.
Question 1.2
Research the types of programs funded by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services
(DSS)
There are various type of programs which are funded by Commonwealth department of
social services (DSS) which area as follow-
 Certificate provided by Australian government for volunteering- Volunteers are the one
who play important role in shaping country where they focus on building stronger and
resilient communities (Commonwealth Department of Social Services. 2020).
 Bali Lifetime Rehabilitation Assistance package- In this package government provide
lifetime assistance for extra expenses for the rehabilitation purpose.
 Fair pay for workers working in social and community services- The people working for
social and community services are given fair pay as per government instruction.
 Seniors connected program- It’s a key part of government’s election policy 2019 where
focus is on providing support to old people that is about 55 age.
Write a brief summary of the funded programs including the relevant guidelines and processes
for this type of funding.
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The funded programs of Australian government are research training programme (RTP)
for scholarship for international students in which tuition fees are for free and stipend is provided
for general living. Commonwealth government university provide scholarships for Masters &
Phd students in which annual living allowance of $27,082 is provided (funded programs of
Australian. 2020).
Question 1.3
Identify a community services organization and provide an example of their referral form
Avon community services is an organization which is providing services in two streams
which are housing services and Youth services (community services organization. 2019). By
providing housing services they are helping individuals to maintain tenancy. With the help of
case management the company help in budget and maintaining of houses according to standards.
In youth services they organize six week programs with the objective to educate young people
regarding various social issues. Example of their referral form is as follow-
Question 1.4
In your own words, define generational poverty.
Generational poverty is termed as system in which families are facing difficulties due to
lack of money and are living in poverty from minimum of two generation. People belonging to
generational poverty focus on survival and deal with daily issues or challenges and do not focus
on planning (Xiu, Guo and Li, 2020).
Question 1.5
Review the article Welfare Dependency in Australia which is uploaded in the course resources.
Welfare dependency main aim is to focus on individuals belong to working age and on
cash payment receipt. This can be calculated by comparing administrative data and taking
information from ABS data on population of working age. Trends in the welfare dependency are
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