05 Dec Getting Started During this course, you will conduct a policy analysis related

 Getting Started

During this course, you will conduct a policy analysis related to social welfare. The policy analysis will have five sections. You will create your project incrementally throughout the course in Workshops Two through Seven. Each week, you will complete one section of the analysis and submit a piece of the whole so you can receive feedback from your instructor and improve your work before your final submission in Workshop Seven.

As a social worker, you will be expected to demonstrate character, leadership, and scholarship in the arena of policy and its use in clinical practice.

• Character is the product of constant action, striving daily to make the right choices. Through your work of advocacy toward policy reform, you are demonstrating such qualities as responsibility, fairness, and caring, and proving by example that you value character.
• Scholarship means a commitment to learning. Applying diligence and effort toward learning about policy and advocacy as a social worker can impact your practice positively as a professional.
• Leadership at your agency means having a positive influence on your colleagues. In taking the initiative to learn about and advocate for policy reform, you can encourage others to attain the same objective, thus positively affecting your clients and your work toward social justice.

In this assignment, you will research the implementation realities of the policy you selected and interview a social worker affected by the policy.

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

• Identify social policies at the local, state, and federal levels that impact well-being, service delivery, and access to social services. (PO 5)
• Assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services. (PO 5)
• Analyze policies with regard to advancement of human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice. (PO 5, ILO 5)
• Demonstrate character, scholarship, and leadership in becoming a world changer through application to personal life and professional social work practice.
• Demonstrate Christ-like attitudes, values, worldviews, and ethical and professional behavior within advanced clinical practice. (ILO 1)

Resources

• Textbook: Social Welfare Policy: Responding to a Changing World
• File: Final Project.pdf (in the Shared Documents)
• PDF File: Searching for News.pdf
• File: APA 6e Guide.pdf
• File: Verification Letter.docx
• File: APA Template for Assignments.docx
• Academic Writer in IWU Resources

Background Information

In this assignment, you will write:

• Policy Analysis—Section 4: Implementation Realities—Primary and Secondary Sources

You will research and analyze your selected policy in light of its stated intent.