SOCW 6500 Week 3 Blog Assignment

SOCW 6500 Week 3 Blog Assignment

SOCW 6500 Week 3 Blog Assignment

Assignment 1: Week 3 Blog

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 personal safety plan for your field education experience
•        An explanation of how your personal safety plan might differ from your agency safety plan during your field education experience

Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

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SOCW 6500 Week 7 Assignment: Practice-informed Research

Assignment 2: Evidence Based Practice

According to the Council on Social Work Education, Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice:

Social workers understand quantitative and qualitative research methods and their respective roles in advancing a science of social work and in evaluating their practice. Social workers know the principles of logic, scientific inquiry, and culturally informed and ethical approaches to building knowledge. Social workers understand that evidence that informs practice derives from multi-disciplinary sources and multiple ways of knowing. They also understand the processes for translating research findings into effective practice. Social workers:

•        Use practice experience and theory to inform scientific inquiry and research;
•        Apply critical thinking to engage in analysis of quantitative and qualitative research methods and research findings; and
•        Use and translate research evidence to inform and improve practice, policy, and service delivery.

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

To Prepare: Meet with your Field Instructor. During the meeting, you are expected to assess the population(s) served by the agency. After meeting with the Field Instructor, conduct extensive research regarding the agency’s client population. You will be expected to use at least 5 peer-reviewed resources. The purpose of the research is to discover “evidenced based practices” that are most effective while working with clients served within the population. If the agency serves more than one population, select one sub-population within the agency to conduct the review.

The Assignment: Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint Presentation, where you will explain the following:

1.     Population researched
2.     Best evidenced based practices modalities used to engage the population
3.     Current modalities used in the agency
4.     Briefly discuss and suggest to methods of implementing evidence-based practices in the agency
5.     Analyze the findings from the articles you researched