• Cultural Event Review (20%): Students will research, choose, and attend one publicly-held cultural event in Manitoba’s Indigenous community and write a 750-word review on it, reflecting upon what they have witnessed. This assignment will examine how this event draws upon historical and political contexts in Manitoba, embodies aspects of cultural expression for a specific Native community, and participates in the continuation of this community and its relationship with others.

policy and advocacy

Interventions for Clients

Imagine that a client comes into your agency seeking assistance. They have just lost their job due to a nationwide economic downturn. What intervention might be appropriate to the client and their situation? You could focus on the macro level by advocating for job creation programs and increased unemployment funding. But, you would also want to intervene at the micro level by referring the client to job placement services and helping them file for unemployment. In this way, you can see a problem (unemployment) from multiple levels.

What is the most appropriate intervention strategy in a given situation? Intervention strategies should be targeted to the client and presenting problem and should align with the established client goal(s).

In this Discussion, you examine intervention strategies at the various levels of practiceand specifically how they are applied within your agency.

To prepare:

• Review the Learning Resources on interventions. Select one intervention strategy from the Social Work Interventions document to use in this Discussion.
• Consider the intervention practices in place at your field agency.

Main Assignment:

Explain how your agency intervenes at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Be sure to provide specific examples.

• Explain your selected intervention strategy from the Social Work Interventions document. Identify whether it is micro, mezzo, or macro level.
• Would this intervention strategy work with your client population at your agency? Why or why not?
• Would this strategy be adaptable to a different level of practice? Why or why not?

Reflect to at least two colleagues who chose different intervention strategies than you did:

• Would your colleagues chosen strategy work for your clients? Why or why not?

Ward, K., Sakina Mama, R., & Moore-Bembry, N. (2025). Breaking out of the box: Adventure-based field instruction (5th ed.). Oxford University Press.

• Chapter 11, Intervention Planning (pp. 184202)

Please answer all of the following questions carefully in essay style and please keep them numbered. No use of AI and please cite everything!!!

1. Analyze the structure of income maintenance policy in the United States by comparing social insurance programs with means-tested programs. Be sure to define and discuss the differences between the two.

In your response, address the following:

• Key philosophical and structural differences between social insurance and means-tested approaches
• How eligibility criteria and administrative processes shape access and utilization
• The role of poverty thresholds in determining program eligibility and adequacy
• The extent to which these programs reduce poverty and promote economic security

Conclude with a critical assessment of how effectively the current system addresses inequality, including racialized and gendered disparities. and reference specific course content and class discussions to strengthen your answer.

2. Income maintenance policies are often shaped not only by economic goals but also by social and political narratives about poverty. Using examples from programs such as Supplemental Security Income and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, evaluate how administrative burden, minimum wage policy, and living wage debates influence access to economic security.

In your essay:

• Examine how administrative burden creates barriers to participation, particularly for marginalized populations
• Analyze how race, gender, and family structure intersect with policy design and outcomes
• Discuss the relationship between wage policy (minimum vs. living wage) and reliance on public benefits
• Identify and evaluate the role of social workers in mitigating barriers through benefits advocacy and policy practice

End your response by proposing one policy reform and one practice-level intervention that could improve equitable access to income supports. Be sure to reference specific content from class readings and other materials as well as from class discussions.

3. The Bernie Sanders Medicare-For-All Plan proposes two primary ways to pay for universal coverage: a 7.5% income-based premium paid by employers or a 4% income-based premium paid by households. Please provide a discussion of the following: list of the following: 1) the benefits of employer-based coverage. 2) The drawbacks of an employer-based system. 3) The benefits of a household-based funding system. 4) The drawbacks of a household-based system. In no less than 6 paragraphs, please compare and contrast each.

Please also discuss which plan you believe to be the best solution for health care in the US and explain why you believe this.

4. Critically evaluate the evolution of U.S. mental health policy from deinstitutionalization to the current system of community-based care. In your response, incorporate analysis of Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and its intended role in expanding access to care.

Address the following components:

• How deinstitutionalization reshaped service delivery, including both intended outcomes and unintended consequences
• The extent to which community mental health systems are adequately funded and structured to meet population needs
• Ongoing gaps in parity enforcement and how these gaps affect access to mental health and substance use treatment
• The role of the criminal legal system in responding to unmet mental health and substance use needs, including issues of criminalization
• The impact of workforce shortages and reimbursement challenges on service availability and quality

Be sure to include specific references to course content

In 5-7 pages please write about:

The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the WORLD. Some state-level policies involving the criminal population are mandatory sentencing, sentencing guidelines, prison privatization, and registries for sex offenders. Are these policies adequate? What gaps lead to the highest incarceration rate in the world?

Please no use of AI and make sure to be citing everything! no .com websites. only .org, .gov, peer-reviewed articles, etc

Convicted Rapists Vocabularies of Motive: Excuses and Justifications (Scully and Marolla, 1984)
Part 1 (10 pts): Identify the key research questions in this study, describe the sample and the method (You are permitted to use A.I. to describe the methods to you to gain a better understanding, but try to put answer in your own words), and state the key finding in your own words. What did the study actually add to what came before?
Part 2 (10 pts): Answer at least 3 of the following questions (include the number of your choices):
1. What is one thing in this reading you found yourself resisting or doubting, and why?
2. What is a question this reading raised that it didn’t answer?
3. How does this reading complicate, challenge, or support something from a previous week in this course?
4. What would someone who strongly disagrees with this author’s argument say?
5. What type of person, community, or situation is invisible or underrepresented in this reading’s framework?
6. What is one thing this reading changed or shifted in how you think about this topic?

(not very long answers; just moderate) “Gender and Crime”

Watch the following video describing the Minneapolis Domestic Violence

Experiment (). (Focus on the first 10 minutes)

Summarize this experiment.

What are the benefits and costs described related to mandatory arrest policies in domestic violence incidents?

Discussion 4: The Effects of the Social World and Sociocultural Environment (I need 3 copies for this assignment, mine and my other 2 classmates )

The sociocultural perspective of society holds that the individuals in our lives who serve as mentors, teachers, classmates, parents, and loved ones have an impact on our psychological development within its environment.

Questions:

1. What effects do adults’ decisions on family life have on their own as well as the children’s development?
2. To what extent does life-span development depend on the social environment outside the home?

Please complete the following discussion board in its entirety to receive full credit:

• One original post must be completed in 150 words
• Two replies of other students of 75 words each response (please address the names of the students you are responding to, example- Hi/Hello Sarah…).

Discussion 4: The Effects of the Social World and Sociocultural Environment

The sociocultural perspective of society holds that the individuals in our lives who serve as mentors, teachers, classmates, parents, and loved ones have an impact on our psychological development within its environment.

Questions:

1. What effects do adults’ decisions on family life have on their own as well as the children’s development?
2. To what extent does life-span development depend on the social environment outside the home?

Please complete the following discussion board in its entirety to receive full credit:

• One original post must be completed in 150 words
• Two replies of other students of 75 words each response (please address the names of the students you are responding to, example- Hi/Hello Sarah…).

• Therapeutic Relationship: Describe the therapist/client relationship in solution-focused therapies. Describe what you observed about the therapist/client relationship in the videos.

• Assessing Client Strengths: Describe several ways a therapist can identify individual and family strengths. What strengths did you see in this couple?
• Solution-focused Interventions: Describe several solution-focused interventions. Identify examples from the videos.
• Goal Setting: Identify some goals you might have for the couple in the videos. While these would be constructed with the client, use your imagination.
• Solution-Generating Questions: Include two examples of possible solution-generating questions that you might ask this couple. Include a rationale for why you chose this question and how it fits with this model.
• Integration of the Recovery Model: How could concepts from the recovery be applied in solution-focused therapy?
• Treatment Planning: Use what you have written about to develop an abbreviated treatment plan. You can use the treatment plan examples in Harrison (2019) as a guide. Include examples of initial tasks, working phase tasks, and closing phase tasks. Please include your systemic hypothesis.

Length: 4-6 pages, not including title or reference pages

References: Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources.