Week 3 - The relationship between social work practice

8035 Week 3

In your readings and related discussions, you have examined the relationship between social work practice and social policy development at themicro, mezzo, andmacro levels. Given that "the coremission of the social work profession is the promotion of social, economic, and political justice for all people" (Colby et al., 2013, p.1), there can be no denying that social work is inextricably linkedwith policy development, implementation, and analysis efforts.

In a 3–5 page paper:

1. Explain why social workers should bewell-informed and skilled in policy development, implementation, and analysis at all levels. Be sure to consider both historical and contemporary references to substantiate your response.

2. Consider your leadership skills and preferences at this point in your doctoral program and how you can build and apply the skills necessary to effectively develop, implement, and analyze social welfare policies. To do this, choose a social problem related to one of the policies you discussed in the firstWeek 1 discussion and decide how you can address the problem through policy development and implementation.Note: youwill also work with the policy pertaining to this problem throughout the remainder of the course.

3. Addressing this social problem, explain how youmight analyze contemporary policies and their effectiveness. Make relevant suggestions to improve these policies. Again, be sure to use relevant literature to support your views. Several Campus links are provided in Resources for your convenience.

Reference

Colby, I. C., Dulmas, C. N., & Sowers, K.M. (Eds.). (2013). Social work and social policy: Advancing the principles of economic and social justice. Wiley.