The purpose of the assignment on advocacy, social action, community practice, and administrative practice is to create an innovative community-based initiative to address a social, economic, or environmental injustice. Social media tools are widely used to create instant communication and information sharing opportunities. Further, social media is used promote professional networking, personal connections, fundraising, political agendas, and community events. The traditional barriers of time, location, and resources have been reduced based on the low cost of the use of technology. Because of technology, messages are able to reach a wider array of people; technology allows for greater service to global communities in promotion of social justice.
By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in the following competencies and specialized behaviors:
- Competency 1: Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior.
- C1.SP.A: Apply professional use of self and leadership skills with colleagues, clients, groups, organizations, and communities.
- C1.SP.B: Articulate and provide leadership in the application of the core values and ethical standards of the social work profession through an ethical problem-solving model to aid in critical thinking, affective reactions, and ethical decision making related to individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to guide and inform ethical practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work.
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- 5: Describe how to apply professional use of self and leadership skills through the use of the technology standards to address and advance social and economic justice issues.
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- C1.SP.C: Integrate the ethical and effective use of technology at all levels of practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 6: Describe how to promote community well-being through the ethical and effective use of the technology standards.
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- Competency 2: Engage diversity and differences in practice.
- C2.SP.A: Analyze dimensions and differentiation in diversity and apply the influence of relationships, intervention techniques, and technologies with diverse clients, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 8: Analyze the dimensions of diversity and differentiation that influence relationships.
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- C2.SP.A: Analyze dimensions and differentiation in diversity and apply the influence of relationships, intervention techniques, and technologies with diverse clients, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice.
- C3.SP.A: Apply leadership skills and technology to engage in collaborative practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to advocate for appropriate services, resources, and supports to achieve goals and foster positive change.
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- 3. Apply a social media tool to develop, support, and sustain a local community initiative.
- 4. Promote community well-being through the use of the technology standards to address and advance social and economic justice issues.
- 7. Advocate for the identified issue.
- 10: Analyze how collaborative involvement promotes success.
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- C3.SP.B: Apply leadership behaviors by engaging in reflective and professional practices that address and advance social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
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- 5: Describe how to apply professional use of self and leadership skills through the use of the technology standards to address and advance social and economic justice issues.
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- C3.SP.C: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
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- 2: Explain the rationale for using a social media tool to create an initiative to address an injustice and why it is important.
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- C3.SP.A: Apply leadership skills and technology to engage in collaborative practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to advocate for appropriate services, resources, and supports to achieve goals and foster positive change.
- Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.
- C4.SP.A: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and the use of technology to inform evidence-based research practice to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings.
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- 1: Analyze a social or economic injustice in the local community that can be reduced through the use of social media.
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- C4.SP.A: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and the use of technology to inform evidence-based research practice to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings.
- Competency 5: Engage in policy practice.
- C5.SP.A: Apply leadership skills and decision making as social change agents to collaborate with clients, colleagues, and identified stakeholders to advance social and economic well-being in the delivery of effective and technology-assisted social work services to individuals, families, and groups.
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- 10: Analyze how collaborative involvement promotes success.
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- C5.SP.A: Apply leadership skills and decision making as social change agents to collaborate with clients, colleagues, and identified stakeholders to advance social and economic well-being in the delivery of effective and technology-assisted social work services to individuals, families, and groups.
- Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- C6.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when engaging with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 9: Integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in advanced generalist practice.
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- C6.SP.C: Apply leadership skills and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice when engaging with individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
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- 2: Explain the rationale for using a social media tool to create an initiative to address an injustice and why it is important.
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- C6.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when engaging with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- C7.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when assessing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 9: Integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in advanced generalist practice.
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- C7.SP.C: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice when assessing individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
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- 2: Explain the rationale for using a social media tool to create an initiative to address an injustice and why it is important.
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- C7.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when assessing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- C8.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 9: Integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in advanced generalist practice.
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- C8.SP.C: Apply leadership skills and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice when engaging with individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
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- 2: Explain the rationale for using a social media tool to create an initiative to address an injustice and why it is important.
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- C8.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- C9.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 9: Integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in advanced generalist practice.
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- C9.SP.C: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice evaluation with individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
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- 2: Explain the rationale for using a social media tool to create an initiative to address an injustice and why it is important.
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- C9.SP.D: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation.
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- 2: Explain the rationale for using a social media tool to create an initiative to address an injustice and why it is important.
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- C9.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.