SOWK 501 Policy Practice Essay Assignment Instructions

Overview

This 5 – 6-page essay with an additional policy fact sheet and a letter to your legislator will allow you the opportunity to solidify your definition of policy practice, how it relates to social work, and the importance of social work policy practice. As you identify areas of your own passion regarding social issues, you will be able to connect your values and the ideas of social justice to your issue and a particular social policy. Through this activity, you will be utilizing some research on a topic of your choice and integrating your thoughts on the policy you identify.

Instructions

After reading your material for this module, discusswhat you learned about policy practice and social work from 1) the 3 Ps from the Pawar article, Include one additional scholarly source. This section is to be at least one page of the paper.

Then, pick a social issue that interests you, find a related proposed policy, and write about your findings.A link to Congress.gov will be provided under the Policy Practice Essay Resources section located on the Policy Practice Essay Assignment page to assist you in finding a relevant policy related to your issue. Summarize the policy and its relevance to human rights, social, economic, and/or environmental justice. Find at least two additional sources where the policy is addressed and discuss the perspective offered regarding the policy. Identify where it is in the approval process.Discuss how this policy does/does not fit into your values and whether you believe it advances social justice. Discuss what the Bible says about your topic; if you choose, you may include your faith perspective.This section is to be 4-5 pages of the paper.

Next, create a visually attractive fact sheet in bullet form that provides the policy’s key points. Lastly, write a letter to one of your legislators advocating for or against the policy explaining the reason behind your position.

· A title page and the reference page are required, in addition

· The letter is additional as well and is to be one page.

· Find your legislators at the link provided in the Policy Practice Essay Resources.

· The fact sheet is to be one page and is additional

· Format of the assignment is to be in the current APA format

· Number of sources outside of the textbook required is 4 (Congress.gov, the Bible, and two others.)

· Acceptable sources include scholarly articles published within the last five years, textbooks, and reliable websites, including government websites.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.