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SW 636: SOCIAL WORKER PRACTICE WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES I Macro Change Assessment: 45% (two sections) Overview Students will utilize the Macro Planned Change Process to assess the change potential around a specific social issue in the local community in this assignment

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SW 636: SOCIAL WORKER PRACTICE WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES I

Macro Change Assessment: 45% (two sections)

Overview

Students will utilize the Macro Planned Change Process to assess the change potential around a specific social issue in the local community in this assignment. The paper will cover the tasks of engagement and assessment as described in the text. These first steps in the Planned Change Process set the stage for macro interventions at the community level. Students will choose a social issue based on their interests. For this assignment, please choose a local population, problem, and arena. The paper will cover issue engagement strategy, history, demographics and prevalence of the social problems, exploring the professional knowledge base, community assets, change theory, and creating hypothesis of change.

 

In order to attach the material of the class to the steps of the paper, deter procrastination, and allow for instructor feedback midway through the assessment process, the paper will be divided into two sections, each worth 20% of the final grade. This project will require a 14-16 page final paper in APA style format, each section being 7-8 pages of content. This does not count the title and reference pages. Each section will include a complete and accurate reference page with at least 5 peer-reviewed articles from scholarly sources in each. Please note that this is a minimum. Papers should also contain many citations for sources such as government websites, policy papers from think tanks, books, organizations’ reports, etc.

 

This project covers the breadth of material presented in this course. It requires thoughtful application of macro concepts and processes. As this is an academic exercise rather than live practice, students must use creativity in presenting hypothetical situations. Please be as realistic as possible, but understand that the assessment and engagement of the macro population requires imagination. The sections are defined below.

 

Section One Introduction.

Describe your chosen macro client in terms of population, problem, and arena. Discuss the political/policy context briefly. Give the reader a very broad-strokes outline of your assessment and hypothesis of change. It would be helpful to write the following sections and come back to this section as a summative introduction to your work.

 

Engagement. (see Chapter 3 in Social Work Macro Practice for more explanation) In this portion of the paper, lay out a plan of how to meaningfully and respectfully engage with the macro client. This should include plans of how to “hear” members’ voices, explore the impacts of discrimination and oppression, and how to engage the macro client in participation in the planned change process. First person voice is acceptable in this section, as you will describe your personal limitations to understanding the perspectives of the macro client.

 

Assessment.

Identify the problem.

Students are expected to do a thorough literature review of the problem they have chosen. At this step, a problem statement should be developed that includes the specific dynamics and dimensions of the problem, the impact of the problem on the functioning of the community, the history of the problem in this community, and social policies relevant to the defined problem. Identifying the problem often takes the most time to complete and the most pages to articulate.

Be sure to include:

• Prevalence and demographic statistics
• Statistics on outcomes and severity of impact of the problem
• History of the problem
• Relevant social policies