Assignment Description
This is the final assignment for the course. Part of this assignment is a compilation of all previous assignments, revised according to your instructor’s feedback. All the course assignments will be combined to create a policy analysis report. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the extent to which your chosen policy addresses the social justice issue concerning your chosen population and to make recommendations.
If you need additional support in completing this assignment, it may be useful to consult the following:
- Evidence and APA Links to an external site..
- How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles? Links to an external site.
- What Is Scholarly? Links to an external site.
- NASW Code of Ethics located on the Assignment Resources Links to an external site. reading list.
- Social Work Masters Program (MSW) Library Guide Links to an external site..
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following CSWE EPAS competencies and practice behaviors:
- Competency 3: Engage Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) in Practice.
- C3.GP.B: Demonstrate cultural humility by applying critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of bias, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences.
- Related assignment criteria:
- Analyze the social justice issue and its connection to the chosen population, including addressing cultural values, privilege, and power.
- Analyze the chosen policy and its connection to the social justice problem and the targeted population.
- Related assignment criteria:
- C3.GP.B: Demonstrate cultural humility by applying critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of bias, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences.
- Competency 5: Engage in policy practice.
- C5.GP.A: Use social justice, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive lenses to assess how social welfare policies affect the delivery of and access to social services.
- Related assignment criteria:
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the policy, including addressing issues with policy design, implementation practices, and external constraints that inhibit effectiveness.
- Draw conclusions about the continuing effectiveness of the policy.
- Analyze the historical issues and context leading up to and including the development of the policy.
- Evaluate the feasibility of the policy from political, economic, and administrative perspectives.
- Provide recommendations to improve the policy or to replace it with alternative solutions, including a plan for advocacy and implementation.
- Related assignment criteria:
- C5.GP.A: Use social justice, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive lenses to assess how social welfare policies affect the delivery of and access to social services.
Assignment Instructions
As noted above, revise the work you have done in the Policy Selection and Background (Week 4) and Policy Analysis (Week 6) assignments to develop a complete analysis. Additionally, this final submission includes recommendations you would make regarding future changes to the policy to improve its effectiveness in addressing the social justice issue for the chosen population.
For your final version, include the following sections:
Introduction Body of Paper
Address the following, based on revising the assignments you submitted previously:
- Analyze the social justice issue and its connection to the chosen population, addressing cultural values, privilege, and power.
- Analyze the chosen policy and its connection to the social justice problem and the targeted population.
- Analyze the historical issues and context leading up to, and including, the development of the policy.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the policy, including addressing issues with policy design, implementation practices, and external constraints that inhibit effectiveness.
- Evaluate the feasibility of the policy from political, economic, and administrative perspectives.
Conclusion
- Provide a brief summary of the current state of the policy’s implementation in regard to the chosen social justice issue and target population.
- Draw conclusions based on your analysis about the continuing effectiveness of the policy. What have been the policy’s strengths and weaknesses, and how might these look going forward? Cite specific examples to support your analysis.
Recommendations
- Provide recommendations to improve the policy or to replace it with alternative solutions, including a plan for how you will advocate for these changes. Should the policy be replaced, modified, or extended upon?
- Justify your recommendations for new policies or revisions with a detailed rationale.
- Describe how the new or revised policy for the chosen population will be implemented into policy planning and action.
Guidelines
Review the Policy Analysis and Recommendations rubric for information on how your work will be graded.
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
- Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards.
- Parts of the paper: Include a title page, table of contents, body of paper, references, and running headers.
- Cited resources: A minimum of eight scholarly sources. Most literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
- Length of paper: 12–16 typed, double-spaced pages.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
