Instructions: Select ONE population of interest:
immigrants/refugees; incarcerated youth/adults; military veterans.
Develop an presentation in which you discuss an
identified service need of your selected population of interest. Propose a
policy or program change to address the need. Use the generic outline (below)
to help you develop the presentation. Use material from at least three
scholarly sources to help you develop your presentation. The final slide of the
presentation should include a list of references in APA format.
PowerPoint presentation in
which 20 slides Typically, each slide contains a visual image with minimal
words. (in this case, on a social welfare policy issue), for the purpose of
expanding awareness, deepening thought, building social empathy, and inviting
social action and social change.
Presentation Outline
Explain a specific social problem
affecting your target population.
Describe an unmet service need of
your identified target population.
Explain why it is important to meet
the need and improve conditions for this population.
Articulate a vision of change to
improve conditions or opportunities for the target population.
Explain how alignment between
policy, service, program and practice is necessary to meet the identified
service need.
Propose a viable change strategy to
improve conditions or opportunities (e.g. change in policy, program or
practice), to better meet the identified service needs of the target
population.
Explain the “logic” of the change
initiative: purpose, inputs, activities, outputs, impact.
Explain how the change initiative
would incorporate social work values such as cultural responsiveness or
advancement of social justice. Refer to Social Work Disposition
#12: Standard: Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to the
Broader Society in this portion of your outline.
Note strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats that might influence the adoption or achievement
of the change initiative and how these might be addressed.
Recommendations for action: What
specific steps could be taken to achieve the envisioned change?
