Social Work

Students will apply advanced knowledge of human behavior and the social environment,
person-in-environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to engage with and
assess an identified community issue. Students will discuss how to engage with stakeholders
and key individuals within the community, how to assess any unmet needs of the community,
select appropriate intervention strategies based on the assessment, research knowledge, and
values and preferences of the community in order to address the needs, and then select and
use appropriate methods for evaluation of outcomes of the proposed intervention.
MUST use 5 peer reviewed journal articles in addition to any other resources utilized.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I would also prefer if you use a community in Texas, such as San Angelo, Pecos, or Abilene.

When
writing your paper please use the following as an outline:
I. Introduction
II. Engagement
a. Describe the community to be assessed (include demographic makeup, socioeconomic issues, and current services available)
b. Identify Stakeholders and Key Individuals (who you believe have
power and influence in the community and discuss why you believe
this to be true)
c. Identify the strengths and limitations of the Stakeholders and Key
Individuals
d. Discuss how you would engage the stakeholders and key individuals
in the community
i. How will you approach each stakeholder?
III. Assessment
a. Discuss how you assess the community
i. What data will you use
ii. How will you gain access to and collect the data
iii. What research will need to be completed along with the
assessment
b. Identify a community need based on your assessment
i. What are the strengths of the community
ii. What are the limitations of the community
iii. Will there be a need to build within the community in order to
create a capacity for change? How will you do this?
c. Identify 2 potential interventions for the identified need
IV. Proposed Interventions
a. Propose and discuss one intervention designed for the identified
need.
b. Present and discuss the evidence supporting your intervention as a
best practice
c. Discuss the benefits and outcomes of the intervention
d. Clearly layout how you would implement the proposed interventions
i. How will you organize the community
ii. How will you delegate responsibilities
iii. What are your goals and objectives
iv. How will you deal with opposition to your proposed
intervention
v. Identify the power tactics you will be prepared to use when
engaging those in opposition. Why did you select those
specific power tactics? Which power tactics would you not
select and why?
V. Proposed Evaluation
a. Discuss how you will evaluate the efficacy of your intervention (i.e.
pretest/post-test, survey etc.)
VI. Conclusion

Preferred language style US English