Walden SOCW6101 Week 5 Discussion Latest 2019 September

SOCW6101 Essential Skills

Week 5 Discussion

Community
Social Work

Have you
ever wondered why some areas appear to be safe, clean, and filled with many
varied businesses, while others appear run down and lined with only
check-cashing centers, fast-food restaurants, and liquor stores? As a macro
social worker, you often will see that communities thrive and falter due to the
resources available. The ways in which society provides and allocates resources
disproportionately benefits certain groups while harming others through lack of
resources or displacement.

All
communities have strengths despite their challenges. Use of the strengths-based
perspective helps you to identify the potential strengths of a community and
how to advocate for its members to obtain the resources and services they need
to be successful.

To prepare:
Identify characteristics that represent your community. Then, take a picture
that represents these characteristics in your community. Note that your photo
does not need to be literal—it can be symbolic.

By Day 3

Post:

A picture
you took that represents the characteristics you identified in the community.

A
description of the community.

Explain the
strengths and challenges associated with that community based on its
characteristics.

Explain how
you could utilize community strengths to address their challenges.

Describe
what group skills you might use and how you would use them when engaged in
organizational and community change.

Identify at
least 3 macro-practice skills and explain how you would use these skills to
help the community address their challenges.

Support
your post with APA citations to the course text and any other resources used to
respond to this discussion. Demonstrate that you have completed the required
readings, understand the material, and are able to apply the concepts. Include
a full reference of resources at bottom of post

By Day 6

Respond to
at least two colleagues:

Identify a
role a social worker might take when working with the community identified by
your colleague. Provide a specific example of what that role might look like.

Describe
two social work skills your colleague could use when practicing with this
community.