Part 1: Connecting of Economic Inequality and Poverty to Social Work Values and Human Rights
A. Provide 2 examples of how economic inequality and/or poverty impact the population you
chose in part one (individuals of below average intelligence).
B. Choose 2 Ethical Principles identified in the NASW Code of Ethics and explain how they relate to the economic inequality experienced by your chosen population. (Individuals of below average intelligence).
C. How does economic inequality, particularly as experienced by this group, connect to human rights concepts? (For this part sources can be from any peer reviewed literature, at least 5 sources, not verbatim but paraphrased and clearly explained as they relate to the prompts)
Second page:
Part 2: Connecting to Theory
A. Use the social policy of, successful aging, to focus on in this assignment.
B. Choose one theoretical perspective that relates to your chosen area of social policy.
C. How does this theory inform social worker’s understanding of this problem, particularly as
experienced by this group? (Individuals of below average intelligence). How does this theory inform our understanding of society’s response to this problem?
D. Based on the readings so far (For this part of the assignment the sources should mainly be from the attached list, which are the readings the teacher is referring to, at least 5 sources), how does this theory or another theoretical perspective inform your understanding of the population you identified? (Individuals of below average intelligence).
Third and fourth pages:
Part 3: Creating Change
A. Choose an area of social policy related to environmental protection from the assigned reading. (Choose something from here; Lane, S.R., Palley, E.S., & Shdaimah, C.S. (2019). Social welfare policy in a changing world. Sage Publishing.
• Chapter 16: Environmental Policy)
B. With your new understanding of the role of social work in the context of social change, how can you impact this social policy area through your current or future social work practice with this population? (Individuals of below average intelligence).
C. How can larger levels of social change improve the lives of the population impacted by this problem?
D. Returning to the population identified (Individuals of below average intelligence), how can you create social change through your current or future social work practice with this population? (For this part sources can be from any peer reviewed literature, at least 5 sources, not verbatim but paraphrased and clearly explained as they relate to the prompts)
Very important; Throughout the entire paper bare in mind the following, the Professor had the following comments to say in reaction to my chosen population (Individuals of below average intelligence), “for this group we need to look at programs like YAI and AHRC. Both organizations have inclusive hiring practices and normalizing practice with this group. However, we need to review communities within a larger view. This includes small business and their normalizing practices. That is, they may help increase the capacity of this group, while providing the normalization of this group to the larger society. Review Amazon policy for diversity and inclusion. https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/diversity-inclusion” Make sure to also include information from these sources thorough the paper.
Make sure all the quotes are not verbatim and are clearly explained.
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Part 4: Communicate Your Findings
Create a one-page document aimed at informing the social work staff at your fieldwork agency, about the population that you have been studying this
semester. What information would help them understand or better serve the population? What information helps them to understand the policy context affecting the population? Part 4 does not have to be in APA format. It can be formatted in any way that you think effectively gets the information across. Consider looking at examples of policy briefs and executive summaries for some ideas.
