Ways in Which the Company Will Be Involved in Engaging the Community - Example

Name: Institution: Date: Reg no: Table of content Executive summary………………………………………………………………………3 Mission……..………………………………………………………….….…………… 3 Vision ……………………………………………………….…………………………...4 Value ……..………………………………………………………….……….….…… 4 Objectives……..…………………………………………………………….…….… 5 Business analysis………………………………………………………………… 5 Organizational management……..……………………………….……… 5 i. Manager and assistant manager……………………………..5 ii. Support workers……………………………………………………..5 iii. Innovative community participation…………………………6 iv. Social workers…………………………………………………….…….7 Organization structure ……………………………………………………….…8 SWOT analysis................................................................…...8 i. Strength…………………………….………………8 ii. Weakness…………….……………………………9 iii. Opportunities………………………………….…9 iv. Threats……………………………………………...10 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………11 References………………………………………………………………………………………12 Executive summary The paper will outline the ways in which the company will be involved in engaging the community in the supporting of the physically challenged. It will also give an overview of the organizational structures and how the organization will be managed. The paper will also highlight the main stakeholders in the management of the organization. The paper will also note a number of institutions that are willing to support and finance the organization in order to meet their objectives. It will also highlight a number of ways in which the government can be involved in order to support people with disabilities (Bradfield et al. 2005). It also highlights a number of strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats that are likely to be incurred by the organization. The organization is a non-profit making organization, for this reason, it has set a flexible budget and also targets the government, volunteers, and well-wishers, other community-based organization to finance the organization. The paper also highlights some of the ways in which the organization will spend its money. It will also highlight a number of the services it will offer to the people with disabilities. The paper also will highlight the mission, the vision, the objectives and the guiding values. It will explain how all these aspects will be achieved in the business plan. Mission To reinforce the country’s quality of life via hearty society participation, involving the local residents, community organizational involvement and through state support. Vision Improving the quality of lives through community support Values The core values include accountability, community participation, integrity, human right promotional-innovation, integrity, gender equity, sustainability, diversity. The organization as it encourages the citizens to support the physically challenged, it has to ensure that there is a greater community involvement, provide a clear communication channel and ensure maximum utilization of the available community support initiatives. Objectives The main objective is to reach as many disabled people as possible, support them financially through job creation, help the in the transport sector, and promote a healthy relationship and creation of a strong social network. Business analysis The organization will seek financial support from a number of non-governmental organizations, from the community-based organizations, volunteers and also from the state. The organization will also seek the support of the disability service providers who will be in a position to help the organization to evaluate how they will offer the services to the people with disability. They will also enlighten the organization on whether it will meet the demands that the people with disabilities are seeking (Noe et al. 2006). The organization has a budgeted for $ 200,000 to support running the entire support program. It is also aiming to raise about $ 150,000 from the NGOs and the community-based organizations, the state and from volunteers and well-wishers. The money will be used to improve the living standards of the physically challenged. This will be done by supporting their small businesses, supporting their health bills, paying off their school fees, and basically to support them in order to afford their basic needs such as; clothes, shelter, and food. The money will also support their means of transport (Wehman, 2006). Organizational management Manager and assistant manager For the organization to run smoothly it will be managed by a program manager, who will coordinate all the organizational programs. The manager will also work in support of his/her assistant manager. They will work in line to the realization of the organization’s objectives, the mission, and vision. Support workers The organization will also include support workers. The support workers will come up with initiatives which are helpful in the realization of the organization’s mission and visions (Wates, 2014). The management will also support the efforts of the volunteers and the well-wishers. This will ensure that there is a strong rapport in the entire organization, thus making it easier to achieve the set organizational objectives. Innovative community participation The community will also play the following important role a) Creation of employment opportunity b) Offering education, this will by ensuring that the learning premises are accessible c) Offering accessible public transport for the people with disabilities d) The community will also design and locate shopping centers where the disabled can be in a position to access. e) Offering affordable and sustainable health care. f) Offer training to the caregivers and the family members. The importance of innovative community participation to the people with disabilities i. Community participation is associated with an increased economic growth. Due to the increased community participation to help the people with disabilities, the workforce is increased which has a positive impact on the Australian economy. ii. There is a sustainable low cost for the support and care of the people with disabilities. Providing accessible shopping centers and accessible public means of transport to those people with modest disabilities will lessen the high expenditure linked to taxi vouchers. Accessible shopping centers will ensure that the people with disabilities can go for shopping instead of sending other people to shop for them. iii. Creation of employment opportunities, community participation is essential in networking among the people within the community. The strong networking is responsible for breaking of stereotypes hence promoting job creation and social participation. iv. The accessibility of heath care, education, employment opportunities will highly contribute to the improvement of the wellbeing of the people with disabilities. Social workers The social workers will help the physically challenged to cope up with their day to day challenges. They have the skills to help the disabled to make relevant adjustments that will enable them to cope with their major challenges. They also help the disabled to accommodate their own disabilities. The following are the roles of the social workers; a) Creation of a connection between the disabled to correct support groups. b) They provide the people with disabilities with the right support system. This is because they can assess the needs and strength of the people with disabilities hence applying the right support for the people with disability to improve their wellbeing. c) They mobilize resources for the people with disabilities by acting as their advocates. They also follow up to see the improvement of the clients after implementation of any service. d) They will teach the parents and guardians of the disabled children on how to care for their children. They also enlighten them on their legal rights so that their children are not denied their right. Organizational services The organization aims at giving the following services to the people with disabilities a) Assisting in transport- the organization will ensure that it will avail a number of adapted vehicles to ensure that transport cost of the disabled is friendly. The organization will therefore; rent adapted vehicles to offer transport system. The organization will also provide relevant equipment to the disabled with equipment that will enable them to move from one place to the other, these may include; wheelchairs, and transfer aids (Trainor et al. 2008). b) Household tasks- the organization will ensure that the participants are in a position to their home surroundings. This will include performing the tasks that the people with disabilities are not able to perform. Such tasks may include trimming of the fences, preparation, and delivery of meals, maintenance of the house, maintenance of the yard among other services. c) Community nurse care- the organization will ensure that the people with disabilities are in a position to access the general health services such as medical cards, surgical aids, prescribed drugs and hospital service easily just like any other citizen. The organization also provide the following community care service to the people with disabilities; public health nurses, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, home helps, physiological services, social work services, respite care and physiotherapy. d) Vehicle modification- the company will modify the vehicles to ensure that those with modest disabilities are in a position to drive. The organization aims at changing, installing of equipment to the vehicles that will make it easy for people with disabilities to travel easily as passengers or to drive their own vehicles. e) Innovation community participation- the organization will also encourage the community-based services. These services include; accommodation support, these are the services that the community can offer to the people with disability in order for them to continue living in their accommodation, or get to better and suitable accommodations. The other service is community access; these are the special services that are designed within the society to ensure that the people with disabilities are in a position to access opportunities to enjoy the social community independence. f) Specialized driver training- the organization will ensure that they offer training to drivers. These specialized training will ensure road safety and also ensure that the drivers are able to use adapted equipment. The drivers also gain skills in the driving of the modified vehicles. The organization will also follow up to ensure that they train many specialized drivers including those people with modest disabilities and those who are physically fit. The SWOT analysis Strengths; The organization has a number of strengths that will favor it’s the success. The presence of a number of institutions that is willing to offer financial support. This will ensure that the organization will be in a position to raise the target amount of money to meet its objectives. Examples of such institutions include Bowen Flex Care, community living Australia, Autism Association of Western Australia. These are just a few of the institutions which have shown their interest to support our organization (Carter et al. 2010) The other strength is the community goodwill to participate in the support of the people with disabilities. This will ensure that the organization will access cheaper sources of human capital. There are many volunteers available in the support of the organization. The availability of medical experts, the legal authority will be an added advantage to the organization. The state will also offer its support by allocating some funds to the organizations which support people with disabilities. It also offers medical, supported by assigning several medical practitioners to the organization. The state has also set some policies which will ensure that the physically challenged are in a position to secure job opportunities. By employment opportunities, it implies that the families of those who are disabled have a lesser task in the care of the physically challenged. Weaknesses The organization has no enough resources to cater for all the people with disabilities. The other weakness is that there are few people who still feel that the disabled are unskilled; they view them as incapable of performing in their job opportunities. This view denies the physically challenged a chance to secure job opportunities. Some people generally view the physically challenged as patients and deny them to participate in the decision making. The other challenge is the high level of unemployment in the country. This leads to the general public affording little financial support thus the organization may not meet its objectives. Opportunities The availability of other organizations which are willing to support the needy in the society can partner with this organization. This would ensure that there is a maximum support to the people. Such institutions would offer scholarship, medical and health care, support them with the basic needs such as food, shelter, and clothing. They would also offer training programs to the caregivers, to family members, and to the participant community members on the care and support of the people with disabilities. Threats The major threat in the management of the organization would be the poor allocation of resource and unaccountability. The organization has therefore installed accounting software that will enable the business to be transparent and accountable. Poor means of communication would contribute to the failure of the business in the realization of their objectives. The business has therefore instituted a communication channel that will ensure delivery of information. It also liaises with the national radio, television and print media to deliver their information country wide. Conclusion The organization will is meant to help the disabled to meet their dreams in life. With the help of the social workers, the volunteers, and the community the people with disabilities will be in a position to access job opportunities, health care, education and also participation in the decision making. The innovative community participation will improve the living standards of the people with disabilities; they will provide accessible public transport system which will enable they reduce the cost of transport, providing accessible and sustainable health care. There is an economic benefit that will arise as a result of community participation. The organization has a number of strengths that will enable it to achieve its objectives. Among the strengths is the availability of experts in different fields, the presence of social workers who are willing to support the organization. References Bradfield, R., Wright, G., Burt, G., Cairns, G. and Van Der Heijden, K., 2005. The origins and evolution of scenario techniques in long range business planning. Futures, 37(8), pp.795-812. Carter, E.W., Trainor, A.A., Cakiroglu, O., Swedeen, B. and Owens, L.A., 2010. 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