Overview

For this final assignment, you will prepare a brief paper detailing the steps undertaken to complete a presentation that disseminates information you assembled for the proposal. The paper will describe a target audience for the presentation, research supporting the decision, and choices made when determining the information to include in the presentation.

You will also create the presentation in PowerPoint. Include a project introduction that presents an existing change opportunity and the desired state after improvement and its relevance to social work, as well as explaining how the project addresses quality improvement and social welfare policy leadership in the 21st century. It will explain specific discriminatory issues in the selected policy or program, and provide relevant, real-world examples. In addition, it will describe a specific population or subgroup (demographic distinctions, how many) impacted by the selected public policy, and provide relevant, real-world examples that demonstrate the impacts of the policy. Next, you will create a detailed plan for enacting change to address discrimination in the selected policy or program, including steps for implementation, a budget, and specific sources for funding. Finally, you will explain how the plan to change the policy or program will be evaluated, including the data necessary for the evaluation and an explanation for how the evaluation data will be collected and managed to maintain ethical integrity. Remember to support all main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence.

Note: You only need to create a PowerPoint presentation. You are not required to perform or record the presentation.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following competencies and behaviors:

• EPAS Competency 1: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior.
  • C1.GP.B: Demonstrate professional behavior; appearance; and oral, written, and electronic communication.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • Describe at least two of the steps to prepare for the presentation.
• EPAS Competency 2: Advance human rights and social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.
  • C2.GP.A: Advocate for human rights at the individual, family, group, organizational, and community system levels.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • Explain a detailed plan for enacting change to address discrimination in the selected policy or program.
• EPAS Competency 5: Engage in policy practice
  • C5.GP.A: Use social justice, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive lenses to assess how social welfare policies affect the delivery of and access to social services.
    • Related Assignment Criteria:
      • Provide a project introduction that presents an existing change opportunity and the desired state after improvement, and its relevance to a specific impacted population and other stakeholders.
      • Explain specific discriminatory issues in a given policy or program.
      • Describe a specific population or subgroup (demographic distinctions, how many) impacted by the selected public policy.
  • C5.GP.B: Apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance human rights and social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • Explain how the plan to change the policy or program will be evaluated.

Instructions

For this assignment:

• In a 2–3 page paper:
  • Describe at least three of the steps to prepare for the presentation.
  • Provide a project introduction that presents an existing change opportunity and the desired state after improvement, and its relevance to social work, as well as explaining how the project addresses quality improvement and social welfare policy leadership in the 21st century.
• In a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation (with presenter notes):
  • Explain specific discriminatory issues in a given policy or program.
    • Provide relevant, real-world examples.
  • Describe a specific population or subgroup (demographic distinctions, how many) impacted by the selected public policy.
    • Provide relevant, real-world examples that demonstrate the impacts of the policy.
  • Explain a detailed plan for enacting change to address discrimination in the selected policy or program.
    • Include steps for implementation, a budget, and specific sources for funding.
  • Explain how the plan to change the policy or program will be evaluated, including the data necessary for the evaluation.
    • Explain how the evaluation data will be collected and managed to maintain ethical integrity.
  • Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence.
    • Synthesize evidence to demonstrate its importance to your discussion or argument.
  • Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
    • Demonstrate correct stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions.

Additional Requirements

Your assignment is expected to meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards.
• Resources: A minimum six resources.
• Length of paper: 2–3 double-spaced pages (not including reference list).
• Paper font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Length of presentation: 10 slides with presenter notes.
• Presentation font size: Minimum 24 point for clear visibility.
• Due date: Assignment must be submitted to your instructor in the courseroom no later than 11:59 p.m. CST Sunday of this week.

View the Presentation rubric to ensure you fulfill all grading criteria.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Make ethical decisions by applying the standards of the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics, relevant laws and regulations, models for ethical decision making, ethical conduct of research, and additional codes of ethics within the profession as appropriate to the context. (C1.GP.A)
  • Describe at least two of the steps to prepare for the presentation. (C1.GP.B)
• Competency 2: Apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance human rights and social, racial, economic, and environmental justice. (C5.GP.B)
  • Explain how the plan to change the policy or program will be evaluated. (C5.GP.B)
• Competency 3: Use social justice, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive lenses to assess how social welfare policies affect the delivery of and access to social services. (C5.GP.A)
  • Provide a project introduction that presents an existing change opportunity and the desired state after improvement, and its relevance to a specific impacted population and other stakeholders. (C5.GP.A)
  • Explain specific discriminatory issues in a given policy or program. (C5.GP.A)
  • Describe a specific population or subgroup (demographic distinctions, how many) impacted by the selected public policy. (C5.GP.A)
• Competency 4: Advocate for human rights at the individual, family, group, organizational, and community system levels. (C2.GP.A)
  • Explain a detailed plan for enacting change to address discrimination in the selected policy or program. (C2.GP.A)
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
  • Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
  • Apply APA style and formatting to the presentation.