Social Work helping paper

Social Work helping paper

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in a three page paper in APA format, the student must critically analyze the following questions. The questions must be in paragraph format.

1. Discuss a time when someone helped you with some difficulty or problem

-what were the circumstances?

-what were you feelings on needing help?

-what you had done to help yourself?

-what values (personal, social, and professional) were involved?

2. Discuss a time when you helped someone

-what were the circumstances?

-what did you do?

-how did you feel giving help?

-how do you think the person receiving help felt?

-what might you have done differently and why?

-what values (personal, social, professional) were used?

Subject   Social Work      Topic   Social Policy/ Policy Issue

Academic Level: Bachelor

Paper details

Policy Advocacy Paper

Overview

For this assignment you will consider a social problem/policy issue that is relevant to your field agency or an agency where you currently work or have worked in the past. For this paper you will describe the problem from the viewpoint of a policy advocate and detail how you (as a policy advocate) would address the problem/issue.

Directions

1. Create a document using a word processing program (e.g. Microsoft Word) with the

following formatting guidelines:

• 4 to 5 pages in length (not including the title and reference page)
• 12-­‐point, Times New Roman font
• 1 inch margins
• Answer each question below using corresponding alphabet (e.g. a, b, c …) in paper
• Double-­‐spaced
• APA 6th edition formatting

2. Save the document as yourname_M3_policyadvocacy with a .doc or .docx file extension.
3. Respond to the following prompt and questions to compose your paper:

Consider a social problem/policy issue that is relevant to your field education placement or the agency where you work or have worked in the past. In this paper you will describe the problem from the perspective of a policy advocate and detail how you would address the problem/issue.

Two examples of social problems (Neither of these issues can be used for this paper): (a) food stamps office closes before many clients get off work; (b) social service agencies are located across town; the town does not have a viable bus system and many clients lack transportation.

 

 

1. Identify and describe the social problem/policy issue.
2. Why is it an issue important to social workers?
3. What aspects of the context are particularly relevant to a policy advocate?
4. Identify four to six stakeholders in the situation including those with opposing views.
5. Summarize the various perspectives of the key stakeholders.
6. What values are important to people in each perspective?
7. Which advocacy styles would be effective to persuade the various stakeholders?
8. What systems will the policy advocate need to navigate? Why is each important?
9. Where is the issue now with respect to the public agenda?
10. What steps might a policy advocate take to advance the issue to the public agenda?
11. What information would you add to a folder for your successor (imagine you are retiring at the end of the month). Include both information you have and information and resources your successor will need to obtain.