Group Project- Historical, knowledge, skills-building, macro-research, development, policy, and community action (100 points) Students will investigate and rep

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Group Project- Historical, knowledge, skills-building, macro-research, development, policy, and community action (100 points) Students will investigate and report on the role of social work in the following practice settings reviewed through the course: Family and Children Services, Mental Health, Health Care, Schools, Substance Abuse, Older Adult Services, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Victims Services, and Developmental Disabilities. Integrate historical review and research on the agency to build knowledge skills-building. 

Through the weekly assignments involved in this project, students will gain a holistic approach to understanding and developing knowledge and application of social work skills implemented through the agency and across the ecosystem.

Weekly assignments (Week 5, 6, 7, and 8) will be submitted. APA formatting should be used for internal citations and references (minimum of 5) should be listed at the end of each page.  

You will submit the four separate parts of this assignment (as well as email your instructor) in the weeks outlined and linked below. 

 

Weekly Assignments

Week 4: Exploratory research and Group Formation (0 points) – This Portion of the Project Was Due Earlier

Complete exploratory research on agencies that serve the population you may be interested in working with from the choices provided.

By Wednesday, please email the professor with an area of interest so that they may populate groups based on similar interest areas.

Students may self-select their group based on a common area of interest, please let the professor know to put you in a group.

Minimum of 3 and Maximum of 5 per group.

Provide group members names to the professor to create working group in CANVAS.

Your group must meet 4-5 times virtually or online (via zoom, in google docs, via group me, email, text, or by phone) to complete your group project.

Please note that if issues arise within your group, that earlier contact with your professor is better than later.

 

  

Week 5: General Historical and Theoretical Underpinnings of Agency (25 points) 

The history of social work in the practice setting.

Identification and Application of social work frameworks and theories in the practice setting.

Context shaping generalist practice in the setting with population served: demographics, culture, scientific and technology advances, social trends, and other service providers.

Historical Value and ethical dilemmas within the practice setting and how they have been addressed.

Due this Week – Submit Your Document Below

 

Week 6: Agency at the Micro and Mezzo Levels: Agency practice with individuals, families, and groups as well as community action and involvement and Job Description (25 points)

Provide found research on:

Roles for Social Workers in the setting

Context shaping micro and mezzo practices in the setting: demographics, culture, scientific and technology advances, social trends, and other service providers.

Evidence-based micro and mezzo practices

Micro and Mezzo value and ethical dilemmas within the practice setting, as well as Include values and ethical dilemmas related to the social work profession

 

Social Work Recruiter Exercise:

You are the Agency Director for the Social Service Agency already being researched and due to recently gaining a new grant, you will be able to hire three BSW Generalist Practice Social Workers. Write a one-page job description to attract the best qualified applicants.

Employment Description should include:

A brief historical perspective of the social work profession and its relationship to social justice and social welfare services. Your intentions are to show how a social worker is best suited to serve the agency’s clients.

Description of a Generalist BSW Social Worker including: educational criteria, professional skills, and adherence to NASW Code of Ethics.

Description of your agency’s micro, mezzo, and macro practice environment and the social issues placing your clients at high risk and need for services.

Self-awareness: Self-care and Diversity and Cultural competency

Salary and continuing education offered by your organization and opportunities and criteria for advancement.

Contact information for applicant’s and application materials required

 

Week 7: Macro: Development, Funding, Policy, and Outcome Evaluation and Reporting to Stakeholders, Evidence-Based Practice’s (25 points) 

Current social policy impacting the provision of social services.

Context shaping practice in the macro setting: demographics, culture, scientific and technology advances, social trends, and other service providers.

Include values and ethical dilemmas related to the social work profession through macro-level practice

Include values and ethical dilemmas related to the social work profession and public political ideologies and worldviews related to government-provided social welfare services in the practice setting

 

Week 8: Future Growth for the agency and recommendations for working toward the betterment of the population served (25 points) 

Follow for a day OR Attend 2 meetings with 2 key employees (one must be a BSW or MSW)

Develop a plan to advance current practice (relying upon research from week’s 5-7) for the betterment of the population served and advancement of social work practice within this setting across the micro, mezzo, and macro levels

Incorporate

Theoretical approaches, EBP’s, and outcome research

Funding and development, community involvement, and use of social workers in their unique position to work micro, to mezzo, to macro levels of practice

Macro-level: local, state, and federal level funding and policy advancements for the populations served as well as social work practice with this population.

 

What Is The Primary Teacher’s Perspective of History in the National Curriculum today in Keystage 1.

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Complete 40 pages APA formatted article: What Is The Primary Teacher’s Perspective of History in the National Curriculum today in Keystage 1. Government policy (both conservative and Labour)has been bitterly criticised for providing a system which is either too elitist or insufficiently so, wasteful of human resources, which is insufficiently demanding of the nation’s children, or which simply fails to compete with the education systems of other industrialised countries. During their long period of government the Conservatives sought to eliminate some of this criticisms in accordance with their political philosophy. The results have been mixed and controversial. On coming into office Labour made education its priority for fundamental transformation. It said it wished to avoid the ideological warfare of previous administrations. The controversy surrounding education results partly from particular historical developments, briefly described below, but also from awareness that the broad mass of schools perform less well than their counterparts in other industrialised countries.

Discuss the role of friendship experience in personal development.

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Create a 5 pages page paper that discusses the role of friendship experience in personal development. I’ve highlighted main traits of friendship phenomena, such as complicity to a certain social group, confidence in surroundings, as well as traumatic experience caused by betrayal, and showed their influence on personality development. The example of Louisa proves the statement that personality growth is related to continuously increasing reciprocity in interpersonal relationships. The impact of the friendship on psychological well-being, as well as the influence of personal qualities on the experience of friendship, cannot be underestimated.

Friendship is a very significant interpersonal relationship, the importance of which in human’s life cannot be underestimated. At the same time, there are lots of different kinds of relationships, but all they have enough mutual traits. They are enormous bound of mutual trust and special regard, cemented by equal self-disclosure. Very often friendship involves love as well, which parallels romantic love (Thomas, 1987, p. 217-218).

It is also well-known that friendship is very important for the psychological well-being, such as self-esteem and positive feelings of self-worth, while those who have a lack of friendship may be at risk for psychological maladaptation. Children who experience problems with friendship are less protected from the victimization and have a lack of social skills (Wojslawowicz, Rubin, & Burgess, 2006, p. 672).

Thus, the aim of this analysis is to investigate the impact of personal qualities such as self-confidence, friendliness and reliability on the experience of friendship. On the example of Louise’s interview will see the view of friendship from the experience of a young woman, who has already experienced some failures in friendship.

The data used for this analysis was Louise’s Interview and Transcript from a study researching friendship. Through this interview, Louisa discusses her experience of friendship and challenges related to the friendship she has already met.

These data were taken from the HEA website for further thematic analysis.

Discussion on Effects of School Uniforms on Students.

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Write 5 pages with APA style on Effects of School Uniforms on Students. It improves their behavior both in and out of school. Most importantly, it enhances the school climate and thus the attitudes of students towards education and their future. However, some students claim that school uniforms suppress their individuality and freedom of expression.

School uniforms play a large role in masking differences in students and preventing them from forming groups related to their wardrobe. For instance, without uniforms, those students who wore a certain type of clothing would likely form a clique, thus leading to the creation of invisible barriers within the student body. On the other hand, a school uniform would reduce the forming of groups defined by their wardrobe. As all the students wear the same uniform, there will not be any status competition or inter-personal comparison between students’ clothes. For example, those students coming from lower-income households or having a bad taste of clothing will not be picked on by their peers because of their ‘poor’ or ‘weird’ clothing. Therefore, school uniforms increase the sense of unity among the student body and reduce the chances of bullying due to the type of clothing worn, which leads to a better social environment for students (Alexander & Alexander et al 2011. Kaplan et al 2010. Clark 2007. Gomez n.d.).

School uniforms also have a role in decreasing the incidence of violence and gang activity in school. As all the students wearing the school uniform look the same, it is pretty easy to identify someone who is not part of the school as he/she will not be wearing the school uniform. This way schools can make sure that no dangerous gangsters roam inside school grounds, thus limiting their influence on school students, especially those of urban schools. Moreover, school uniforms also discourage the displaying of gang colors by students and the hiding of weapons, which would have occurred if the wearing of baggy jeans would be allowed. School uniforms also reduce disciplinary issues and crime. For instance, there could be thefts and fights over designer jackets or expensive footwear if students were allowed to wear whatever they wanted. It was noted that ever since a district in California adopted a school uniform policy, crime fell by ninety-one percent, suspensions dropped by ninety percent, and possession of illegal substances declined by sixty-nine percent. This proves that there is a direct and substantial link to school uniforms and the decrease in school violence, gang activities, and crime (Gomez n.d.. National School Boards Association n.d.. Alexander & Alexander 2011. Duvall et al 2004).