Roles groups adopt within communities

Groups within the community have three prominent roles. These being to (PBS):

1. Satisfy the specific needs of community members

2. Build relationships between community members

3. Promote the wellbeing of community members.

Activity: Community Group Research Task

Instructions:

Working in groups of 3-4 you are to:

1. Pick one of the following groups

   • Charity: The Smith Family

   • Religious: The Salvation Army

   • Health Services: Beyond Blue

   • Emergency Services: Police, SES

2. Research the work done by the group and create an engaging fact sheet/ poster that address the following questions:

• 1. What needs does the group aim to satisfy? (SHE SEAS)

  2. How do they satisfy these needs?

  3. How does the group build relationships with people using the service?

  4. How does the group help individuals to overcome adversity and promote wellbeing? (SPEECS)

3. Your poster will be displayed around the room and your peers will go on a gallery walk to view your work and use the information you have provided to fill in the table below.

Discuss how a group in the community has helped individuals to overcome the adversity through the roles they have adopted (8 marks).

Intro:

• • Introduce the group you are going to discuss (charity, religious, health or emergency services)

  • Outline the three roles of groups in the community

Paragraph one: Satisfying specific needs

• • T: Tell me that this paragraph is focused on discussing how the selected group satisfies specific needs (you may want to be specific about what needs).

  • E: Explain what needs the group aims to satisfy and how they do this

  • E: Provide an example to support your explanation

  • L: link back to question (the idea that satisfying these needs is important to help individuals to overcome adversity)

Paragraph two: Building positive relationships

• • T: Tell me that this paragraph is focused on discussing how the selected group builds relationships with the people using the service

  • E: Explain how they go about building these relationships

  • E: Provide an example to support your explanation

  • L: Link back to question

Paragraph three: promoting wellbeing

• • T: Tell me that this paragraph is focused on discussing how the selected group promotes the wellbeing of people using the service

  • E: Explain how they go about promoting wellbeing (you may want to just discuss one or two areas of wellbeing SPEECS)

  • E: Provide an example to support your explanation

  • L: Link back to question