Leadership and Management Assignment: Budget Impact on Human Services

This assignment requires a detailed analysis of a chosen human service organization, examining its leadership and management practices, structure, and services. The report should explore the organization's history, the range and scope of its services, and the characteristics of its beneficiaries. It should also address staff recruitment, retention, and turnover, including salary ranges and relevant issues, as well as the role of volunteers, their qualifications, and the associated costs. A crucial aspect of the assignment is the analysis of the organization's budget, fundraising strategies, and the impact of the Australian government's budget on its financial resources and service delivery. The report necessitates critical analysis and should conclude with a summary of findings, supported by a minimum of ten credible references. The marking criteria emphasize the quality of discussion, writing clarity, presentation, and referencing.

Leadership and Management in Community Services
Assignment 1 Part B
Weighting 35%
Format Essay, +/- 2500 words
Date/Week 22 September, 5 pm WST
Submit Submit electronically via the Assignment 2 link in the assessment section of
the Blackboard unit site.
Assignment instructions
The Impact of Australian Government’s Budget on Human Service Organizations in Australia
You need to choose a well-known human service organisation (Not-for-profit organisation only) and
research and identify the following:
1. Introduction (Characteristics of organization) outlining your discussions, the reason you have
chosen this organization.
2. Background (its history and reasons for its existence and development).
3. Describe the range and scope of its services (who are beneficiaries and eligibility criteria).
4. The structure of the organisation and number of staff (qualifications and experiences of staff
as well as part-time/full-time/with or without qualifications /gender/ethnicity).
5. Recruitment, retention and turnover of staff - range of salaries/wages/issues.
6. Volunteers: skilled/unskilled, qualified/not qualified, where/how they use them,
costs/conditions and problems.
7. Budget of the organization/fundraising and the impact of the Government’s budget on the
organization’s budget and its services and activities.
8. Evidence of analytical and critical analysis
9. Conclusion.
10. References.
11. Minimum references 10
Marking criteria
A copy of Assessment Marking Criteria is attached at the end of this Unit Plan and in the Assessment
section of the Blackboard unit site. Please attach a copy of the marking guide and the assignment
cover sheet to your assignment.

Assignment 1 Part B Marking Guide
Student Name : Mark : / 35
N
0-49
C
50
-
59
CR
60
–
69
D
70-
79
HD
80
+
QUALITY OF DISCUSSION
Introduction
Background
Describe the range and scope of services
provided: beneficiaries and eligibility
criteria
The structure of the organization and
number of staff with breakdown by full-
time/part-time/qualified/gender…
Recruitment, retention and turnover of staff
–range of salaries/wages/issues
Volunteers: skilled/unskilled, qualified/not-
qualified, where/how/they are used – costs-
conditions/problems
Budget of the organization/fundraising and
the impact of the Australian’s
Government’s budget on the organization’s
budget and its services and activities
Evidence of analytical and critical analysis
Conclusion
WRITING
Clarity of writing
Paragraphing, spelling and language is
appropriate
Presentation adhere to ECU Guidelines
REFERENCING
A range of references from credible sources
In-text referencing
Reference List (Minimum 10 varied
references are required for pass)
General Comments: