Category: Social Work

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Scenario: Your supervisor has discussed that you are approaching the end of your probationary period with Rasmussen Helping Agency, LLC. In conversation, it is stated that an evaluation of your work will begin soon. You were asked, What are your personal strengths and how do they translate to your work within the field of Human Services? The follow-up questions asked were What challenges do you foresee within the field of Human Services? and What are your primary and secondary career aspirations within the field of Human Services and how do these aspirations relate to your personal and professional strengths?

Initial Posting: When providing your initial posting to this discussion, think of how you would respond to the questions asked through this hypothetical scenario. With your initial posting, discuss your view of your own personal and professional strengths and challenges and the career aspirations that you have within the field of Human Services. What is the basis of your career aspirations and do they relate to your strengths and/or thoughts towards seeking a professional challenge?

In Module 01, you are beginning the first step towards completing your portfolio. As an employee with Rasmussen Help Center, LLC, you will need to think of a Human Services specialty of interest and be introspective when discussing personal bias(es) and the importance of self-care. Please write a paper addressing the following:

1. Identify your Human Services specialty or population you will serve within the hypothetical Human Services agency, Rasmussen Help Center, LLC. Discuss why you chose this specialty or population in one paragraph.
2. Discuss in detail why it is important to ensure that your personal biases should be identified so that they do not impact your professional work as a Human Services Professional. Provide an example of how biases could negatively impact a client (particularly a client within the specialization and/or population that you have identified).
3. Self-care is important as a Human Services Professional. Discuss in detail why it is important that Human Services Professional practice self-care and what can be (or has been) your plan towards preventing burnout.

Page Length: 2 pages, double-spaced

Minimum Number of Sources Required: 1

Only do part on which is a draft this is a theory paper please choose two theories that interest you Newman, B. M., & Newman, P. R. (2018). Development through life: A

psychosocial approach (13th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

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I have uploaded the documents for this assignment. Please look at the instructions and a step-by-step breakdown. I also attended the transcript of the video for the assignment. I will be in touch with you about references.

This reflection is designed to help you connect empirical research with social problems, including sociological theory. It will also help you see how family issues are not just private matters but linked to broader social forces and problems.

After completing this weeks readings and discussions, write a 12 page reflection (not including the title page and references page in APA format) that connects the sociological research you encountered with the broader understanding of families as a social institution.

In your reflection, address the following prompts:

1. Connection to Research: Choose one topic from this week (e.g., divorce, family violence, working mothers, or the diversity of family structures). Summarize a key research finding you learned about this topic.
2. Social Problem Lens: Explain how this issue reflects a larger social problem in the United States.
3. Theoretical Application: Briefly apply one sociological theory (functionalism, conflict, or symbolic interactionism) to explain the social problem you identified.
4. Personal Insight: End with a short reflection on how learning about this research has shaped or challenged your understanding of family life in society.

Paper Requirements: The paper will be 6-8 pages in length, NOT including the Case Captions Page, the Table of Contents or the Table of Authorities. APA formatting required. Writing should be free of spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors. This paper should be well organized and should use sections a-g listed above as headers for each section of the paper. Students should include 4-6 arguments in support of your position and support these arguments with at least 8-10 reputable sources. Please use regular margins and double spacing for this paper. Read through the case overview of the Ankrum v. State of Alabama (2011) case (available at the end of this document).

• creating a short paper r to explain and analyze the social problem of the Flint, Michigan or Jackson, Mississippi water crisis.
• Please respond to the questions on the slides to create this paper. You can submit it

Question

To identify the problem or issue.

To understand whats at the heart of a problem.

To determine barriers and resources associated with addressing the problem.

To develop the best action steps for addressing the problem.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/us/flint-weighs-scope-of-harm-to-children-caused-by-lead-in-water.html?_r=0

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/07/1121532579/in-jackson-mississippi-a-water-crisis-decades-in-the-making

For this assignment, please submit a reference page with at least 5 references with a brief description of the reference and how it supports your research evaluation project. This assignment will also assist you in developing your literature review and give you a head start on your final paper/ report (which have at least 10 references). Essentially, this is a reference page w/ brief description of the source cited, that mimics an annotated bibliography.

What is an annotated bibliography? It is simply a descriptive list of resources (books, articles, films, sound recordings, web sites, etc.) focusing on a common theme. Make a list of citations for various books, articles, and other sources on your topic: this list and sources should be cited in APA formatting. Also, include a short summary and/or critical evaluation of the source. We will review your potential sources and feasibility for your project.

You may explore the for additional examples.

• What was your research question(s) based on your evaluation topic from Assignment 1? What sources have you discovered that will support your research evaluation project? Are these feasible and appropriate sources to utilize and cite (i.e. peer reviewed journal, articles, books, etc.)?

Please submit a one-to-two-page APA bibliography with at least 5 of the 10 professional resources you will utilize for your final paper. This is just a brief, modified. You can use the NICE presentation as an example of the type of research that is applicable to your paper. Please try to have this completed to review prior to your first Individual meeting.

Introduction

Greenwood and Levin (2007) stated:

Action research (AR) is a cogenerative process through which professional researchers and interested members of a local organization, community, or specially created organization collaborate to research, understand, and resolve problems of mutual interest. Action research is a social process in which professional knowledge, local knowledge, process skills, research skills, and democratic values are the basis for cogenerated knowledge and social change. (p.115)

The authors go on to describe the skills and abilities needed by the action researcher in order to successfully plan and carry out an action research process. The role of the researcher can be summed up through four major tasks:

• Facilitator.
• Educator.
• Activist.
• Advocate.

Peter Park (1993) states, “The researcher participates in the struggle of the people . . . The researcher works with the community to help turn its felt but unarticulated problem into an identifiable topic of collective investigation” (Park, Brydon-Miller, Hall, & Jackson, p. 9).

Stringer and Aragon (2021) discuss resistance to change as another issue that the researcher must deal with. This reality factors into the matter of viability/feasibility. Is the community open to change? If not, can the researcher navigate and demonstrate the rationale behind the change plan? Such is the nature of feasibility in action research studiesdoes the researcher have the skill to facilitate, educate, and advocate for the group? Can the researcher turn the communitys unarticulated problem into a research study?

To determine the feasibility of an action research study, the following steps are followed:

• A problem is identified by a researcher or the people experiencing the problem.
• The problem is social in nature and calls for collective action to reach a solution.
• The researcher may initiate a collective approach to problem, or the group experiencing the problem may seek out a researcher to assist them.

Applying this litmus test to an identified problemit is social in nature and calls for collective action to reach a solutionhelps the researcher to determine if pursuing the study of this issue is feasible. In addition, it is important to envision the future desired state sought by the group or community through the study of this problem. Is that future state possible? Can this group collectively achieve the goals it seeks? Greenwood and Levin (2007) imply that all social problems have the potential for study and improvement through action research and encourage action researchers to create possibilities rather than enforce limits. Feasibility, then, rests with the skill of the researcher. Therefore, it becomes critical for action researchers to do a self-assessment of their skills to determine how well they are likely to do with the tasks of supporting an action research process. In this week, we explore the concept of feasibility by exploring and assessing our own skills. How ready to you feel to take on an action research process?

References

Greenwood, D. J., & Levin, M. (2007). Introduction to action research (2nd ed.). Sage.

ASSIGNMENT

In Week 2, you submitted the central focus for a possible action research study along with a rationale for that study. Remind us about your topic by describing the study in a sentence or two and then talk about how you see the feasibility for such a study by applying the questions posed in this week’s overview:

• A problem is identified by a researcher or the people experiencing the problem.
• The problem is social in nature and calls for collective action to reach a solution.
• The researcher may initiate a collective approach to problem, or the group experiencing the problem seeks out a researcher to assist them.

What would it take to make this study happen?

WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT ATTACHED

RESEARCH TOPIC: What strategies do social workers use to support African American men living in urban areas with access to mental health services?

OCCUPATION: Social Work Mental Health Therapist

THEORETICAL PRACTICE: Critical Race Theory

METHODOLOGY: Qualitative