social work practice and in program development

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In social work practice and in program development, it is possible to make faulty assumptions about what clients need and what social work activities will lead to. Consider the following:

A team of social workers meets to discuss their services to low-income young mothers. One social worker states that what the young mothers need most is information about community resources. She proposes that the social workers’ activities consist of making referrals to programs for public assistance for income support, food stamps, medical insurance, employment agencies, and educational resources. However, another team member points out that most clients are referred to their program from the public welfare office and health care programs. This suggests that the clients tend to possess knowledge of these common resources and have been able to access them.

How might the team explore what problems bring the clients to their agency? What might the team learn from client assessments? How can the team verify the desired outcomes of their services? Developing a logic model will help the team see a logical connection between problems, needs, intervention activities, and corresponding outcomes. This series of logical connections leads to formulating a theory of change, that is, a theory about how our work leads to the outcomes for clients.

To prepare for this Discussion, imagine that you are part of a work group charged with creating a logic model and generating a theory of change. Select a practitioner-level intervention for which you are interested in analyzing connections. Consider how a logic model might be applied to that practice.

· Post a logic model and theory of change for a practitioner-level intervention.

· Describe the types of problems, the client needs, and the underlying causes of problems and unmet needs.

· Identify the short- and long-term outcomes that you think would represent an improved condition.

· Then describe interventions that would lead to a change in the presenting conditions.

Be sure to search for and cite resources that inform your views.

References (use 3 or more)

Dudley, J. R. (2014). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do. (2nd ed.) Chicago, IL: Lyceum Books.

  • Chapter 6, “Needs Assessments” (pp. 107–142)

Document: Randolph, K. A. (2010). Logic models. In B. Thyer (Ed.), The handbook of social work research methods (2nd ed., pp. 547–562). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (PDF)

United Way of America. (1996). Excerpts from Measuring program outcomes: A practical approach. Retrieved from http://web.archive.org/web/20130514153340/http://www.unitedwayslo.org/ComImpacFund/10/Excerpts_Outcomes.pdf

Document: Week 7: Developing A Logic Model Outline Assignment Handout (Word document)

Week7: Developing a Logic Model Outline Handout

Complete the tables below to develop both a practice-level logic model and a program-level logic model to address the needs of Helen in the Petrakis case history.

Practice-Level Logic Model Outline

Problem

Needs

Underlying Causes

Intervention Activities

Outcomes

Program-Level Logic Model Outline

Problem

Needs

Underlying Causes

Intervention Activities

Outcomes

Prevention of oral habits in children

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Information Governance and Legal Functions

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Chapter Eight (8): Information Governance and Legal Functions: According to the authors, Smallwood, Kahn, and Murphy (2019),IG is perhaps one of the functional areas that impact legal functions most. Failure to meet them could be literally put an organization out of business or land executives in prison. Privacy, security, records management, information technology (IT), and business management functions are very important. However, the most significant aspect of all of these functions relates to legality and regulatory compliance from a critical perspective.

Describe and explain the POTUS use of twitter. Is it good, bad, dangerous, or something else and why? Should other leaders in the American government follow along and participate vigorously as well?

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For this forum, you are to answer ONE of the questions listed below. Please be courteous and succinct in your response. The goal is to extend the conversation through your observations and experience.

Questions:

Describe and explain the POTUS use of twitter. Is it good, bad, dangerous, or something else and why? Should other leaders in the American government follow along and participate vigorously as well?

Detail what the United States government is doing in support of open source intelligence.

Describe the main elements of the OSINT strategy of the United States.

Why would the government baulk at hiring private organizations/companies to collect OSINT?

Assert and defend an appropriate role for the government in facilitating the use of OSINT at an international level. Is it different than the use of OSINT at a Federal, state, or municipal level? Give examples to support your position.

Which reading this week did you find most interesting and important. What resonated with you? What are 2-3 key lessons learned from it?

Students are required to provide a substantive initial post of 250 words