Psychology for Your Community 22

HUSO2391
Closed
RMIT University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mish Colla
Field Education Coordinator
3
Timeline
  • May 9, 2022
    Experience start
  • May 10, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • June 25, 2022
    Experience end
Experience
5 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Education, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Hospital, health, wellness & medical, Individual & family services, Human resources & recruitment, Public relations & communications

Experience scope

Categories
Operations Project management Humanities Education Social sciences
Skills
project planning communication report writing data analysis research
Learner goals and capabilities

In groups of 3, the team will dedicate 450 hours to the project. Our students have skills from social sciences and psychology. They are strong with:

  • Social research and statistical analysis
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Understanding of social issues.
  • Analysis and critical thinking
  • Understanding of how the mind functions
  • Working with trauma
  • Understanding how patterns of behaviour and habits occur; how to change perspectives and beliefs leading to behaviour change
  • Community engagement

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
20 learners
Project
150 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables from students could be:

  • Policies & guidelines - review, update and edit policies eg. well being, bullying and harassment, access to support
  • Training and development. co - facilitation of training. Contribute to training design, training evaluation. Could be for staff, members of vulnerable /marginalised community groups.
  • Research, literature reviews, data-collection and analysis, and data presentation, report writing, report presentation.
  • Report writing detailing social problems for specific cohorts. Writing on pathways to help create healthier individuals, families, groups and communities.
  • Needs assessments. Surveys of communities, families and individuals
  • Well-being plans; Envision how individuals (or groups) can improve their well being through practical steps
  • Online support groups

Project timeline
  • May 9, 2022
    Experience start
  • May 10, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • June 25, 2022
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Project examples that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:

  • Online intake and assessment for agency clients
  • Working with HR organisations or departments for assessments of candidates, including psychometric testing
  • Advising on staff well-being, improved collaboration and participation, mediation.
  • Providing community training, including bystander intervention in harassment and potential violence situations
  • Working in community health assisting in projects promoting health and well-being
  • Working on 'social problems' on a community, group or individual level, such as family violence prevention, alcohol and other drug addictions, suicide / self-harm prevention, LGBTIQ, violence against women prevention, employment, housing, refugee support, support of those with mental health diagnosis.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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