PS11 Contributing to the community session plans

8 weeks delivery - 8 sessions Assignents will be set 14th April 24

PS11 Contributing to the community

Core British Values

Session 1

Introduction

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Distinction Criteria Learning Aim B

Merit Criteria Learning Aim B

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Pass Criteria Learning Aim B

Distinction Criteria Learning Aim A

Merit Criteria Learning Aim A

Pass Criteria Learning Aim A

What we will be looking at

Learning Aim B

Learning Aim A

Introduction

Brief

Intro

What we are going to be looking at .(click on the eyes below)

Make sure you cover what you think you need to do to meet the pass, merit and distinction criteria.

Now you have read all the intro - discuss as a group what you have understood about this unit.

Information sheet about volunteering organisation.

Here is an example of a information sheet about volunteering, do some research and create one about a specific organisation that does volunteering. Be sure to include some crucial facts about the work they do, like this shows about your chosen organisation. You can save this work in the UNIT PS11 Contributing to the community document you set up the other day. Remember to display your information clearly and feel free to use visuals to enhance the way your information sheet looks. Challenge yourself to use new tools on the computer. If you do try new IT skills remember to log this as time on your EEPS on Etracker.

Start to think about what typeof volunteering you would like to do

The pot will be shaken up and then you will pick out a post it. (Hopefully its not yours)You will then be required as homework to find out 3 things about that organisation and document them in your PS11 contributing to a communty document.

You should have thought about some different places to volunteer. Now write 1 of your options on a post it note and place in the pot provided.

Activity - in the pot

Session 2

As a group draw a quick map of the world and pin point on the map places you could go to volunteer.

Starter task: Check out this website that shows lots of opportunities to volunteer around the world. Click on the yellow and white dot on the map.

Share with the group the 3 things you found out about the organisation you pulled out of the pot.

Compose an email to your chosen organisation that you would like to volunteer for.

Revisit - Homework from last week.

Lets share - Who has done volunteer work before

Session 3

My name is Cynthia Rose. I am 24 yrs old and I volunteer for a few hours, every Saturday supporting the elderly with learning art skills. This is a long term committment as I love art and helping people.

Starter Task - Give each of these people a volunteering profile

New information - watch the video

Create

Step 1 - create a chart on a new page on your PS11 document

Step 2 - list all the types of volunteering mentioned in the video on your chart

Step 3 - Now give clear explanations on your chart about what each one means

Lets look at the volunteering your have organised and make sure when have a set time and day for this, where possible. Remember you will need to partcipate and evidence participation, if you are doing on a non college day.

Planning

Characteristics Session 4

Lets look at this in more detail

Do you know what they mean? Find out and be sure before you look at which one is positive/negative or both Please label clearly which is which. Then reflect which ones apply to you. Handout will be given to you.

Characteristics

What are the benefits of doing volunteering? How many of your charcateristics can you practise when you are doing volunteering Write about this in your PS11 document.

Reminder please ensure that you complete the powerpoints on the two charities I have shared with you in your classnotebook area. Make sure you answer all the questions and then you can upload to the assignment area when they go live.

Learning Aim A Find out about a volunteering organisation and how its activities have a positive impact on the community

B.P3 Carry out a volunteering activity that contributes to your community.

Knowledge and sector skills Finding out about volunteering and the impact on the public services and wider community • Volunteering is important to the public services; some public services depend heavily on volunteers, e.g. the RNLI, Mountain Rescue, and school and college governors. • Types of community volunteering work may include: offering advice and giving support or care to disadvantaged people or support to the public or encouraging community cohesion, e.g. through the operation of clubs and societies such as youth clubs and music clubs o work experience at charities, public-funded organisations. • Finding out about volunteering activities through volunteering organisations, websites, blogs, local community centres, local authorities, advertisements, noticeboards in public places.

Benefits for the individual who takes part in a volunteering activity • Gaining new skills, developing existing skills, gaining an awareness of the community. • Demonstrating commitment to a role or activity and giving something back to their community. • Gaining experience of public service work and developing public service-related skills

Knowledge and sector skills

Unit introduction Volunteers are a key resource for the public services. Some public services, for example the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), would not be able to operate without the skills, experience and fund-raising activities of volunteers. By working as a volunteer, you are making a contribution to your local community and are also gaining new skills. Volunteering can be enjoyable and is a good way to meet people of different ages, cultural backgrounds and nationalities who have similar interests. In this unit, you will find out about a voluntary organisation and its activities. You will present information on this organisation and its activities that have a positive impact on the community. The transferable and sector skills you develop in this unit can enable you to progress to further learning.

Skills needed to take part in a volunteering activity • Commitment, discipline, self-management, time management. • Appropriate interpersonal skills, to include teamwork, respect, help, participation. • Specific skills or abilities needed for some types of voluntary work, e.g. driving, cooking, using a computer, being able to communicate using sign language, physical fitness

Knowledge and sector skills

B.M3 Carry out a volunteering activity that contributes to your community, showing a positive and helpful attitude.

Learning Aim B Carry out a volunteering activity that contributes to your community.

Unit in brief Learners will find out about and present information on a volunteering organisation and its activities that have a positive impact on the community, before taking part in a volunteering activity.

B.D3 Carry out a volunteering activity that effectively contributes to your community, showing commitment and responsibility for others.

A.P1 Select information about a volunteering organisation from given sources, identifying activities that have a positive impact on the community. A.P2 Produce information on a volunteering organisation and its activities

A.D1 Search for and select information about a volunteering organisation from own and given sources, describing how its activities have a positive impact on the community. A.D2 Produce detailed information on a volunteering organisation and its activities.

Transferable skills • Finding out information: carrying out comprehensive research to find out information about a volunteering organisation and the activities it organises that positively impact the community. • Self-development: organisation, empathy, reliability, punctuality when carrying out a volunteering activity.

A.M1 Select information about a volunteering organisation from given sources, outlining how its activities have a positive impact on the community. A.M2 Produce clear information on a volunteering organisation and its activities.