Seminar Worksheet HSE113 T1 2019

HSE113 Seminar worksheet T1, 2019
Seminar 10 (Week 10) – The older adult and evaluating your skillset
In this seminar, we will focus on the older adult and how to engage them in physical activity. We will
also further reflecting on your current skills, values and interests and how they fit with the job
description you identified last week to begin building your career development plan required within
your reflection.
By the end of the seminar you should be able to:
 Create a program of exercise for a group of older adults
 Self-evaluate your current skillset against a position description in exercise science
 Create a self-development plan for developing your skillset in future
Prior to class:
 Please bring along a copy of steps 1 to 3 of AT3
 If you have yet to complete step 1 to 3 please ensure these are completed before class.
Activity 1: The older adult living longer
This activity is designed to help you with AT3. You will be asked to reflect on the types of companies
that may work with older adults to help keep them active. Your tutor will first provide you with an
introduction to the older adult. They will provide you with information about the projected life
expectancy of Australian older adults.
The older adult living longer case study
You are a member of staff working within a company providing services to older adults over the age
of 65 years. You and your team have recently heard about a new Victorian government scheme
being offered by the health department. The scheme is offering money to companies working with
older adults to help build a program designed to keep adults active and healthy.
You and your colleagues decide to put in a funding bid. What type of program would you put
forward in your pitch?
Step 1: You will divide yourself into small groups to complete this task no more than 5 people
Step 2: Identify one member of your group to deliver your pitch
Step 3: Design a catchy and attractive pitch to be delivered to the Victorian Government.
Step 4: Discuss the following questions to build your pitch
1. What is the name of your company
2. What responsibilities does your company have when working with the old adults and how
is this related to exercise science
3. Thinking about the content covered in HSE 113 what important information would you
need to consider when pitching a healthy living-funding request
Student notes for pitch for older adult funding.

HSE113 Seminar worksheet T1, 2019
The name of my company is Livelong Foundation and for years we have been working towards
welfare of the society, here in Victoria, Australia. We started our journey about 10 years, caring for
geriatric, senile people who lack the substantial support from a family. Our services include laughter
and rejoice clubs, physical and occupational therapy, channelling socially isolated people to old age
homes. Other than these, one of our special segment work with disable people both neurological
and musculoskeletal. These involves the integral collaborative care of physical and occupational
therapy which is what we deliver to our senior clients in a hassle free manner. Working towards the
senior population who has serviced us for so long is a pleasure and act of rejoice to us and we intend
to do the same in the future as well.
Activity 2: Evaluating your current skillset and creating a self-
development plan
Step 1: Using the job description you downloaded last week identify the role and responsibilities and
key selection criteria.
Step 2: Identify the skills from the list you currently have, ones you enjoy doing but still need to
develop.
**Note that if you do not have any skills that you have at present and enjoy doing, you can always
select four skills you enjoy doing and need to develop further instead.
Step 3: Complete the self-development evaluation and career development table below. Remember
these should be skills that are relevant to the position description you’ve selected.
Step4: Then propose strategies for how the skills you enjoy doing but do not yet possess could be
developed over the course of your degree.
These may include academic studies, selecting a relevant major, work experience opportunities, and
or volunteering, etc. Be sure to also include an indication of when you plan to make implement
these actions.
In the seminar, your tutor will help guide you on the completion of this table. They will provide you
with an example of a completed table.
Reflect on your career development table
Can you link any of the information in the table to the content we have covered in HSE113. does the
job ask for team work .... ? if so we have been using team work though HSE113 seminar classes to
advance and gain knowledge.
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