Category: Social work

In your essay, discuss voluntary work and how it can benefit students.
Opposite are some comments from other students.
1.Volunteering gives young people plenty of skills for the future.
2. It makes me angry when people believe that I do nothing to help others.
Now write an essay for the school magazine.

The assignment requires social work students to identify challenges faced by new NGO managers in the current context. Propose solutions to address these challenges solutions. 
Students are expected to join Hong Kong NGOs and work as managers in later career life. 
The essay has the following criteria 
Ability to relate relevant theories and/or concepts to empirical observations 
Ability to assess relevant issues in the management of social service organizations critically. 
Ability to generate insights on issues relating to the management of social service organizations 
Ability to present the views and arguments in an organized and clear manner

Please see the attachment for assignment instructions. Below you will find the discussion prompt. 
Self-awareness is a necessary component in your decision-making process. Without self-awareness, you will be plagued with proverbial blind-spots that will inevitably end in client harm. To raise your self-awareness, your discussion assignment this week is aimed at taking what you have learned and turning inward to answer the question, “Where am I?” Obviously, this is not asking where you are geographically but rather where are you personally and developmentally.  
Include the following in your post:
Take a moment to reflect on your own life and decision-making. Considering what you have learned about utilitarianism, deontology, and principlism, discuss what types of decisions you tend to make. Do you tend to try to do the most good for the most people? Do you tend to focus on the intention behind the action? Do you find yourself seeking out a structured “right,” or do you tend to think that “right” is relative?  
Consider the Four Component Model. How would you rank yourself in terms of Moral Sensitivity, Moral Judgment, Moral Motivation, and Moral Character? Do you find yourself struggling to see “what the issue is?” Do you find it easy to give advice and find yourself explaining to friends, “You know what you should do?” Do you tend to take time to weigh all options, or do you make decisions swiftly? Is it challenging for you to “do the right thing” when it is not the popular thing, or do you tend to think of yourself as boldly standing “in the gap?”  
In your reflection, try to determine which schema (pg. 27-28 of your text) you seem to operate from in your decision-making. Whether personal interest, maintaining norms, or post-conventional, each of us tends to generally operate from a schema.  
For this discussion, simply answering each of the prompts will not suffice. You need to take the time necessary to reflect on your life and spend time understanding what has contributed to wherever you may be. Each of us have a unique set of experiences that contribute to how we view and interact with the world around us. It is only after we know ourselves that we can understand what we have to offer our clients. Discuss what may contribute to what you have discovered in answering the questions above.  
Important note: While this is a reflection assignment, you are not required to share things that you wish to not share with the class. We want the best for you and your future clients. If you find yourself struggling with this assignment, reach out to your instructor for support.   

The assignment requires social work students to identify challenges faced by new NGO managers in the current context. Propose solutions to address these challenges solutions.
Students are expected to join Hong Kong NGOs and work as managers in later career life.
The essay has the following criteria
Ability to relate relevant theories and/or concepts to empirical observations
Ability to assess relevant issues in the management of social service organizations critically.
Ability to generate insights on issues relating to the management of social service organizations
Ability to present the views and arguments in an organized and clear manner

The purpose of the policy event assignment is to increase knowledge of current policy issues,
encourage involvement with advocates, and increase awareness of the policy arena. To be effective
as an advocate, a social worker must be informed and engage with others advocating for social
policy issues.
The event must include a discussion of a specific policy proposal by decision- makers, stakeholders,
interest groups, or constituents. Examples of events include town halls of a federal, state, or local
legislator; school board meeting; city council meetings; an advocacy group meeting; or a policy
education event.
To complete this assignment, attend the policy event, engage with someone at the event, and
complete a written summary of your experience. You will also discuss your experience during the
Week 10 live session.
Submit your 750- to 1,000-word narrative summary as a Word document, 12- point font and double-
spaced, to the Online Campus. The narrative summary should be in paragraph format and address
each of the questions below for full credit.
Event Description
• Who organized the event?
• Who attended the event, including decision-maker(s)?
Issue or Policy Description
• What issue is the policy event addressing?
• What information was provided at the event?
• What alternative, counterargument/perspective was presented, if any? What are your
impressions of the event?
Engagement Description
• What motivated the person you engaged with to get involved?
• How did the person you engaged with learn about the organization holding the event?
• What has the person you engaged with done in the past to advocate for this issue?
To effectively meet assignment expectations, review the assignment grading rubric.
When you save your assignment, the file name should be “First Name_Last Name_Assignment
Name.”

For this week, please post one article, published within the past 5 years, that highlights a current area of need, or alternatively an area of strength, among minority, immigrant, or refugee youth in the country. A. Along with the article link, please post a short summary (3-4 sentences at most) of the article. The article can be drawn from either a news source, website, or academic peer-reviewed journal. B. Along with your article post, please respond to the following questions (in 3-4 sentences):
1. What are the enduring barriers to social inclusion (e.g., discriminatory attitudes, lack of skills or knowledge, prioritization by powerful parties, incentives and capacity to promote inclusion etc)?
2. In what ways does exclusion contribute to poverty, inequality, or uneven development outcomes at individual, household, community, province or national levels?
Read group member responses and respond thoughtfully to at least two of your peers.

Please read and respond to peer
Theories on aging in the textbook include activity theory, disengagement theory, and social reconstruction syndrome theory. These three theories offer different implications and outlooks on how a person ages and interacts with others. The activity theory “asserts that the more physically and mentally active people are, the more successfully they will age” (Zastrow, Kirst-Ashman, & Hessenaeur, 2019, p. 683). The disengagement theory refers “to a process whereby people respond to aging by gradually withdrawing from the various roles and social relationships they occupied in middle age” (Zastrow, et al., 2019, p. 684). The social reconstruction syndrome theory believes that “our society should liberate older people from unrealistic standards and expectations. The belief that self-worth depends on a person’s productivity has adverse consequences for those who are retired” (Zastrow, et al., 2019, p. 685). With that being said, I believe the activity theory does the best job of explaining the aging process. I say this because when individuals are relatively healthy and strive to stay that way, they typically have more of a positive outlook and quality of life. When older individuals stay active it keeps their body, mind, and social engagement up. Meaning, this theory and staying active can reduce the risk of disease, psychological issues, dependence, health issues, etc. To conclude, I believe the activity theory is the best for explaining the aging process because it suggests that older individuals can maintain their well-being and overall lifestyle. References
Zastrow, C.H., Kirst-Ashman, K.K., & Hessenauer, S. (2019). Empowerment series: Understanding human behavior and the social environment. 11th ed., Boston, MA: Cengage

Reimagine a New Practice Proposal
Assignment Objective
The overall objective of this assignment is to assess your understanding of the concepts detailed in all the modules and personal impact. This paper should reflect a high degree of self-awareness, demonstrate your understanding of the course materials to date and allow you to re-imagine a new way of doing social work.
Assignment Detail
This 1–3-page proposal detailing how you would create a “new” service, intervention, program or social enterprise. This is a proposal, meaning, if you had the liberty to re-imagine a new way of doing social work with Latinx communities, what would you do?  
In your own words define what you are proposing either
New Program
New intervention
Social Enterprise
It cannot be something that already exist. Meaning, do not reinvent Cognitive behavior therapy.
Identify who your program would target. Age groups, identities, and the specific community of color.
Please integrate the following in your proposal
How will your new program build on the strengths of Latinx communities? Detail the strengths, what is thriving, what is working?
What is the specific service?
How would you fund your new service?
How would you know that this is working?
How would you replicate this more widely?
What is stopping you from creating this, tomorrow?

Select a social work problem (e.g. chronic illness, family violence, substance abuse, child maltreatment, etc.) for research and analysis in the paper integrating social work theories, practice, policies, and research. As you select your topic, consider if you might be able to use this material to support your work later in the capstone paper, in which you will research and analyze the effectiveness of a social work intervention.
Select 10-15 empirically based research studies that inform about this particular social work problem, but not focused on treatment or interventions. Prioritize a few factors to discuss based on the priorities you find in the literature (e.g. a few ways that children are affected by a parent who is chronically or mentally ill).
The paper is to be about 12-15 pages in length, using APA style formatting and citations, including headings and subheadings.
Introduction—Engage the reader. Tell me what the paper is about and draw me a road map. What, why, how? What are you writing about? Why is it important to social work? How are you proceeding?
Identify and describe the social work problem (micro, mezzo, or macro). Include demographic information demonstrating how serious the problem is for people. Also, consider and address the social (and economic, if you can find or develop this part) costs to society resulting from this problem.
Identify and describe the causal factors that the literature suggests are the most important. Describe them, using empirically based research as the basis for your discussion. Discuss any theoretical perspectives suggested by the literature.
Identify current policies, programs, and services intended to address the social work problem. Describe the most important, again using empirically based research as the basis for your discussion. Discuss the empowerment and strengths perspectives in relation to these policies, AND the control, regulation, and potential bias toward communities of color.
Discuss the implications for social work practice, using empirically based research as the basis for your discussion, as well as your own integration of the findings.
Conclusion–What were the basic findings from your review? What are your final conclusions?

You are socialized within a culture the moment you are born, both through your family and your broader community interactions.
As humans develop and mature, they learn the unwritten rules of social behavior and interaction as they watch and participate in their social environment. An individual’s culture is often influenced by nationality, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, and geographic location.
By recognizing you have a culture in the context of a larger culture, and that your distinct culture exists along with other distinct cultures, how could that help you see the nature, value, and strengths of those other cultures? In this Discussion, you consider similar questions. TO PREPARE
Consider the different aspects of culture such as: language, communication style, art, customs/traditions (e.g., holidays, weddings, funerals), values, stories, religion, food, social habits (e.g., eye contact, how close one stands, how one greets or says “good”), gender roles, clothing, music.
Reflect on the first time you remember someone else displaying a different cultural characteristic than your own. Where were you? What did you notice? How did you respond?
Read Standard 1.05 from the NASW Code of Ethics:
https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of…
1.05 Cultural Awareness and Social Diversity
(a) Social workers should understand culture and its function in human behavior and society, recognizing the strengths that exist in all cultures.
(b) Social workers should have a knowledge base of their clients’ cultures and be able to demonstrate competence in the provision of services that are sensitive to clients’ cultures and to differences among people and cultural groups.
(c) Social workers should obtain education about and seek to understand the nature of social diversity and oppression with respect to race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, and mental or physical ability.
(d) Social workers who provide electronic social work services should be aware of cultural and socioeconomic differences among clients and how they may use electronic technology. Social workers should assess cultural, environmental, economic, mental or physical ability, linguistic, and other issues that may affect the delivery or use of these service. Post a response to the following:Briefly identify and describe your culture.
Describe your first memory of a cultural difference.
Explain the information a social worker would need to know about an individual’s or family’s culture in order to effectively deliver services to them.
Describe potential consequences of a lack of cultural awareness on the social worker’s part
Support your post with examples from the course text and any other resources used to respond to this Discussion. Demonstrate that you have completed the required readings, understand the material, and are able to apply the concepts. Include a full reference of resources at the bottom of the post.