Category: Social work

Through this portion of the portfolio assignment, students will demonstrate competence with the specialist year Competency 3 measures listed below.
Learning Objectives:
Students identify systemic oppression in direct social work practice and theory and in the lives and experiences of clients. 
Students acknowledge and understand their experiences of privilege and oppression and how these impact their understanding of client issues.  
Students explore the ways in which clients’ diverse environments influence identity formation. 
Students recognize the power and privilege they have as a professional social worker and how it impacts their work with clients, colleagues, and systems. 
Systemic Oppression Paper (5-7 pages).
Students deepen their understanding of the human rights, social, economic, or environmental justice issues which they described and depicted with an artifact above in a brief paper with a macro focus on oppression and human rights violations. 
How does the identified human rights and/or social, economic, and environmental justice issue affect larger populations? Provide description of population (geographic location, culture, historic struggle, etc) with supporting evidence. 
How did the interviewee identify with this larger population? 
Identify and define a theory of human need & desire which applies to this population.  
Identify and discuss any systemic or structural barriers faced by the identified population. How does (or might) the interviewee experience this barrier? Is there a historical context to this barrier?  What efforts have been made to eliminate this barrier in the past? 
Data sources will be needed to support the connections made in this part of the project.

8 page film review on the movie “Precious”  that pertains to a topic addressed in this course (i.e. sexual violence, domestic violence, child sexual abuse, etc.) 
A brief description of the film viewed that highlights main points of the film as they relate to course content. 
The topic and form of violence addressed in the film and how it relates to course materials. This should include direct reference to the textbook and/or other scholarly sources.
Address the ways in which the film was and was not an appropriate representation of the violence that was represented according to current research and statistics that are available.
Address the systems (law enforcement, doctors, social workers, etc.) depicted in the film that either helped or hindered the progress of the client. If no systems exist in the film, please include the systems that should have been present to aid the client.
APA 7thth edition formatting, which includes a cover page, correct citations and references, spacing, and critical review for typological errors prior to submission.
Minimum 8 pages NOT including cover page or references.

Please review the attachement, but only part is required ( 3 pages) – a great article/paper is attached to give context and information . please read all and create a three page paper, 
please site the movie appropiately for the reference page

If you have not done so, be sure to read the Case Analysis Structure Overview.
In this case analysis you have five tasks: 
Explain your understanding of the case. 
Give a thorough, philosophical exegesis of the relevant aspects of the ACLU paper, Kant and Van den Haag’s arguments
Present an argument applying the relevant philosophers to the case at hand. This should include an account of what each philosopher would argue should happen to Bob.
Present an argument explaining why one of the philosophers can be viewed as offering a more successful solution to the case at hand. 
In ONE paragraph, explain how you think we should treat Bob.
Case
Consider Bob. Bob was raised by wolves (literally – don’t ask me how). Although his IQ would probably be normal, there is no way to test it, since Bob doesn’t speak or read any human language. One day, Bob emerged from the wilderness and ended up Downtown — the snazzy part of the city. He was hungry (presumably) so he “found” some food in the normal wolf way: he stalked a mother walking her baby and, it was easiest to prey on the weaker, killed and ate the baby. There’s no question that Bob is “guilty” of the killing. He did it and there were lots of witnesses.  What punishment should Bob get?
Upload your Capital Punishment Case Analysis here.

Kessler’s study is a grounded theory study.
Question 1 options:
True
False
Reflexivity in qualitative research refers to 
Question 2 options:
The sensitivity to the subjective role of the researcher
Cause and effect
Questioning participants’ assumptions
Reflecting the facts of the setting
Scrutinizing the studied phenomena
Member checking, peer-debriefing, triangulation, and prolonged engagement serve to
Question 3 options:
Establish statistical significance in quantitative studies
Establish trustworthiness in qualitative studies
Establish comparisons in mixed-methods studies
Establish equivalence in secondary data analysis
None of the answer options is correct 
Which one of the studies provides a clear statement of researcher reflexivity? (Researcher names noted by author last name)
Question 4 options:
Hernandez
Kattari
Watkins
All answer choices are correct
Cisneros 
This section of a journal article describes in detail how the study was carried out. 
Question 5 options:
Introduction
Abstract
Literature review
Methods
Which of the following is NOT a problem for maximizing response rates in in-person interview? 
Question 6 options:
General disillusionment in a society can undermine the general credibility of research efforts. 
Difficulty in finding all the members of a sample.
Respondent may be interrupted or distracted. 
Refusal rates vary with individual characteristics such as education. 
Contact rates vary by location and household size.
A scale is formed by using several questions to measure one concept and summing or averaging responses. 
Question 7 options:
True
False
A researcher examined how social work interns introduced themselves to potential clients. This type of research is most likely:
Question 8 options:
Content analysis
Narrative analysis
Ethnomethodology
Conversation analysis
Grounded theory
When attempting to construct culturally sensitive instruments when research participants do not speak English well, researchers should:
Question 9 options:
Pretest the questions
Use bilingual interviews
All answer choices are correct
Use back-translation
Translate the questions into the language of respondents
Qualitative methods can be used to assess the design and delivery of social work services.
Question 10 options:
True
False
One important goal of qualitative analysis is to inductively build up a systematic theory that is based on observations. This type of theory is known as: 
Question 11 options:
Iterative theory
Empirical theory
Pseudo-inductive theory
Observational theory
Grounded theory
Qualitative interview data should be collected until: 
Question 12 options:
The researcher must disclose his or her identity to respondents
A saturation point is reached
Filed observation has been completed
The researcher obtains relevant tacit knowledge from respondents 
All relevant informants have consented to participate 
What is the best indicator of statistical significance in hypothesis-testing:
Question 13 options:
Inter-rater reliability
Descriptive analysis
Predictive analysis
p-value
None of the answer options is correct 
Intensive interviews are generally based on: 
Question 14 options:
Closed-ended questions
Random selection
Self-administered questionnaires
Open-ended questions
Highly structured interview schedules
Which of the following is NOT useful for assessing the quality of qualitative analysis?
Question 15 options:
Is the analysis thickly contextualized? 
Does the study produce generalizable findings?
Does the researcher described the research process?
Is the study historically and relationally grounded?
Does the analysis illuminate the phenomena as a lived experience?
A qualitative researcher seeks input from participants about the study findings and interpretations.  This is a form of: 
Question 16 options:
Member checking
Tacit knowledge
Processing information
Peer debriefing
Question 17 (0.75 points)
A participant observer does the following: 
Question 17 options:
Is not actively involved in the research setting and is not known to be the observer 
Is actively involved in the research setting and is known to be the observer
All answer options are correct
Is actively involved in the research setting and is not known to be the observer 
Is not actively involved in the research setting and is known to be the observer 
Which are the most common techniques of data collection in qualitative research?
Question 18 options:
Existing records (at a social service agency, for example)
Observations
Focus groups
All answer choices are correct
Individual interviews 
Nonprobability sampling methods allow for generalizations to be made to the broader population of interest.
Question 19 options:
True
False
Triangulation involves coming at different aspects of the research from multiple sources.
Question 20 options:
True
False
Decentering is a method for making different language versions of a survey. 
Question 21 options:
True
False
The following question appeared in a survey: “Do you agree with the statement, ‘More taxes should be spent on welfare?’” 
Question 22 options:
This is an example of a double-barreled question
This is an example of a leading question
This is an example of a generalization
This is an example of a loaded question
This is an example of a preliminary question
In qualitative research, the interpretation of data and its analysis emerges at what point in the research process: 
Question 23 options:
While writing field notes
While writing jottings 
While writing accounts of the data
During initial stages of field work
Before entering the field
Qualitative research focuses on subjective human experiences and how we make meaning of various events, perceptions, and impressions.
Question 24 options:
True
False
Peer debriefing involves going to friends of the participants to receive feedback about the findings and interpretations. 
Question 25 options:
True
False
Anonymity exists when: 
Question 26 options:
The sample of respondents in a survey is selected purely by random
Researchers limit information about respondents to trained staff
The researcher only uses numbers to connect respondent identity to responses
The respondent explicitly waives his or her right to confidentiality 
No identifying information is ever collected to link respondent to responses
A typical research question in qualitative data analysis is explanatory. 
Question 27 options:
True
False
Cluster sampling is a form of nonprobability sampling.
Question 28 options:
True
False
In a study of gang behavior, Jankowski (1991) included several different ethnic gangs, as well as large and small gangs, and gangs from different cities and regions of the country. This process of selecting different types of gangs represents what kind of sampling procedure?
Question 29 options:
Snowball sampling
Quota sampling
Theoretical sampling
Stratified sampling
Simple random sampling
Telling an interviewer what the respondent thinks the interviewer wants to hear is:
Question 30 options:
An acquiescence bias
Avoiding a leading question
A response set
Giving a socially desirable response
A leading response

Utilizing my lectures and PPTs, the textbooks and online readings/videos, as well as external sources, please answer the following questions: 
Provide a synopsis of the film or book. Please do not provide an in-depth, scene by scene, description but rather concentrate on the plot points and context that is relevant to issues pertaining to death and dying. You want to draw on what is critically relevant and what will inform your analysis. What is the death/loss theme that is being portrayed, who is the population, and how is this connected to our classroom context. 
What was the primary grieving style of each person? (e.g., the reaction of someone receiving a life-threatening illness, a family member of someone who has died by suicide, the healthy sibling, a parent dealing with the death of a child). Provide examples of behaviors, emotions, and other adaptive or maladaptive coping mechanisms. Do the main characters react differently and, if so, are their styles intuitive or instrumental? 
Is there any conflict depicted throughout the film between characters with respect to grief and loss adaptation? How is that conflict managed or addressed? If there is no conflict, how come? What are your observations throughout the film on the communication skills of the characters regarding grief/loss? 
What is the film’s ending as it connects to death/dying or grief and loss adaptation? 
In thinking about your social work practice, how would you facilitate the grieving and loss process? What therapeutic approach from our class that you would utilize or employ with the main characters? 
Finally, how do you think about your selection in reference to your own social work practice? What is your overall takeaway or message from writing this critique? 
Use your critical thinking skills to apply the course content to the main character(s) and their situation. Demonstrate that you have done the readings, listened to the lectures, etc. by applying our course readings and lectures to this assignment. You will need to be succinct yet comprehensive in your writing or presentation. You need to demonstrate your mastery of the course content and your ability to apply what you have learned over the course of the semester. 
TEXTBOOKS
The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying
ISBN: 9780078035463
Authors: Lynne Ann DeSpelder, Albert Lee Strickland
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication Date: 2014-03-28
Counseling Strategies for Loss and Grief
ISBN: 9781556202469
Authors: Keren M. Humphrey
Publisher: Amer Counseling Assn
Publication Date: 2009-01-01

References
Bolger, J. and Walker, P. (2014). Models of Assessment. [online] Available at: https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/62946_Lishman.pdf. (Accessed on 26th April 2024)
Bronfenbrenner, U., (1994). Ecological models of human development. International encyclopedia of education, 3(2), pp.37-43. 
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (2024) ARC Hounslow. Central and Northwest London NHS Foundation Trust. [online] www.cnwl.nhs.uk. Coulshed, V. and Orme, J. (2012) Social Work Practice. An Introduction, 5th edition. London: Red Globe Press. Egan, G. (2018). The skilled helper: a client-centred approach. 2nd ed., EMEA ed. Andover: Cengage Learning EMEA. Gitterman, A. (2011). Advances in the life model of social work practice. Social work treatment: Interlocking theoretical approaches, pp.279-292.
Goldsworthy, K.K., (2005). Grief and loss theory in social work practice: All changes involve loss, just as all losses require change. Australian Social Work, 58(2), pp.167-178.
Green Lister, P. (2012) Integrating Social Work Theory and Practice. A Practical Skills Guide. New York: Routledge.
Haegele, J.A. and Hodge, S. (2016) “Disability Discourse: Overview and Critiques of the Medical and Social Models,” Quest (National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education), 68(2), pp. 193–206. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2016.1143849. (Accessed on 6th April 2024).
Knox, K. and Roberts, A., (2001). The crisis intervention model. Theoretical perspectives for direct social work practice: A generalist-eclectic approach, pp.183-202.
Lander, L., Howsare, J. and Byrne, M., (2013). The impact of substance use disorders on families and children: from theory to practice. Social work in public health, 28(3-4), pp.194-205. Maslow, A.H., (1969). A theory of human motivation. Classics of organization theory, pp.167-178.
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Musson, P., (2017). Making sense of theory and its application to social work practice. Critical Publishing.
Payne, M. (2016) Modern Social Work Theory, 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Select a topic with social work and public health implications within the specialization to study in-depth and share with the class –  theory 
the topic is the affects of Alcoholism and SUbstance Abuse in Families but do need help in the theory aspect of the presentation

Research topic.  
Understanding the link between racism and substance use
among black Canadian youth. What are the mechanism and social-cultural
factors?  A meta-analysis of qualitative
research studies.Introduction to the research topic
The proposed research aims to delve into the
intricate relationship between racism and substance use among Black Canadian
youth. Racism is a pervasive social issue known to impact various aspects of
individuals’ lives, including their mental health and coping mechanisms. This
study seeks to comprehend the mechanisms and social-cultural factors that
underpin the connection between experiences of racism and engagement in
substance use among this demographic group.
My proposed research pertains to black youth and racism and all levels
of bullying have increased their chances of racism. I am interested in this topic
because as someone who identifies as a minority and has worked in addiction. I
have come across many clients in my line of work, who often complain about how
They went into addiction because of The level of racism they experienced, right
from childhood—peer pressure, bullying, and because of intergenerational
trauma. Though I must mention that addiction is a complex issue that is
influenced by many different factors, my research will explore how racism can
increase and predispose victims to Drug and alcohol addiction.
This
Research will help create awareness, as so many persons are blinded by the
result of racism on the victims. This research project is also aimed at
bridging the justice gap between racism and substance use addictions among
black youth. To
explore the lived experiences of racism among Black Canadian youth. To
investigate the potential correlations between experiences of racism and
substance use behaviours. To identify the mechanisms through which racism
influences substance use among this population. To examine social-cultural
factors contributing to the relationship between racism and substance use. To
suggest potential interventions and support strategies based on the findings.
This
study aims to contribute significantly to the existing literature by examining
multiple influencing factors, including racism, bullying, and peer pressure, to
gain insights into addiction vulnerability among black Canadian youth. By
identifying and addressing the existing research gap in this area, this study
has the potential to inform the development of effective prevention and
intervention strategies tailored to support marginalized youth.

SEE the attached worksheet for the formulation reflection essay.
Write a final reflection of approximately 1-2 pages. Reflect on the following questions:
How has your understanding of the ethical underpinnings, structure and challenges of the organization changed over time as you learned more about the organization?
How does the operation of these functional categories support or challenge equity and inclusion for staff and clients at this organization? To what extent is the organization working toward macro-level change or change in their communities?
How does the operation of these functional categories impact social work practice at your organization? How does the operation, or does the operation not (or actively work against), social work ethics?
3 SOURCES ONLY!!!