1. The power and social status of those who are defining the problem 2. The sheer number of people affected 3. The amount of destruction to society an unaddressed problem has
What are the three things on which importance of a social problem depends?
Using social work skills to propose and change policies in order to achieve the goal of social, environmental, and economic justice.
What is policy practice?
Statements about the extent of changes or effects a program is supposed to have.
Who and how many are to be affected or changed by change efforts.
What are performance standards and target group specifications?
Policy analysis, advocating for policy change, building coalitions, launching a campaign
What are policy practice activities?
Stated purposes of a policy and unstated purposes of a policy.
What are manifest and latent policy functions?
Enhanced field placements, improved website and resources from influencing social policy fellows, from the Network for Social Work Management, a boot camp for early career researchers around getting policy to getting research to policy makers
What are activities supported by the Fund for Social Work Policy, Education, and Practice?
A specific, empirical, measurable statement about a desired outcome.
A statement of desire qualities in human and social conditions, which is expressed in general and abstract terms.
What is an objective and what is a goal?
students who are interested in policy work to really be good advocates when they're in social work school to say they really want this and not get discouraged if someone says, oh, well you should be doing something else because policy is a strong part of social work education
What is one suggestion for increasing policy field placements at schools of social work?
Methods of Identifying Goals and Objectives in policies
What are •Step 1: Locate the Enabling Legislation •Step 2: Locate Legislative History •Step 3: Locate Staff and Committee Studies and Reports •Step 4: Check Other “Official” Sources
1) Another thing we really recommend is for schools of social work to do a better job in keeping in contact with their alumni who do go into policy careers. 2) We recommend to the people who are working in policy to link back either with their school of social work or the schools that are in their community, where they're working so that they can serve as mentors and potentially feel directors for social work students.
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What is are two suggestions for increasing policy field placements at schools of social work?
These programs deliver tangible items such as goods and these programs provide intangible services (e.g. personal social services)
What is Hard Benefit Program and a Soft Benefit Program