Category: Social Work

Overview
An infographic is a visual representation of an idea that can be unders

Overview
An infographic is a visual representation of an idea that can be understood clearly and quickly. As you’ve seen in the readings, critical theories focus on power inequities. We, as social workers, also believe that it is important to involve stakeholders in solving social problems. As you create an infographic to recruit stakeholders, choose one of the critical theories and incorporate the important theoretical concepts. Create an infographic that is visually appealing, highlights the power dynamics of your chosen theory, promotes action and understanding, and encourages collaboration.
An Infographic has three core components:
Visual: color coding, graphics, reference icons.
Content: time frames, statistics, references.
Knowledge: facts, deductions.
Instructions
Using PowerPoint, Canva, or another graphic design program develop an infographic that depicts the concepts of one of the critical theories. Include the concepts, the population to which the theory applies, and examples of social work practice/programs that address problems in society using this critical theory.
View Week 5: Infographics for inspiration and access to Canva.
Additional Requirements
To achieve a successful assignment outcome, you are also expected to meet the following requirements.
References: You must support your statements with at least 3–4 scholarly sources (which may include your text and required readings). The Social Work Doctoral Program Library Guide can help you get started on this research.
APA Style: Use current edition APA style for in-text citations and in the reference list at the end of the paper. Use Academic Writer for guidance in citing sources in proper APA style. See the Writing Center for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze the role of theories in social work practice at the micro, mezzo, macro, and meta levels.
Include examples of social work practice/programs that address problems in society using this critical theory as part of the infographic.
Competency 2: Appraise theories, perspectives, and models for relevance and evaluate the strengths and barriers related to their application to practice.
Develop an infographic that depicts the chosen critical theory’s concepts and the population to which the theory applies.
Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of the social work profession.
Create an infographic that is aesthetically pleasing and well organized.
Adhere to the rules of grammar, usage, mechanics and current edition APA citations.

****Instructions, Rubric, and Case Study are attached.
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****Instructions, Rubric, and Case Study are attached.
****Add citations from Chapters 1 and 2 from the PDF attachment. Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate From Policy Practice to Social Justice.
****Use as many citations as needed.
****Thank You

For this assignment, write a paper describing the program area of Missouri Chil

For this assignment, write a paper describing the program area of Missouri Children’s Division and the preventative services offered for at-risk families, the program’s theory of change, and the evaluation goals. The first part of the paper should describe the program’s purpose, its importance, its targeted clients, and a discussion of how the program works. Then, have a literature review (1-2 articles) that supports (or questions) this theory of change. The next part of the paper should lay out the purposes of the proposed evaluation, the critical stakeholders to include, and the key evaluation questions that the evaluation will address.
Introduction:
Please complete the Introduction section of your Program Evaluation Report. Introductory paragraph: Summarize what your Program Evaluation Report will cover (Missouri Children’s Division and preventative services offered to at-risk families): Problem or concern, program to be evaluated, evaluation design used, and state that the report will discuss findings and make recommendations.
Introduce the problem or concern: Use research findings in the literature and practice experience to inform this inquiry.
Program to be evaluated: Put the evaluation in context with a brief descriiption of the program, services, and clientele.
Theory: Identify the formal theory or theories that explain the etiology of the problem/concern.
Purpose and Significance: State the purpose of the program evaluation and why it is important
Logic Model – This is a section of the paper
Understanding a program’s theory and representing it in a logic model is a starting point in program evaluation. Complete a logic model for the program you intend to study. Any structure for the logic model can be used, but it should include program processes and expected outcomes.
To gather information to create the logic model and answer the questions, you will need to conduct at least one interview and/or focus group. The aim is to root your evaluation plan in stakeholder information and meet their decision-making needs. Therefore, you will interview a key stakeholder or (focus) group of stakeholders.
Literature review – this is a section of the paper
Please have at least seven references.
Current Knowledge: What current programs, interventions, or models are attempting to address the problem or concern? What empirical evidence exists regarding the effectiveness of contemporary interventions?
Evaluate the Literature: For each source, critically analyze the methods and the findings. Note whether the methods are qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods.
Explain the usefulness of the studies in informing, improving, and evaluating practice.
What is missing in the literature?
State the research hypothesis and/or research question (1 paragraph).
To accompany your logic model, provide a 2-3 page narrative that answers the questions below. Please use the questions/interview schedule as your subheadings when you write this up.
Whom did you interview? What are their roles in the program?
What are the goals and objectives of the program you will evaluate?
Who is the program designed to serve? Include as much demographic detail as possible
(age, gender, ethnicity, etc.) for each group impacted by the program (e.g., students, parents, clients, etc.). Give your best estimate if precise demographic information is not available.
What are the means through which program goals and objectives are expected to be met? In other words, what activities does the program utilize to serve its clientele?
What data/records currently exist relative to this program’s goals, objectives, and activities?
Methodology – This is section of the paper
Methodology (Remember there should be enough detail that the reader could replicate your study)
Design: Specify the research design(s) used in the program evaluation and justify this choice.
Sample: Describe the data source: criteria for inclusion, sampling method, and recruitment of participants if applicable.
Measures: Describe the instrument or instruments (if any) used in the data collection. (Be sure to cite authors)
Data Collection: Describe the procedures used in collecting the data in detail. If applicable, include information on human subjects’ research compliance
Data analysis: Describe the data analysis used, including descriiptive statistics included.
Results: This is a section of the paper
Findings: Present the conclusions regarding the hypothesis test or provide the answers to your research question(s) or (Just the facts here). Tables, graphs, and charts may help present the findings. (According to APA format, these will follow the references and be placed before the Appendices.)
Unexpected Findings: discuss findings that are unusual or unexpected but not related to the research questions.

In the Week 3 assignment, you identified and analyzed a specific developmental t

In the Week 3 assignment, you identified and analyzed a specific developmental theory to apply to a case study from a chosen film. In this assignment, you will build on the work you have done by analyzing ecological systems theory and deciding on an actual application from a person-in-environment perspective.
As with last time, it is vital to support the application of your chosen theory with scholarly research.
Assignment Instructions
Make sure that you are introducing your chosen character and provide an explanation of their presenting problem from your chosen case study.
The bullet points below correspond to grading criteria in the scoring guide. For this assignment, complete the following:
Explain the key components of ecological systems theory to apply to the assessment, intervention, and evaluation of your chosen case study.
Which aspects ecological systems theory are the most applicable and relevant to your chosen case study?
How can ecological systems theory be integrated into assessment, intervention, and evaluation for your chosen character from the case study?
Make sure you cite appropriate and relevant scholarly and professional resources to support your explanation.
Assess the chosen character from the person-in-environment perspective.
For a person-in-environment perspective, you might want to ask yourself the following questions.
What systems provide the client support?
What systems may be hindering the client?
Systems to consider include family, friends, work, social services, politics, religion, goods and services, and educational systems.
Include your chosen character’s intersectionality in your assessment.
Describe an intervention based on ecological systems theory that is applicable and relevant to the chosen character.
Discuss two short-term and two long-term goals for the client by applying systems theory to contextualize the appropriateness of your chosen intervention.
Consider how to make the intervention appropriate for diverse clients.
Make sure you cite appropriate and relevant scholarly and professional resources to support your intervention.
Evaluate the chosen intervention.
Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the intervention from an ecological systems perspective.
Describe the benefits of an ecological systems perspective within the context of personal social work practice.
Note how this perspective can guide social work practice when engaging with diverse individuals and families.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
Cited resources: A minimum of three scholarly sources. Most literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
Length of paper: A minimum of four typed, double-spaced pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

1. Throughout your career as a social worker, you may fulfill the role of superv

1. Throughout your career as a social worker, you may fulfill the role of supervisor. How do you see yourself providing leadership to the organization as you carry out the duties and tasks as a supervisor?
2. Provide an example of a supervisor with whom you have worked who provides effective leadership to the organization. What are the strengths and challenges you observed?
3, Using what you have learned from this class and others in the MSW program, discuss how you envision moving into a position of leadership within an organization and the profession (address on a micro, mezzo, and macro level).
4. Recently questions have been raised about issues of power, privilege, and social justice within the social work profession. How would you address these issues within your professional work and in conversation with supervisees?

Your initial post should be 250 words minimum, Apa Format.
Reading material for the week :
2. Dewane, C, J, (2013)Considerations in group
supervision, The New Social Worker
https://www.socialworker.com/feature-articles/practice/considerations-in-group-supervision/Links to an external site.
3. Strengthening supervision for the social service workforce, October 2020
https://www.socialserviceworkforce.org/resources/guidance-manual-strengthening-supervision-social-service-workforceLinks to an external site.
4. A leadership model for social work: Drawing on health care to inform social work leadership
The British Journal of Social Work, bcab185, https://doi-org.uc.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab185Links to an external site.

Overview
Crises and disasters come in a variety of forms: physical, social, fina

Overview
Crises and disasters come in a variety of forms: physical, social, financial, and political. Disasters can be both natural and man-made. When the crisis or disaster impacts your community and you are a community agency director who is well connected with other social service agencies, you would be expected to use your agency services and resources to aid in crisis management and recovery.
Preparation
Select a community crisis or disaster in your area. Focus on micro- and mezzo-level practice.
Research the literature to find 6–8 scholarly articles published within the last five to seven years to identify social work services that you might provide through your agency to the community and, as a leader, recommend best practices to address micro- and mezzo-level needs of community members and agency workers.
View Crafting Your Presentation: Tips for Creating Your PowerPoint to familiarize yourself with the seven rules of proper visual design.
Instructions
Create a 10–12 slide PowerPoint presentation for your agency employees and the community. Include the following:
Discuss the selected community disaster, including the socio-demographics of community members.
Articulate categories of need at micro- and mezzo-levels for clients, first responders, and agency workers for the selected crisis or disaster.
Analyze the social work roles needed for the selected crisis or disaster.
What skills need to be engaged for each of the social work roles?
Assess ethical and cultural issues to be addressed by social workers during and after the selected crisis or disaster.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:
Written communication:
Develop flow with organizational tactics that recognize the relationship between the main topic and subtopics.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Organization: Make sure that your presentation is well-organized, using headings and subheadings to organize content for the reader.
Use the speaker’s notes section within the PowerPoint slides to provide all the information relevant to each slide, which you would otherwise present verbally.
Each slide must have no more than 4–5 bullets, and each bullet should summarize your point in approximately 4–6 words.
Use graphics throughout the presentation, but ensure they are appropriate for the content provided and provide value.
Resources: Use 6–8 resources published within the last five to seven years.
Use the Disaster Management Research for Social Work Library GuideLinks to an external site. for research resources and library tools.
APA formatting: Use Academic WriterLinks to an external site. for guidance in citing sources and formatting in proper APA style. See the Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
Length: 10–12 PPT slides with speaker’s notes, excluding the title slide and references slide.
Academic Integrity and Honesty: You must adhere to academic integrity and honesty policies and incorporate practices that support ethically sound work in your assignments. View Academic Integrity at Capella University: Some GuidelinesLinks to an external site..
Before you submit your assignment, carefully read the grading criteria in the Social Work Roles: Micro-Mezzo (Community Crisis) rubric to ensure you understand all of the requirements for success.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
Competency 1: Assess the impact of crises and disasters on client systems of all levels.
Discuss the selected community disaster, including the socio-demographics of community members.
Articulate categories of need at micro and mezzo levels for clients, first responders, and agency workers for the selected crisis or disaster.
Competency 2: Analyze various social work roles needed to manage a natural or a man-made crisis.
Analyze the social work roles needed for the selected crisis or disaster.
Competency 3: Address cultural competence when intervening during disasters and crises.
Assess ethical and cultural issues to be addressed by social workers during and after the selected crisis or disaster.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of the social work profession.
Develop flow with organizational tactics that recognize the relationship between the main topic and subtopics.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Week 4 Assignment: Social Work Roles: Micro-Mezzo (Community Crisis)
Week 4 Assignment: Social Work Roles: Micro-Mezzo (Community Crisis)
Criteria Ratings Pts
Discuss the selected community disaster, including the socio-demographics of community members.
30 to >25.5 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Discusses the selected community disaster, including the socio-demographics of community members, and provides additional scholarly literature to support.
25.5 to >21 pts
PROFICIENT
Discusses the selected community disaster, including the socio-demographics of community members.
21 to >0 pts
BASIC
Discusses the selected community disaster, but does not include the socio-demographics of community members.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not discuss the selected community disaster, including the socio-demographics of community members.
/ 30 pts
Articulate categories of need at micro and mezzo levels for clients, first responders, and agency workers for the selected crisis or disaster.
30 to >25.5 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Articulates categories of need at micro and mezzo levels for clients, first responders, and agency workers for the selected crisis or disaster and provides additional scholarly literature to support.
25.5 to >21 pts
PROFICIENT
Articulates categories of need at micro and mezzo levels for clients, first responders, and agency workers for the selected crisis or disaster.
21 to >0 pts
BASIC
Identifies, but does not articulate categories of need at micro and mezzo levels for clients, first responders, and agency workers for the selected crisis or disaster.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not identify categories of need at micro and mezzo levels for clients, first responders, and agency workers for the selected crisis or disaster.
/ 30 pts
Analyze the social work roles needed for the selected crisis or disaster.
30 to >25.5 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Analyzes the social work roles needed for the selected crisis or disaster and provides strong scholarly literature to support analysis.
25.5 to >21 pts
PROFICIENT
Analyzes the social work roles needed for the selected crisis or disaster.
21 to >0 pts
BASIC
Describes, but does not analyze the social work roles needed for the selected crisis or disaster.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not describe the social work roles needed for the selected crisis or disaster.
/ 30 pts
Assess ethical and cultural issues to be addressed by social workers during and after the selected crisis or disaster.
30 to >25.5 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Assesses ethical and cultural issues that must be addressed by social workers to be addressed by social workers during and after the selected crisis or disaster and provides strong examples and scholarly literature to support assessment.
25.5 to >21 pts
PROFICIENT
Assesses ethical and cultural issues to be addressed by social workers during and after the selected crisis or disaster.
21 to >0 pts
BASIC
Provides an incomplete or inaccurate assessment of ethical and cultural issues to be addressed by social workers during and after the selected crisis or disaster.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not assess ethical and cultural issues to be addressed by social workers during and after the selected crisis or disaster.
/ 30 pts
Develop flow with organizational tactics that recognize the relationship between the main topic and subtopics.
15 to >12.75 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Develops flow in text through paragraphing, transitional words, and key phrases, with an evident main idea in each paragraph.
12.75 to >10.5 pts
PROFICIENT
Develops flow with organizational tactics that recognize the relationship between the main topic and subtopics.
10.5 to >0 pts
BASIC
Ideas are interspersed or disconnected with unclear paragraph breaks.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Organizes ideas inappropriately for the assignment.
/ 15 pts
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
15 to >12.75 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions.
12.75 to >10.5 pts
PROFICIENT
Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
10.5 to >0 pts
BASIC
Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing incorrectly and (or) inconsistently, detracting noticeably from good scholarship.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
/ 15 pts

This paper should be 2 – 3 pages in length, not including the title page or
ref

This paper should be 2 – 3 pages in length, not including the title page or
reference page, typed, and double-spaced in an APA-approved 12-pt font.
Subject-Case Study:
School to Prison Pipeline
will upload instructions

Chapter one provides an overview of the features of the DSM – 5. In light of thi

Chapter one provides an overview of the features of the DSM – 5. In light of this, please discuss how you will continue to seek understanding of a person as an individual rather than characterizing them by their diagnosis? Additionally, what is the importance of looking beyond signs and symptoms of pathology and identifying client strengths?

Administrative Supervision Case
Case Descriiption:
You are working in a social

Administrative Supervision Case
Case Descriiption:
You are working in a social service organization and supervise a small team of 5 (you as the supervisor and 4 social work employees). Your team is comprised of you (supervisor), 2 office-based clinical staff, and 2 case managers (home and office-based).
The agency has instituted a new policy addressing employee productivity standards. Previously, employees were expected to meet a 50% productivity expectation (20 hours per week in documented direct practice services). The new standard requires 60% time spent in direct service contacts. A monthly team incentive has also been instituted. For each team that reaches a cumulative productivity standard of 60% documented productivity hours, each team member will receive an additional 2% pay increase for that month. A 2% pay deduction will be applied should the individual or the team fail to reach their overall productivity expectation.
You have both administrative (66% of your time) and direct practice (34% of your time) responsibilities. You are expected to review and discuss this new policy in your team meeting, monitor and report staff productivity hours, and review these outcomes at monthly team meetings. You are also responsible for individual supervision of team members and regularly review their productivity outcomes in weekly supervision.
Questions:
Identify the administrative tasks for this supervisor.
Identify issues of power, privilege, and authority related to this supervisory role
Identify this supervisor’s dual roles
Reflect on NASW values and ethics related to administrative supervision

Context:
INTRODUCTION:
Student must develop a project with a public or private a

Context:
INTRODUCTION:
Student must develop a project with a public or private agency/organization that has as its goal—the mitigation/solution of a social problem. The student must clearly identify a social problem and programs associated with a specific agency. See details below for structure and time requirements.
TEXT:
students must choose one academic text to use in writing final paper.
Students must identify an academic text—either book or research article that provides background analysis and context regarding the problem identified for study. For example, a) analysis of foster care services, b) analysis of prison based educational programs, c) analysis of upward bound or Avid programs in promoting high school graduation and college attendance.
The following are suggested as possible resources for you to consult:
Hamner, Building Bridges: Student Guide to Service Learning
Langton and Kammerer, Practicing Sociology in the Community
Assignment details:
Student must maintain a weekly journal and submit it to Canvas on a weekly basis. The journal has two parts:
1) a descriiption of the service-learning experience that week. This may include the process of setting up and contacting an organization, the details of the weekly experience with observations of organizational practices and interactions with participants,
2) analysis of the weekly experiences. This may include analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the organizational practices, your feelings about your own participation, feedback from participants, your learning experiences that you find valuable for your own professional development.