SOCW 6500 Week 1 Blog Assignment 1

SOCW 6500 Week 1 Blog Assignment 1

SOCW 6500 Week 1 Blog Assignment 1

Assignment 1: Week 1 Blog

You will have 11 blog assignments. You will first post your responses to blog prompts on social work field education experiences and then respond to three other colleagues regarding their blog posts each week. The topics covered in each week’s resources will inform the topics of the blog posts.

Refer to the topics covered in this week’s resources and incorporate them into your blog.

Post a blog post that includes:

•        A description of your understanding of field education experiences
•        An explanation of your role as an intern in your field education experience, including your agency learning agreement. (List below)

Submission and Grading Information

MSW Foundation Year -Student Learning Agreement

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SOCW 6500 Week 5 Assignment: Policy Context

Social Work Field Education I

Week 5: Policy Context

Post a blog post that includes:

•        An explanation of the policy context in your field education experience

•        Chapter 9, “The Social Policy Context of Practice” (pp. 97-108)   username: [email protected] Password: Shania 12#

Assignment 2: Policy Identification

According to the Counsel on Social Work Education, Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice:

Social workers understand that human rights and social justice, as well as social welfare and services, are mediated by policy and its implementation at the federal, state, and local levels. Social workers understand the history and current structures of social policies and services, the role of policy in service delivery, and the role of practice in policy development. Social workers understand their role in policy development and implementation within their practice settings at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels and they actively engage in policy practice to effect change within those settings.

Social workers recognize and understand the historical, social, cultural, economic, organizational, environmental, and global influences that affect social policy. They are also knowledgeable about policy formulation, analysis, implementation, and evaluation. Social workers:

•        Identify social policy at the local, state, and federal level that impacts well-being, service delivery, and access to social services;
•        Assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services;
•        Apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice.

This assignment is intended to help students demonstrate the behavioral components of this competency in their field education.

To prepare: Working with your field instructor, identify, evaluate, and discuss policies established by the local, state, and federal government (within the last five years) that affect the day to day operations of the field placement agency.