Category: Human Services

Explain how the regulation of public spaces can lead to racial and class inequalities in urban areas. Explain why some scholars argue that public spaces are regulated in line with the preferences of middle- and upper-class citizens and at the exclusion of the urban poor

Please answer one of the following questions in paragraph form by posting in this discussion forum. Be sure to use the textbook and cite it accordingly (in-text citations and a reference at the bottom of your post) in your post. You have the opportunity to earn up to 4 extra credit points. Please submit no later than this Sunday, 11/12 at 11:59pm.
1.) What is meant by neuroplasticity? What are the implications of this concept for social work
practice?
OR
2.) What is the role of the client in the assessment process? How can that role be expanded to be
consistent with the concept of recovery?

Discussion 2: Lost Childhoods Book Review Collaboration
Instructions
To further humanize the experiences of children who experience various forms of neglect and abuse, you will now spend time exploring research on individuals’ and families’ narratives surrounding childhood poverty, trauma, and juvenile delinquency. You also will consider how these experiences are linked to larger social problems and social welfare policies. As you gain new insight into these issues, this discussion will allow you to collaborate with your peers and engage in a conversation about the book Lost Childhoods: Poverty, Trauma, and Violent Crime in the Post-Welfare Era (attached)
First, you will want to search for this book’s full-text pdf version on FSCJ’s library home page. Next, you will read the Introduction and Conclusion sections of the book to get more background information on both the theoretical and methodological framework applied in the research conducted for this book and the key policy implications of the research findings. You will then read and reflect on your assigned chapters (see Chapter assignments below).
My last name begins with the G so I need to cover Chapters 1–2.
In your initial discussion post, specify which chapters you are focusing on and address the following points:
Summarize and discuss the main findings of your assigned chapters.
Depending on the topics highlighted in your chapters, you will explain and analyze how social welfare reform, diverse family structures, juvenile delinquency, legal and judicial responses, poverty, addiction, homelessness, and/or violence can impact children throughout their life.
Identify key policy implications of this research that stood out to you and explain why.
Finally, create a discussion question and place it at the end of your initial post. This discussion question can be general (e.g., a basic question about an issue that stood out to you in the book). Alternatively, you can ask a question that connects the topics in the book to current events or something else you have read about in this course or another human services-related course.
Your initial posting should be at least four paragraphs and include the use of concepts and ideas in your textbook related to the discussion questions.
Submission
After you have posted your initial post, read, and respond to two or more of your classmates’ posts with a two-paragraph response. To fully grasp the findings in this book, if possible, it will be helpful if you respond to students who addressed different chapters than your own. For example, if you reported on Chapters 1–2, you should select a student, who reported on Chapters 3–4, and then select another student who reported on Chapters 5–6. However, you may respond to students who covered the same chapters as you as well if there is a limited number of posts associated with other chapters. It also will be useful to highlight additional resources in your response posts to add something new to the conversation (using credible academic sources of information).
Once all discussion posts are submitted, students will receive feedback in the comments section in Canvas. The feedback will be based on the grading rubric for this assignment. Note: You will not see your classmates’ posts until you post to the discussion.

Instructions
As you work toward earning your bachelor’s degree in Human Services, you might wonder about the different internship experiences that would be the best fit for you or the types of career opportunities available after you graduate. In this assignment, you can give more thought to what it would be like to be part of the child protection system and have the chance to assess potential volunteer, internship, and employment options that interest you.
You can begin by reading Chapters 5 and 6 in your Child Welfare and Child Protection text. Next, you will review the peer-reviewed journal article “Children’s consent to child welfare services: Some explorative remarks (attached) then examine the following websites:
Florida Department of Children and Families (https://www.myflfamilies.com/)
Florida Department of Children and Families: Employment Opportunities (https://www.myflfamilies.com/careers)
Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office (https://guardianadlitem.org/)
About UNICEF (https://www.unicef.org/about-unicef)
You will address the following topics and questions in your paper:
If you were a child protection professional or child advocate, explain some of your key roles and responsibilities. Describe the elements involved in casework and Family Case Planning.
Which parts of the job do you think you would like best? Which would you like least?
Consider an international perspective on child protection and highlight the implications of taking a relational approach to children’s consent (as addressed in the peer-reviewed journal article).
Discuss significant judicial responses and legal outcomes in the child protection system and how they relate to child protection professionals’ roles and responsibilities and permanency options.
Explore the services and potential volunteer and employment opportunities in child advocacy and child protection highlighted in the websites provided above.
What do each of these agencies do? Explain their role in child protection and child advocacy.
Describe some of the opportunities or positions that you would consider applying to in the future.
What are the key qualifications that you need?
What steps could you take to obtain the expected qualifications and experience?
What do you like about these positions, and why did they stand out to you?
Your paper will be a total of approximately four or more pages (double-spaced). You will include one additional page for references.

Based on your selected case study, write a 350-word discussion post that addresses the following:
Identify the moral dilemma or ethical decision being presented.
Summarize the relevant facts.
Identify the type/types of right vs. right principle (as identified by Kidder in the Ethical Decision Making and Action resource) and justify your selection with citations from your reading.
Truth vs. loyalty
Individual vs. community
Short-term vs. long-term
Justice vs. mercy
Apply a recommended resolution considering the principles: rules-based, cares-based, ends based. Consider who wins and who loses, or propose a win-win alternative to the scenario.
Your initial post (due on Day 3) should be at least 350 words and should reference at least two different academic sources.
Respond to two of your peers by Day 7. Reflect on their recommended resolution. In your reflection, consider the following:
What are the anticipated results of their resolution?
What will the impact be in the future?
Would you respond the same way?
What other things should they consider?

Contemporary Challenges in Your Field
Each of the different fields of study is heavily influenced by theories and theorists that you have been learning about throughout your courses. You have learned about various theories of leadership such as transformational or transactional leadership, and a few of the impactful psychological theorists such as Erikson and Freud.
For this assignment, select a contemporary challenge in your field (current within the last five or so years) and in a 2,800-word (8-page) paper, evaluate the challenge. The evaluation of the issues should include the following:
Describe the contemporary challenge.
Apply three theories to evaluate the issue.
Critically analyze the application of the theories.
Recommend a solution based on the theoretical analysis.
Utilize a minimum of 10 academic resources.

https://content.iriss.org.uk/criminaljustice/
The link to the website is posted above, each section contains a short video with the case scenario.
The case review will be written using the format in the picture posted below and from the perspective of a human services worker or case worker. It can be approached as a family unit, or as one of the adults in the case is your client.

At this point you have read chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and now preparing for chapters 6 and 7. The focus is on the samples for your study. How will you conduct the sample collection. Review all of the chapters with a focus on Chapter 7 for to help in responding to this assignment to help you understand the importance of sampling and the ethical responsibly in sampling. Sampling will allow you to take a small group of the population you will study and make observations and determinations based on that small group. Using your study, respond to the following:
What is your study?
What is your research question?
What is your study design?
What is the sample population?
What is the type of sampling you will conduct (know the terminology)
What are the sampling errors?
https://ebooks.cenreader.com/#!/reader/f49769d1-49f0-4c7d-b74d-8eeb70758dad/page/9b2fec9f2e28d274d8c9faeffba57496

Instructions: Create a written response to the questions below.
• What is the concept of self-care?
• What is the importance of self-care for community support workers?
• What will you do to try to incorporate self-care into your life? Reference information on the 7 pillars of self-care.
2. State one stressor that a community support worker might face.
Other links for the essay: https://isfglobal.org/practise-self-care/the-seven-pillars-of-self-care/
https://isfglobal.org/what-is-self-care/measuring-self-care/
https://youtu.be/EguDLVf5x_ULI

Pick one stressors that you can anticipate in your field? Discuss the following in your response:
o the cause of the stress o the type ( work environment,
client relations, etc).
• how they could move from a challenge to a legitimate stress
• For this stressor, describe the tools you would use to evaluate and respond to the stress and comment on the potential impact on your overall well-being if left unattended.
With the link below what do you think the difference is between self-indulgence and self-care? Your answer should be in a form of a short paragraph.
https://youtu.be/EguDLVf5x_ULI