1. Session 1 Introduction
Learning Outcome:
Provide an overview of the Learning &
assessment Strategies
Identify & list basic concepts of advocacy and
community development
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2. RESISTANT
 “I‟m part of my community and
I‟m not going to change”
 only doing course because of
requirements
 not open to changing patterns of
learning
 resist changing values and
attitudes
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3.  “The bastards won‟t beat me –
I‟m going to get this
qualification”
 often begin many courses or
same course many times, but
then get defeated.
 have perhaps been told in the
past they were not good enough
academically.
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4.  “I‟m not sure how I fit in here
but I'm trying out different hats
to see how they work”
 an uncomfortable phase
 student wants to be part of the
course but know it requires a
change in them
 could have history of lurching
from thinking they could achieve
to being put down; getting big
for their boots
 mentors help here
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5.  “I can handle anything now; I
know I belong”
 student is comfortable with
their place in the system
 student is able to negotiate
what they need in order to learn
 students has a sense of „agency‟
– they know they have
challenges but believe they can
and should be in the learning
environment.
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6.  Purpose
 Networks – bonding, bridging
and linking ties, social capital,
family links
 Identity resource – ability to
articulate and present self;
accepting constructive criticism,
etc
 Processes – negotiating system;
better able to do this at the
„enacted‟ phase
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7.  Family
 Community
 Workplace
 TAFE
 Students need to manage
different identities in order to
be successful learners
 Identities can get in the way if
they don‟t support the learning.
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8.  Community development
strategies are often used when
advocating for clients or causes.
 Below are the steps in the
advocacy process.
 You can see how community
development strategies are used
in advocacy.
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9.  Identify the issue/s
 Undertake research to determine the
nature of the issue and who is
responsible for it.
 Determine if the issue is best managed
by advocacy and or community
development strategies.
 Determine a goal for the advocacy and
or community development strategies
 Draft a work plan to achieve the goal.
This work plan is likely to include a
range of community development
strategies including, community research
reports, lobbying the media and using
the legal and political system to achieve
an advocacy goal.
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10. A B
Work with the clients on their
own behalf Work with clients on behalf of
themselves and others like them
Individual action - focus on direct
intervention e.g cousnelling, case Group work/mutual support
work. groups
Micro level
Micro level
Advocate for Clients
Advocate for Clients
C
D
Work with non clients on behalf Work with non clients on behalf of
of an issue. an issue
Addressing issues at a broader Collective group action - helping
social and political level each other to change the
particluar situation
Macro level Micro/macro level
Reclaim the night
Policy ransition from Advocate for clients
to systems advocacy
Systems Advocacy
Goldberg Wood G & Tully C, 2006. The
structured Approach to Direct Practice in
Social Work : A Social Constructionist
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Perspective. 3rd Ed.
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