Category: Social Work

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review the Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Overview and Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.
• Incorporate your Instructors feedback from week 4 Parts 1 and 2 submission. Please indicate the new material by highlighting the new or revised text in Parts 1 and 2.
• Update your Annotated Bibliography to include any new articles you have read since Week 4 that would be appropriate to include.
• Continue on to Part 3 and finalize this section for your final submission. Use the Detailed Major Assignment 1 Guidelines to format your paper.

Part 3: Potential for Social Change

• Based on your understanding of social change, write one paragraph to describe how the results of your study might contribute to making a difference at a local/community, regional, or national level.
• Finalize your Annotated Bibliography. Use the Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Overview and Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.
• Finalize your References section of your paper. Use the Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Overview and Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.

By Day 7

Submit Parts 1, 2, 3, the Annotated Bibliography, and the References section of your final Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Research Study. NB attached is an assignment with the necessary details

This is the willow case –

Assignment Purpose

This assignment asks you to move from understanding Willows situation to explaining what a social worker would actually do next and how they would communicate that plan to others.

Your group will present a clear, practical support plan as if you are the school social worker speaking to a team (school staff, caregivers, or supervisors).

Assignment Task

Working as a team, write a structured response explaining your plan to support Willow over the next several weeks.

All sections should reflect one consistent social worker voice.

you need to answer Student 2, Last 2 Post i did Student 2 if you want i can sent it other two

Student 2 Direct Support for Willow

Explain how the social worker will work directly with Willow.

Consider:

• Regular check-ins or meetings-other ideas?
• Emotional support-how is it delivered?
• Helping Willow feel safe and respected-how would you do it?
• Encouraging strengths and resilience-what questions would you ask?

Coordinated Support Plan for Willow

Assignment Purpose

This assignment asks you to move from understanding Willows situation to explaining what a social worker would actually do next and how they would communicate that plan to others.

Your group will present a clear, practical support plan as if you are the school social worker speaking to a team (school staff, caregivers, or supervisors).

Assignment Task

Working as a team, write a structured response explaining your plan to support Willow over the next several weeks.

All sections should reflect one consistent social worker voice.

Student 2 Direct Support for Willow

Explain how the social worker will work directly with Willow.

Consider:

• Regular check-ins or meetings-other ideas?
• Emotional support-how is it delivered?
• Helping Willow feel safe and respected-how would you do it?
• Encouraging strengths and resilience-what questions would you ask?

Working With Data

Statistical analysis software such as SPSS is a valuable tool that helps researchers perform complex calculations. However, to use such a tool effectively, the study must be well designed. The social worker must understand the studys purpose and select the most appropriate design. The social worker must correctly represent the relationship being examined and the variables involved. Finally, they must enter those variables correctly into the software package.

In this Assignment, you analyze in detail the decisions made in the Chi-Square case study and the relationship between study design and statistical analysis.

To Prepare

• Access the Social Work Case Studies media and navigate to the Chi-Square case study.
• As you again review the case, this time focus on the purpose of the evaluation, the choice of a chi-square statistic, and the research design. Consider what the statistical results indicate about the program.

SUBMIT

Submit a 1-page paper analyzing the relationship between study design and statistical analysis used in the case study.

• Explain why you think that the agency created a plan to evaluate the program.
• Explain why the social work agency chose to use a chi-square statistic to evaluate whether there is a difference between those who participated in the program and those who did not. (Hint: Think about the level of measurement of the variables.)
• Describe the research design in terms of observations (O) and interventions (X) for each group.
• Interpret the chi-square output data and provide support for your interpretation. (Hint: Review the value.) What do the data say about the program?

Use the Learning Resources to support your paper. Make sure to include appropriate APA citations and a reference list.

Resources

• Dudley, J. R. (2020). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
  • Chapter 10, Analyzing Evaluation Data (pp. 255275)
  • Walden University, LLC. (2022). [Interactive media].
    • Navigate to the Chi-Square case study.

• Walden University, LLC. (2022). [Interactive media].
  • Navigate to the Chi-Square case study.

Initiating and Contracting With the Group

Social workers who are proposing a treatment group must think of logistical concerns such as the group size, timing and number of sessions, and processes for gaining informed consent, ensuring confidentiality, and establishing group rules. These items may feel like routine administrative tasks, but they have the power to impact members sense of security and the success of the group as a whole. For example, if rules are externally imposed on members, rather than created from within, it may affect empowerment. If one member does not take the informed consent agreement seriously, they might freely disclose confidential information outside the group. As the group leader, the social worker is responsible for developing strategies that help everyone feel safe to share.

In this Assignment, you write the next sections of your Treatment Group Proposal, focusing on group composition, contracting, and orientation of group members.

To Prepare

• Review the Learning Resources on the beginning stage of group work and on assessment.
• Review your Week 6 Assignment, in which you detailed the purpose, membership, statement of need, and recruitment of your proposed treatment group.
• Continue to draft your Treatment Group Proposal by focusing on the Composition & Contract and Orientation sections.

SUBMIT

Submit a 2-page paper covering the following sections of your Treatment Group Proposal:

• Composition & Contract: Criteria for inclusion/exclusion, size (number in group), open/closed; contents of contract (number of sessions, frequency, time of meetings, and length)
• Orientation: How you will address and ensure confidentiality, obtain informed consent, and establish rules

Use the Learning Resources to support your paper. Make sure to provide APA citations and a reference list.

Resources

• Toseland, R. W., & Rivas, R. F. (2017). An introduction to group work practice (8th ed.). Pearson.
  • Chapter 6, Planning the Group (pp. 160195) (Review)
  • Chapter 7, The Group Begins (pp. 196229)
  • Chapter 8, Assessment (pp. 230263)

I have written my paper based on the social worker interview. The interview transcript and all supporting documents are attached. Please revise my paper according to social work knowledge, values, and skills. Also, ensure that the following areas are clearly addressed: identification of the social service agency, the challenges it faces, and how the agencys current funding sources impact the quality of services provided.

• A history of the agency and/or program
• The purposes, functions, goals, and types of services provided by the agency/program
• A description of the clientele of the agency/program, areas of diversity/difference, and strengths perspectives.Be specific and provide demographic data and percentages
• The primary problems presented by the clients that the agency/program serves
• How the agency/program is funded.Name the specific public and private sources of funding.State the tax status of the organization
• Your impression and explanation of the social worker’s understanding of the scope of the services available to them through the specific agency/program setting
• The interviewees’ knowledge and perception of the role of social work ethics within the agency/program
• The organizational, administrative, and/or supervisory structures of the agency/program (organization charts).Be specific and provide the organizational chart/titles and roles of ALL employees

.The relationship that the agency/program has within the broader human services system in its area and within the broader social welfare system.Be specific and state the agencies your agency/program collaborate with or has an alliance with

Individual Paper Requirements

• The agency visit documentation must be signed and submitted by the due date on Brightspace (see page 4 of this document)
• Papers are individually written (4-pages, not including a separate cover page and separate reference page-minimum of 6 pages in total)
• Quotes are not allowed
• Refer to the APA Manual for overall structure of the paper, how to cite sources, etc. Subheadings and page numbers, a cover page and reference page are required.APA style is part of the overall grade for the paper

INITIAL POST (Due by 11:59 pm on Monday): After viewing the guest lecture and reading the Wangari Walter et al. article, please respond to the following questions:

– How do your experiences at your current practicum agency relate to information described in the guest lecture?

– Which part(s) of the Wangari Walter et al. article resonated with you? OR challenged your thinking about working in social work settings? Explain.

– Which recommendations offered in the article have you seen in place in organizations where you’ve worked (currently in the past)? Explain.

– Which recommendations would you suggest for your current practicum agency? Explain.

RESPONSE POST (Due by 11:59 pm on Monday): Utilizing this week’s readings and course content, respond to the posts of AT LEAST 2 of your classmates.

Presentation:

Selection of a Statistical Analysis Approach

Over the years in school classes, work teams, and other group settings, you may have participated in get-to-know-you activities, also called icebreakers or team builders. These activities help members learn one anothers names and generate a sense of inclusion and belonging early in the life span of the group. Social workers, too, use icebreakers to create cohesion among the members of a treatment group. Icebreakers can take many formsfrom question and answer, to games and riddles, to memory exercises, to movement, pair work, and more.

Social workers must carefully align the icebreaker to the group and ensure it is appropriate for the age, focus, and attention of its members. Treatment groups may also include involuntary members who may be unhappy about their requirement to attend. How might these members react to such an icebreaker, and how might you use motivational interviewing to draw them out and engage them in a meaningful way?

In this Discussion, you assume the role of a social worker starting an initial group session and presenting an icebreaker activity.

To Prepare

• Review the Learning Resources on analyzing evaluation data, threats to internal validity, and statistics.
• Access the Social Work Case Studies media and navigate to the Chi-Square case study.
• As you review the case, consider the confounding variablesthat is, factors that might explain the difference between those in the program and those waiting to enter the program.

SUBMIT

• Post a brief outline of the case study and consider the conclusion that the vocational rehabilitation intervention program may be effective at promoting full-time employment.
• What statistical information shows whether the program was effective (or not)?
• Review the factors that limit the internal validity of a study (history, maturation, testing, instrumentation, statistical regression, selection bias, and attrition).
• Select and explain which of these factors might limit the ability to draw conclusions regarding cause-and-effect relationships.

Resources

• Dudley, J. R. (2020). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
  • Chapter 10, Analyzing Evaluation Data (pp. 255275)

• Flannelly, K. J., Flannelly, L. T., & Jankowski, K. R. B. (2018). . Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy , 24 (3), 107130.

• Walden University, LLC. (2022). [Interactive media].
  • Navigate to the Chi-Square case study.

Motivational Interviewing and Breaking the Ice

Over the years in school classes, work teams, and other group settings, you may have participated in get-to-know-you activities, also called icebreakers or team builders. These activities help members learn one anothers names and generate a sense of inclusion and belonging early in the life span of the group. Social workers, too, use icebreakers to create cohesion among the members of a treatment group. Icebreakers can take many formsfrom question and answer, to games and riddles, to memory exercises, to movement, pair work, and more.

Social workers must carefully align the icebreaker to the group and ensure it is appropriate for the age, focus, and attention of its members. Treatment groups may also include involuntary members who may be unhappy about their requirement to attend. How might these members react to such an icebreaker, and how might you use motivational interviewing to draw them out and engage them in a meaningful way?

In this Discussion, you assume the role of a social worker starting an initial group session and presenting an icebreaker activity.

To Prepare CREATE A TRANSCRIPT FOR 2- to 3-minute video in which you:

• Review the Learning Resources on the beginning stage of group work and on motivational interviewing. Explore the group icebreaker examples and conduct a search to find your own icebreaker activity.
• Imagine that you are leading the first session of your group focusing on addiction or sexual assault trauma. Consider how you would start the session, including the use of an icebreaker activity. When preparing your start to the session, keep your groups purpose and membership in mind.
• Reflect on motivational interviewing and how you might use it within the icebreaker to support engagement and group cohesion.

RESOURCES

• Toseland, R. W., & Rivas, R. F. (2017). An introduction to group work practice (8th ed.). Pearson.
  • Chapter 6, Planning the Group (pp. 160195) (Review)
  • Chapter 7, The Group Begins (pp. 196229)
  • Chapter 8, Assessment (pp. 230263)
• Young, T. L. (2013). The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 38 (2), 169181.

Measurement Instruments

While it may be easy to measure program outputs (such as how many people attended program events), it may be more difficult to measure outcomes . And while you may be able to look at someone and observe change over time, how do you really know change has occurred? The goal of validated measurement instruments is to make this somewhat vague or mysterious process more scientific. Tools such as client satisfaction surveys, scales, assessments, and inventories like the Beck Depression Inventory provide specific information with which to measure outcomes.

In this Assignment, you research and select the instruments that you would use for measurement of your program outcomes.

To Prepare

• Review Chapter 9 of the course text to learn about methods for measuring outcomes.
• Consider the outcomes that you have crafted for your proposed program and how you might measure the extent to which the program is achieving those outcomes.
• Use the Walden Library link in the Learning Resources to explore databases for tests and measures (i.e., instruments) pertaining to your refined outcomes.

SUBMIT

Submit a 1- to 2-page paper in which you:

• Describe how you would measure the outcomes that you identified in Discussion.
  • Specifically, identify the two best measurement instruments that you would use and explain why.
  • Include strengths and limitations, and consider criteria such as usefulness, validity, reliability, precision, feasibility, and cost.
• Describe how you would collect the data and what you would expect to learn from it.

Use the Learning Resources and peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles to support your paper. Make sure to include appropriate APA citations and a reference list.

RESOURCES

• Dudley, J. R. (2020). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
  • Chapter 9, Is the Intervention Effective? (pp. 215250)