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Assignment:
Case study
Steve, who is Aboriginal, needed to find a new place to live. He said he called a nearby boarding house and was told there was a vacancy. Steve said he agreed to go to the boarding house the next day to pay a deposit for the room. Steve said that when he arrived at the boarding house, the caretaker said "There is a problem. We don't take anyone who is Aboriginal because there have been problems in the past. This is a management policy". Steve made a complaint to the Commission about what had happened. The owner of the boarding house told the Commission they did not have a formal policy to not accept Aboriginal people. He agreed, however, that they were reluctant to provide accommodation to Aboriginal people because of some bad experiences with tenants in the past. The owner of the boarding house agreed the comment the caretaker made to Steve was unacceptable.
Report format
The case study written response will be written in a report formal academic style with the following:
• A selected model or framework of oppressive practice.
• Part One: Aspects of diversity and barriers to inclusion.
• Part Two: Historical context and structural oppression
• Part Three: Power and privilege.
• Part Four: Project plan
• The conclusion will summarise your key points and recommendations.
An individual report based on the above case study as a community services worker to address the following questions:
What target group/cohort does the person/people in the case study belong to such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, refugees, women, people with (dis)abilities, etc.
Research and identify a key structural historical approach that has impacted your target group. This could be a policy, legislation, or socio-cultural issue (we cover historical factors in weeks 3 to 6 under struggles and inequality. However, research historical events, policies or legislation that has impacted your group).
Identify and explain the contemporary oppressive issue resulting from the historical approach, policy, legislation, or socio-cultural issue.
• What oppressive factors are at play?
• Are there any stereotypes/prejudice, micro-aggressions or types of discrimination taking place?
Whilst responding to the oppressive issue, explore the role of power and privilege in the case study, aspects of diversity that are relevant and how it impacts this population and subsequent generations.
• Are there any intersectional identities at play?
• How is power and powerlessness represented here?
• What types and modes of power are at play in the case study?
• What privileges are at play in this case study?
As a community service worker, how will you respond to the oppressive issue by applying one of the models or frameworks of anti-oppressive practice discussed in Week 7 or aspects of the SHARP framework? Develop a community service project idea and draft a plan.
Use all these in report.
Oppressive Issue: Excellent comprehension of all concepts such as oppression, diversity, discrimination, racism, structural oppression with clear definitions and multiple examples for each applied to the case study.
Historical Context: Excellent comprehension of how historical context and structural oppression can be/or not be linked to contemporary issues with applied examples.
Power and Privilege: Excellent understanding of power, privilege, aspects of diversity, with multiple examples of each. The report can apply anti-oppressive models and frameworks in depth detail with reference to the case study.
Community Services: Excellent comprehension of the role of the community service worker and how their identities can impact on dynamics with multiple detailed examples related to the case study.