Assessment task one (1) engages you with volunteering broadly and its enactment in emergency and disaster management and is broken into two (2) separate parts.

Part 1 – Concept of community as it relates to emergency and disaster management

In Part 1 you are to analyse the concept of ‘community’ and in connection with emergency and disaster management. You must provide a clear definition of community as part of your discussion. Consider questions such as ‘How important is the local community in relation to disaster response and recovery? What part can members of the local community play with respect to planning for, responding to, or recovering from, a disaster event? How can different types of community volunteer participation by individuals or groups, enhance emergency and disaster management? 

Part 2 – Mini-Case Study 

You have recently been employed as Disaster Management Officer in a local government department. You have been tasked by your supervisor to develop a min-case study, which will go to the Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG). The LDMG has asked that you put together a mini-case study of a real, previous disaster event where volunteers assisted in the planning and/or response and/or recovery of that event. 

The mini-case study must include:

a) The name and brief description of the actual disaster event.
b) Examples (formal and informal) of the types of activities that volunteer members were involved in with respect to your chosen disaster event.
c) Use scholarly literature to align the formal and non-formal volunteer contributions discussed in your mini-case study with the relevant models identified in the volunteerism literature.  

Your two sections combined can be up to 1000 words and must include the below:

-    a total minimum of six (6) different peer-reviewed references
-    a minimum of three (3) references for Part 1 and three (3) peer-reviewed references for Part 2 
-    You are encouraged to use additional peer/non-peer-reviewed sources.

Level of GenAI use allowed:  Level 2 - AI PLANNING

You may use AI for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.

The assessment criteria for this unit are in the form of a rubric, which is available from the Moodle unit site. Broadly, you will be assessed on:

• Use of the literature
• Knowledge of the concept of community and its relationship to emergency and disaster management.
• Knowledge of the different types of voluntary participation

In assessment task two there are three parts. You will develop a short, annotated bibliography (part 1), provide an academic discussion (part 2) based on the following topic: “What are the barriers and enablers of volunteering in emergency and disaster management context?” and part 3 is a written response to a question relating to volunteerism.

Specifically, your assessment submission must include:

Part 1 

A short, annotated bibliography. The annotated bibliography must contain:
•    Eight (8) sources
•    Six (6) of the sources MUST be peer-reviewed sources. You must clearly state their peer-reviewed nature in the title
•    Each source must be related to topic of barriers and/or enablers in volunteer emergency and disaster management context.
•    The annotations must conform with the convention for an annotated bibliography (see the e-Reading list for resources).

Part 2 

Based on the eight (8) entries of the annotated bibliography, you will produce a short summary (500 words) which draws the eight annotations together to answer this question: 

“Based upon the identification of the key barriers and enablers to volunteering in emergency and disaster management contexts, what are some potential theoretical constructs that could inform potential models and/or strategies to reduce the barriers to volunteering, and enhance greater voluntary participation in the emergency and disaster management context?"

The summary must be referenced. You can use any or all of the eight sources from the annotated bibliography, or you can choose different references to back up your discussion.

Part 3

In 500 words "Examine and critically evaluate theoretical approaches to community volunteerism. How have these models and constructs changed over time, and what implications do these changes have for understanding volunteer behaviour today? 

The summary must be referenced. You must include at least four (4) peer-reviewed sources.

Level of GenAI use allowed: Level 1 - NO AI

You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

The assessment criteria for this unit are in the form of a rubric, which is available from the Moodle unit site. Broadly, you will be assessed on:

• Use of the literature
• Understanding of the different types of voluntary participation
• Application of knowledge and skills related to voluntary participation to emergency and disaster management
• Understanding of key barriers and enablers to voluntary participation

You are asked to choose a community organisation that is actively involved in emergency and disaster management, and that has volunteering as a fundamental part of their organisational composition.  You can select any relevant organisation with a volunteer focus or involvement, noting some examples have been provided in the Learning Guide (see Moodle). You are to develop a presentation using PowerPoint, based upon this topic.

Your presentation must include the following:

•    Name your chosen volunteer emergency service focused organisation and its charter (who are they and what do they do)
•    Describe the chosen organisations key demographics (for example, location(s) of operation, number of volunteers, operational focus)
•    Describe the role volunteering plays within your selected organisation and its impact on the community it serves
•    Describe the various functions or activities that the organisation’s volunteers perform with respect to emergency and disaster management preparation, response and/or recovery.
•    Analyse the organisation using a SWOT analysis. What are the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats for your chosen organisation?
•    Based upon your analysis of your chosen organisation, you are to list and describe three (3) broad recommendations for enhancing that organisations volunteer membership. Your recommendations can relate to volunteering broadly (for example, broad policy or practice recommendations) or a particular aspect (for example, a method of recruitment or retention) or a combination of both. Your recommendation must draw on your understanding of the literature and you must use that literature to support your recommendations. 
•    You must use at least four (4) peer-reviewed sources to support your analysis and/or recommendations.
•    Your presentation must be developed using PowerPoint and must include speaker notes 
•    Your presentation must be no longer than eight (8) minutes (maximum) in length and contain a maximum of 12 slides.

Presentation requirements for your PowerPoint Presentation:

- The PowerPoint presentation will have a maximum of 12 slides.
- The first slide should include the title of your presentation and your name.
- The last slide will be a reference list.
- The PowerPoint presentation template is provided in the Assessment section of the Moodle site.
- You must provide a PDF of your presentation transcript along with your references. 
- Audio component of your PowerPoint - this MUST NOT be longer than 8 minutes in length\

- Your audio component is an expanded discussion of the topic and verbal presentation of the content from your PowerPoint slides. Embed the audio in your PowerPoint Presentation (see Moodle for help).

- The audio presentation will be no more than 8 minutes in length.

Level of GenAI use allowed: Level 3 - AI COLLABORATION

You may use AI to assist with specific tasks such as drafting text, refining and evaluating your work. You must critically evaluate and modify any AI-generated content you use.

The assessment criteria for this unit are in the form of a rubric, which is available from the Moodle unit site. Broadly, you will be assessed on:

• Use of the literature
• Knowledge of the concept of community and of emergency and disaster management.
• Application of knowledge and skills related to voluntary participation to emergency and disaster management
• Recognition of collaboration between community and emergency and disaster management
• Presentation of relevant information