COS364 Tutor-Marked Assignment (TMA) SUSS January 2025 : Interventions for At-Risk Youth, Singapore

TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA) BSWK Jan 2025 Semester Course: COS364 Working with Interventions for At-Risk Youths (5 CU)

This tutor-marked assignment is worth 35% of the final mark for COS364 Interventions for At-Risk Youth.
The cut-off date for this assignment is Tuesday, 11 March 2024, 2355.
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Assignment guidelines:
1. Please include a cover page that shows the title of the course, the assignment topic, the submission date, your name and student ID, and word count.
2. The total length of your paper should be about 2000 words (excluding references and diagrams). It should be typewritten, double-spaced, with 1‐inch margin all round, and ‘Times New Roman’ font-size 12.
3. The file name should be in this format:
CourseCode_AssignmentCode_UserID_FullName. For example,
SWK364_TMA_Sally001_TanMeiMeiSally (omit D/O, S/O). Use underscore and not space.
4. Plagiarism and collusion are forms of cheating and are entirely unacceptable. SUSS has extremely strict procedures for dealing with plagiarism and collusion. Please ensure that you do not inadvertently commit these offences by quoting and referencing correctly according to APA guidelines. There should be at least six (6) academic references.
5. You are not allowed to include any AI generated writing in this assignment. Students must keep copies of their original drafts, and all references or materials used in the writing of this assignment in a zipped folder.
Assignment Question
Case Study

Background

Kamala is a 14-year-old student who recently stopped attending her secondary school. She was previously a good student with consistent attendance and strong academic performance during the first semester of Secondary One. However, following the June holidays, Kamala began missing school frequently. By the end of the year, her grades had declined, and she nearly failed to advance to Secondary Two in 2024.
Kamala’s family is known to XYZ Community Services, a local social service agency, due to their involvement in a bursary programme intended to support low-income families. Following the death of Kamala’s father in March 2023, who had been the family’s primary breadwinner, XYZ Community Services has provided financial assistance and support to Kamala’s family to help them manage their financial difficulties. The social worker has also provided grief counselling support for Kamala as she was badly affected by the loss of her father.
After the June holidays in 2023, the social worker began having difficulties meeting up with Kamala and her family. Kamala’s mother, Mdm Parvin, explained that her daughter had experienced multiple illnesses, which she cited as the primary reason for Kamala’s sporadic attendance in school as well. In January 2024, after a few unsuccessful phone contacts with the family, the social worker made a surprise home visit. However, upon visiting the listed address, the social worker discovered that the family was no longer residing there. Efforts to reach them over the following weeks were unsuccessful, and XYZ Community Services lost contact with the family.

Reconnection with XYZ Community Services

Six months after the family’s disappearance from their listed address, Mdm Parvin unexpectedly visited XYZ Community Services. She explained to the social worker that her mother in India had passed away, and she had taken Kamala and her other two children back to India to mourn and assist with family matters. They had remained there for several months and had only recently returned. Kamala’s mother expressed her intention to re-enroll Kamala in school and sought to reapply for financial assistance through the bursary program.
Your paper should cover the following scope:
1) According to the details of the case study, analyse the impact of environmental, family, social risk factors Kamala faces, and assess the risk she faces.                                                                                                           (30 marks)
2) Using the knowledge from the approach continuum, discuss TWO (2) appropriate approaches and any TWO (2) interventions suitable to help Kamala and her family.                                                                        (40 marks)
3a) Examine THREE (3) core components of a prevention programme to pre-emptively address the youth’s risks and vulnerabilities. (15 marks)
3b) With the core components important in a prevention programme that you identified, propose a programme encompassing a holistic approach to help youths and their families like Kamala’s.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (15 marks)