{"id":43,"date":"2016-12-12T19:16:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T19:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2019-03-01T00:23:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T00:23:35","slug":"social-justice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/bsw\/competencies\/social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social workers realize the implications of federal, state, and local policy on access to resources. Policy can inhibit or promote social justice at every level. They possess a knowledge of the history and structure of policies and how they affect access to services for those in need of them. Social workers know how to utilize policy in the practice setting and advocate for policies that benefit the populations they are serving on a micro, mezzo, and macro level. Social workers also realize the different dynamics, including cultural, economic, global, and social, that can impact the formation of social policies. As professionals, social workers are equipped with and understanding of forming, analyzing, implementing, and evaluating policy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practice Behaviors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Identify social policy at the local, state, and federal level that impacts well-being, service delivery, and access to social services.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h6>Evidences<\/h6>\n<p><strong>Class: <\/strong>In order to encourage voting I presented this <a href=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/files\/2019\/02\/SWIP-Voter-Engagement-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PowerPoint<\/a> to a group of students on campus with whom I had previously built rapport. I then reflected on this experience and the importance of voting in a <a href=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/files\/2019\/02\/SWIP-Voter-Engagement-Product.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paper<\/a> on voter engagement for SOCW 434 SWIP. The following practice behaviors were demonstrated: <strong>1 &amp; 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Field:\u00a0<\/strong>While completing my senior practicum at Starr Regional Medical Center Senior Care Program, I met with the nurse manager and discussed how policies have impacted healthcare and access to those in need. I reflected on what I learned in this brief <a href=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/files\/2019\/02\/F18C5.2-Journal-Entry-from-Talking-with-Nurse-Manager.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Report<\/a>. The following practice behavior was demonstrated: <strong>2<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social workers realize the implications of federal, state, and local policy on access to resources. Policy can inhibit or promote social justice at every level. They possess a knowledge of the history and structure of policies and how they affect&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/278"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/darceechristensen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}