MSW6102 Social Work Practice with Marginalized Populations

Week 2  Assignment:

Analyze Barriers to Culturally Informed Practice

Instructions

Social workers understand how diversity and difference characterize and shape the human experience and are critical to the formation of identity. The dimensions of diversity are understood as the intersectionality of multiple factors. Social workers recognize the importance of evaluating processes and outcomes to advance practice, policy, and service delivery effectiveness and understand strategies designed to eliminate oppressive structural barriers. For this week’s assignment, imagine you have been asked to present a continuing education (CEU) workshop to a social service agency that focuses on the unique needs of a marginalized and/or diverse population. The agencies employees have little to no knowledge about the population you are presenting on. Create a professional PowerPoint presentation about this population for your workshop.

First, choose a marginalized and/or diverse population that has personal or professional significance to you. Then, identify the unique needs of your population. Finally, assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services and analyze all potential barriers this population may encounter when trying to meet those needs (e.g., accessing social services, housing, education, health care, employment, or legal assistance). Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment, person-in-environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to engage with clients and constituencies in your analysis.

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists and should cite material appropriately. Add audio to each slide using  Voice over PowerPoint or Kaltura video. Click on the links to get instructions. 

Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide)

Notes Length: 100-150 words for each slide

Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate. Save the file as PPT with the correct course code information.