Identify a current issue or event (within the past year) that speaks to race and ethnicity. It could be local to your community, or it could be national. Consider how you would provide culturally competent social work practice to the affected population. BY DAY 4 Post a description of a current issue or event that … Read more
Research the Annie E. Casey Foundation site found in the Learning Resources to locate information about child poverty and the child poverty rate in your state. BY DAY 3 Post a response to the following: Explain the importance of understanding the child poverty rate. Identify the child poverty rate in your state. Describe an important … Read more
Identify a current issue or event (within the past year) that speaks to race and ethnicity. It could be local to your community, or it could be national. Consider how you would provide culturally competent social work practice to the affected population.
Post an explanation of the skills and considerations needed to conduct an initial assessment with Aaron. Specifically: What does Aaron need, and why? What questions would you, as the social worker, ask to provide him with support and better understand his story? Then, analyze Aaron’s experience as a marginalized ethnic group in the United States. … Read more
Analyze what you learned from the Voices of Diversity video regarding perspectives and experiences related to race and ethnicity. Specifically: What idea, experience, or statement resonated with you the most, and why? What is one strategy described in the video that you will apply toward your self-awareness and/or cultural competence? How might this strategy … Read more
Describe environmental social governance (ESG). Why does it need to be a key issue in strategic management and how will you integrate it in your recommendations for your individual and CLC group’s company (Chick-Fil-A)?
Identify the programs the social worker in the case study engaged with. Identify the policies that drove the programs and indicate which were federal and which were state or local. Explain how these policies affected the social worker’s delivery of services. Imagine that this scenario took place at an agency in your state. Research … Read more
When you think of yourself as a cultural being, what do you want others to know? How does your own cultural story influence your ability to work in cross-cultural situations? What are you bringing to the social work profession? How does this connect to your desire to become a culturally competent social worker? Why do … Read more
Define social welfare and social welfare policy. Explain how social welfare policy governs social work practice and programs. Explain in 2–3 sentences how one historical circumstance or event surrounding an issue or problem inspired a drive for social change. The goal here is to concisely point to an important historical event for context, rather … Read more
Compose a self-reflection on why it is important to understand the different types of economies in the social work profession. Consider the relationship between the state, the market and organizations in the creation of social policies and how different economic contexts (capitalism, socialist economy, mixed economy, neoliberalism and political economy) influence the creation of … Read more