Social Work Practice: Organizations & Communities
Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
Identify one immediate/short term outcome goal and one long term outcome goal for intervention in the topic area selected for your Community Needs Assessment project.
Discuss how and why you selected these goals. Review Chapters 3 & 4 on community intervention and assessment for this response. Provide examples from your plan to explain your process and factors/reasons you considered in making your decision.
Provide evidence and theoretical support for your plan by applying one community development or planning concept/strategy and one other relevant theory or perspective such as: crisis theory, empowerment perspective, and person-in-environment perspective to support your response.
Review the Week 3 Assignment on applying theory for this prompt. Specifically, and in your own words, explain the theory and how it relates to your plan. Be explicit in your example.
Select one of your outcome goals from Step 2, above. Write this in a full sentence.
Using the outcome goal from step 2, Identify, describe, and discuss three process goals (an action, step, or process that needs to take place to achieve the outcome).
Use headings for your responses. Such as: Three process goals. Clearly identify each goal.
For one of your goals, describe an activity that represents a different one of the three areas listed, below. Use a heading for each of the activities (a-c). Provide a discussion of the activity that includes the topics indicated in d-f.
engage community members
collaborate with community groups
c) policy or advocacy activity
Be specific in describing the activity engaged in for the goal.
d) identify the type of groups, individuals, organizations, or institutions
e) the actions taken to achieve the goals
f) discuss how your planned actions work together to advance the goal
Part I: Description & Indicator
describe how you would evaluate the effectiveness of one of your process or outcome goals
identify an indicator of effectiveness (what you will evaluate to show effectiveness).
Part II: Measurement
explain how and from whom you will collect information for your evaluation. Who will your subjects (respondents to study) be? What steps will you take to obtain subject participation and to implement your evaluation study?
develop one quantitative and one qualitative measurement instrument with at least 3 questions for each measurement instrument, for a total of 6 questions.
Apply two theoretical approaches to your evaluation. Clearly explain in your own words how the theory apples to your program or project evaluation process. Cite the source for the theory.
a) one social/behavioral approach, such as: systems theory (identifying barriers or supports to achieving outcomes), strengths perspective (strengths in the community, organizations, government, etc. that could help remove barriers or provide resources), or person-in environment perspective
b) one community practice approach, such as: social capital, social network, etc. and topics from the community development, planning, and organizing approaches discussed in Chapters 3 & 4 of the textbook.
Describe how evaluation findings (the results of an evaluation study of a program, project, or intervention) can improve practice effectiveness at each of these three practice levels:
micro (individual & family)
mezzo (group)
macro (community or societal)
Discuss insights gained from engaging with community practice.
