Mentorship and engaging with colleagues are important components of professional development. In this assignment, you engage with an experienced social work supervisor as a means of better understanding best practices within the profession. Through this glimpse into...
Post a response to the following: • Explain how you might evaluate client progress and determine when a client is ready to terminate services. • Describe a situation when a professional relationship may end before the client achieves their goals. • Describe one...
Post a response to the following: (please write out subheadings before responding.) • Describe the assessment process as related to individuals and families. • Briefly identify the types of information it is important to gather. • Compare how assessment at the macro...
To Prepare • Consider the ethical decision-making framework outlined in this week’s resources, including Figure 1.1 on page 439 of Kirst-Ashman and Hull. • Select one of the following options, and then engage in the first few steps of the ethical decision-making...
Discuss the concepts of cultural competence and cultural humility. How are they similar? How do they differ? In your discussion, talk about why you believe each term is an important quality for you to possess as a future social work professional. Next, select two...
To Prepare • Review this week’s Learning Resources, including the videos, and then reflect on the following: o What is your definition of cultural competency? o What skills do you think are necessary for attaining cultural competence as a social worker working with...
In a 6- to 8-slide PowerPoint presentation, address each of the following areas: • Describe the agency you visited. Include: o Services offered o Mission of the agency o Clientele or population served • Describe the social worker’s job activities and professional...
To Prepare • Take 3 pictures of your community, 1 that represents each of the following: (please kindly provide picture to suite requirements) o social justice o economic justice o environmental justice • Be sure to respect the privacy of individuals who may be...
To Prepare • Identify characteristics that represent your community. Then, take a picture that represents these characteristics in your community. (Please improvise ) Note that your photo does not need to be literal—it can be symbolic. Be sure to review the Learning...
Post a response to the following: • Briefly identify and describe your culture. (Your choice, preferably black culture!!!) • Describe your first memory of a cultural difference. • Explain the information a social worker would need to know about an individual’s or...
Licensure represents the ability to practice under the title of social worker. Each state regulates the profession and sets the requirements to be licensed to practice in that state. Even when regulations vary, all states require licensed social workers to have...
To Prepare • Consider a family system in a holistic manner. You can use the same family system as in the Discussion. However, in the Discussion you focused on a specific set of challenges. In this Assignment, think about all other aspects of the family system. •...
