Discussion Post: Analyses of Social Problems in Case Studies- Analyzing Social Problems
You are reintroduced to the family case studies you have seen throughout your concentration year. You will analyze the social problems within each family and apply the skill you would use in working with these family members as clients. You are provided with additional media for each family that allow you to use your skills to identify the policy and social problems that are impacting these families. Additionally, you explore policy advocacy skills in relation to your clinical social work skills.
Learning Objectives
1) Analyze social problems related to social work practice
2) Apply policy advocacy skills to address a social problem
3) Analyze the impact of social problems on social work populations
4) Analyze social policies
As a social worker, often you need to use your policy advocacy skills to ensure that your clients are receiving the services that they need. Although you may tend to think of policy advocacy skills as separate from your clinical social work skills, they are very similar. Think of the skills that you would use in working with a client such as Jake Levy. How could you apply these skills to policy advocacy? How will you use these skills to identify the policy and social problems that are impacting these families? In this week's Discussion, you will continue to follow the Levy, Bradley, Petrakis, and Cortez families to start the process of policy advocacy.
In this Discussion, select one of the four integrated videos and identify the problems experienced by the client(s).
Task
Post your responses to the following:
1) Who is defining the problem?
2) What values are reflected in this definition of the problem?
3) What is being omitted in this definition?
4) What other problems do you see that are not being acknowledged?
5) Describe another way the identified problem can be defined.
6) What policy advocacy skills do you think should be used to address the identified problem?
7) What makes a social problem a social work problem?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.