Define the purpose and goals of the social work profession.
Integrating the Theory Into Professional Practice
Assignment Overview
To excel in their practice, social workers needs to understand a variety of theoretical frames for differing scenarios they will encounter as professionals. Social workers also need to understand techniques for applying theory to their practice. This assignment gives you the opportunity to analyze a theory in a scholarly paper.
read the following:
⦁ Croll, P. R. (2013). ⦁ Explanations for racial disadvantage and racial advantage: Beliefs about both sides of inequality in America. Ethnic & Racial Studies, 36(1), 47–74.
⦁ While there are some explanations for African-American disadvantage, this study looks at reasons for white advantage, finding that racial attitudes are complex and are dependent upon specific situations and context.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
⦁ Define cultural competency.
⦁ Define the purpose and goals of the social work profession.
Assignment Instructions
For this assignment:
⦁ Discuss why the theory, chosen for the assignment in Unit 5, is useful to you in your social work practice.
⦁ Compare and contrast your selected theory with at least two other theories, explaining why the theory you selected is a better fit for your practice.
⦁ Explain how theory guides social work practice, including the areas of assessment, intervention, and evaluation.
⦁ Integrate research-based knowledge and practice wisdom to support your project.
Using the content of your Unit 5 assignment, your chosen case study, and selected theory, that presents a comparison of your theory with at least two other theories in the context of applicability to your chosen case study.
⦁ Explain your reasoning using multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based knowledge, and practice wisdom.
Comment on which side you choose to support and explain why.
The Challenges of Poverty
After completing the unit readings and watching the Habitat 2014: Dr. Ruby K. Payne video(LINK BELOW), list three areas where the text agrees with Dr. Payne, and three areas where the text differs. Comment on which side you choose to support and explain why. Substantiate your position with at least one journal article; use the Capella library to search for relevant articles.
Your post should convey your analysis of the text versus Dr. Payne’s perspective, the position you support, and explanation as to why, and include references to literature to substantiate your position.
Applied Human Behavior in the Social Environment (UNIT READING)
Chapter 19, “Poverty and Class Influences on Human Behavior.”
This chapter discusses factors that contribute to poverty; defines situational and generational poverty; lists some anti-poverty programs that have been successful; and discusses the link between poverty and mental illness under two theories—social drift theory and social causation theory.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Define a psychosocial crisis.
Apply social work theory to professional practice.
What factors influence group endings?
250 words
Readings
Please read the following chapters in your An Introduction to Group Work Practice textbook:
- Chapter 13, “Ending the Group’s Work,” pages 395–416.
- Chapter 14, “Evaluation,” pages 417–443
A group has three stages: a beginning, a middle, and an end. What differentiates one stage from another? What factors influence group endings? Explain using your text and at least one scholarly outside source. Be sure to properly cite your examples using APA format.
What value do businesses using the TBL bring to society, and how might society be impacted if TBL were not a common business practice?
Discussion: Is the Triple Bottom Line Really That Important?
In your textbook, you learned about the triple-bottom-line (TBL) framework and its impact on people, planet, and profit. The TBL concept was initially developed by John Elkington in 1994. In 2018, Elkington wrote an article titled “25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase ‘Triple Bottom Line’: Here’s Why It’s Time to Rethink It”. He used the article as a call to strengthen how the TBL is used and to put more even more focus on sustainability and less on profit. In the article, he states:
But success or failure on sustainability goals cannot be measured only in terms of profit and loss. It must also be measured in terms of the wellbeing of billions of people and the health of our planet, and the sustainability sector’s record in moving the needle on those goals has been decidedly mixed. While there have been successes, our climate, water resources, oceans, forests, soils and biodiversity are all increasingly threatened. It is time to either step up—or to get out of the way.
Meanwhile, some believe that incorporating this framework into practice raises more questions than it resolves, especially around reporting, regulation, and a deviation from the financial bottom line of businesses.
In your initial post, address the following questions:
Do you think that it is the responsibility of businesses to track and manage the social, economic, and environmental impacts of their actions? Why or why not?
What value does using the TBL bring to a business, and is it worth the potential drawbacks of incorporating it?
What value do businesses using the TBL bring to society, and how might society be impacted if TBL were not a common business practice?
What general factors may have contributed to an organization or business implementing this practice?
Discussion: Cultural Comparisons and the Triple Bottom
Line
In this module, you have learned about the ways organizations support their
people, whether it be within the workplace or the local community. In this
discussion, you will evaluate business practices that are not considerate of
employees and communities, brainstorm reasons why the practices may have
been established, and consider how they can be improved.
For your initial post, select one of the following practices to evaluate:
• Employee pay is low.
• Employee training is limited.
• Employee benefits are minimal; there is little paid time off or sick time
available.
• The workplace culture is described by employees as stressful,
competitive, or alienating.
• A business doesn’t give back to the local community in any way.
• A business outsources many of its suppliers even though many local
suppliers are available.
In your initial post, evaluate your selected practice by addressing the
following questions:
• What general factors may have contributed to an organization or
business implementing this practice?
• What are some potential negative repercussions of the practice on
employees, the local community, or the business or organization?
• What benefits might employees, the local community, or the business
or organization experience if a more people-friendly practice was
incorporated?
Describe how the student/s could utilize one of the intervention strategies at home.
Upon identifying an appropriate intervention tier and aligning intervention strategies for students, teachers are able to begin the implementation process. Implementing identified intervention strategies during instruction will not only help to meet the students’ needs, but also help teachers to identify where to monitor and adjust instruction as needed. Planning, implementing, evaluating, and planning again is an ongoing, cyclical process when working with all students.
Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.
With your mentor teacher, identify an ELA lesson or activity in which interventions from the Clinical Field Experience C intervention plan can be implemented to benefit the previously identified student/s.
Continuing to work with the mentor teacher:
Identify an upcoming grade level ELA lesson or activity to implement applicable interventions from the Clinical Field Experience C intervention plan.
Discuss strengths and potential improvement for the student/s.
Implement the identified intervention strategies with the student/s during the agreed upon ELA lesson or activity.
Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
After the ELA lesson or activity, summarize and reflect upon your experiences in 250-500 words:
Describe how the student/s performed on the ELA activities, and reflect upon your experience implementing the intervention strategies. Include possible changes you would make in the future when implementing these strategies.
Describe how the student/s could utilize one of the intervention strategies at home.
Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.
Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the learning management system in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.
Describe why eBay needs a revitalization, rebranding, repositioning and/or even a product overhaul.
Describe why eBay needs a revitalization, rebranding, repositioning and/or even a product overhaul.
Must be 2 Paragraphs
How did the organizations you explored address sustainability concerns inherent to their industry, if at all?
Discussion: Risks and Benefits of Sustainable Operations
Although sustainable operations have many benefits for organizations,
consumers, and society, they also come with many business risks. In this
discussion, you will explore sustainability operations of major organizations
to reflect on what they are doing well, the benefits their sustainable
operations may bring, and the potential risks associated with their
sustainable operations. In evaluating the risks and benefits of prioritizing
sustainability, you will also learn the importance of justifying organizational
priorities, which will assist you in completing the first section of your course
project.
First, take some time to explore a few different organizations’ sustainable
operations statements on their websites. You may explore organizations you
are familiar with or use the following:
• Starbucks Stories
o Select Social Impact from the navigation bar, then select from the
story topics in the drop-down menu to explore the stories. Be
sure to explore the Sustainability topic.
• L’Oréal Group: Commitments and Responsibilities
• Dixie Cares: An Eye Toward the Future
• Peabody: Sustainability Approach
In your initial post, address the following questions:
• How did the organizations you explored address sustainability concerns
inherent to their industry, if at all?
o For example, a company that manufactures plastic has inherent
environmental risks regarding plastic waste and pollution.
• What other sustainable practices did the organizations you explored
identify as priorities, and what kinds of business risks may they be
taking on to prioritize those sustainable practices?
What are a few different ways that the supermarket chain could incorporate farm-to-table principles into its operations while still
meeting consumer demands?
Discussion: Farm-to-Table and the Triple Bottom Line
You are the chief operating officer (COO) of a local supermarket chain that
has 10 stores within an 100-mile radius. The farm-to-table movement has
been gaining momentum locally, and now it’s a consumer demand as well as
a good practice. This movement supports the use of local suppliers to limit
the environmental impact caused by the long-distance transportation of food.
It also supports small family farms that use sustainable practices, such as
avoiding genetically modified organisms and pesticides or using organic
fertilizers. The CEO of the supermarket chain has asked you to see if the
supermarket can apply some of the farm-to-table principles to how it selects
produce suppliers. Before moving too far in that direction, both you and the
CEO agree that the inventory-management implications need to be
understood.
Keep in mind that supermarket customers want a wide range of produce all
year long—even produce that does not grow locally during parts of the year.
For example, oranges cannot survive very cold weather, but local customers
expect to be able to buy them even during snowstorms in winter.
In your initial post, address the following:
• What are a few different ways that the supermarket chain could
incorporate farm-to-table principles into its operations while still
meeting consumer demands?
• What are the benefits and risks associated with incorporating farm-totable principles into the grocery chain’s supply chain?
• What data and communication with the local farms is necessary for the
supermarket to implement this endeavor?
• What factors or metrics will determine whether you, as the COO,
support applying farm-to-table principles to the supermarket, and
why?
Explain which of the treatments you personally would prefer to use and why.
Assessment Description
This assignment will help you, a future counselor, analyze various evidence-based addiction treatment interventions.
Write a 750-1,000-word paper that gives a general overview of commonly used substance use disorder treatment approaches. In addition, you are to select two common approaches and compare their similarities and differences.
Include the following in your assignment:
Briefly describe two common empirically researched substance use disorder treatments. Choose two from the following: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, or Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Compare, in a side-by-side chart, the differences of each of the two treatments chosen.
Explain which of the treatments you personally would prefer to use and why.
Identify the professionals who may be involved in treatment, and then describe their role and how you would personally coordinate treatment with them.
Include a minimum of two peer reviewed scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.
Consider using the following level-one APA headings in your paper to help organize the content:
Common Empirically Researched Substance Use Disorder Treatments
Differences in Treatments
Treatments Personally Preferred
Professionals Involved in Treatment
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency and professional standards:
MS Addiction Counseling; MS Christian Counseling of Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
4.1: Assess valid and reliable research to answer questions for an identified problem, concern, or professional counseling intervention.
This assignment meets the following NASAC Standards:
5) Describe the philosophies, practices, policies, and outcomes of the most generally accepted models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention and continuing care for addiction and other substance-related problems.
8) Appreciate the value of an interdisciplinary approach to addiction treatment.
10) Describe a variety of helping strategies for reducing the negative effects of substance abuse and dependency.
13) Appreciate the need to adapt practice to the range of treatment settings and modalities.
54) Exchange relevant information with the agency/professional to whom the referral is being made, in a manner consistent with confidentiality regulations and generally accepted professional standards of care.
63) Understand terminology, procedures, and the roles of other disciplines related to the treatment of addiction.
64) Contribute as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team.
