Explain why the community interests you in a professional capacity

1. Explain why the community interests you in a professional capacity;

2. Explain why your chosen community is important, what they offer both the society and the individual;

3. Describe the challenges faced by your chosen community and how they arose, supported by evidence (community mapping);

4. Based on those challenges, assess what the community’s needs might be, and explain how you would prioritise those needs;

5. Describe the goals of that community and ways to achieve their needs. Articulate these goals based on your own understanding from your insider perspective, as well as conversations you might have had with community-peers;

6. Identify and explain what skills you might need (as a member of that community) to maximise the success of achieving your chosen community’s goals.

Choose a community that is known to you, or one that is easily observable. Do not choose a business or franchise, as you will find it almost impossible to analyse their needs beside profit or monetary gain. Do NOT choose very large or scattered communities (such as the Indigenous People of Australia, or the Christian Community, or the Cross Fit community) as this will affect your capacity to analyse them properly. Instead, pick a smaller group (such as an Indigenous association that you know of, a local Church community, a local sporting club) that you can observe and come up with ideas for.