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For this short assignment please only provide answers for ONE of the docuseries,

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For this short assignment please only provide answers for ONE of the docuseries, Gabriel Fernandez, or Kalief Browder. NOT BOTH. 2 pages MAXIMUM, using APA formatting. Answer the following questions for the docuseries you choose to watch:
Gabriel Fernandez
Ethics- Which NASW code of ethicsLinks to an external site. did authorities who interacted with Gabriel Fernandez violate?
Name and define the code of ethics you chose – Go to this websiteLinks to an external site., scroll down, and select one from the 6 Code of Ethics categories: a. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to Clients b. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues c. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities in Practice Settings d. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities as Professionals e. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to the Social Work Profession f. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to the Broader Society
State who you think violated the code of ethics you chose and explain how they violated it.
Give an example from the docuseries of how it was violated by the authority figure you chose.
Kalief Browder
Ethics- Which NASW code of ethicsLinks to an external site. did authorities who interacted with Kalief Browder violate?
Name and define the code of ethics you chose – Go to this websiteLinks to an external site., scroll down, and select one from the 6 Code of Ethics categories:a. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to Clients b. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues c. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities in Practice Settings d. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities as Professionals e. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to the Social Work Profession f. Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to the Broader Society
State who you think violated the code of ethics you chose and explain how they violated it.
Give an example from the docuseries of how it was violated by the authority figure you chose.

Goal One of the best sources for gathering information about what’s happening in

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Goal
One of the best sources for gathering information about what’s happening in an occupation or an industry is to talk to people working in the field. This process is called informational or research interviewing. An informational interview is an interview that you initiate – you ask the questions. The purpose is to obtain information, not to get a job.
Good reasons for conducting an Informational Interview
to explore careers and clarify your career goal
to discover employment opportunities that are not advertised
to expand your professional network
to build confidence for your job interviews
to access the most up-to-date career information
to identify your professional strengths and weaknesses
Instructions
Steps to Conduct and Informational Interview
Identify the Occupation or Industry You Wish to Learn About Assess your own interests, abilities, values, and skills, and evaluate labor conditions and trends to identify the best fields to research.
Prepare for the Interview Read all you can about the field prior to the interview. Decide what information you would like to obtain about the occupation/industry. Prepare a list of questions that you would like to have answered.
Identify People to Interview Start with lists of people you already know – friends, relatives, fellow students, present or former co-workers, supervisors, neighbors, etc… Professional organizations, the yellow pages, organizational directories, and public speakers are also good resources. You may also call an organization and ask for the name of the person by job title.
Arrange the Interview Contact the person to set up an interview: o by telephone, o by a letter followed by a telephone call, or o by having someone who knows the person make the appointment for you.
Conduct the Interview Dress appropriately, arrive on time, be polite and professional. Refer to your list of prepared questions; stay on track, but allow for spontaneous discussion. Before leaving, ask your contact to suggest names of others who might be helpful to you and ask permission to use your contact’s name when contacting these new contacts.
Follow Up Immediately following the interview, record the information gathered. Be sure to send a thank-you note to your contact within one week of the interview.
NOTE: Always analyze the information you’ve gathered. Adjust your job search, resume, and career objective if necessary.
Questions
Prepare a list of your own questions for your informational interview. Here are some good questions to consider and use. You choose the questions you want to ask for the information you want to gather and learn about the career and person in the job.
On a typical day in this position, what do you do?
What training or education is required for this type of work?
What personal qualities or abilities are important to being successful in this job?
What part of this job do you find most satisfying? most challenging?
How did you get your job?
What opportunities for advancement are there in this field?
What entry level jobs are best for learning as much as possible?
What are the salary ranges for various levels in this field?
How do you see jobs in this field changing in the future?
Is there a demand for people in this occupation?
What special advice would you give a person entering this field?
What types of training do companies offer persons entering this field?
What are the basic prerequisites for jobs in this field?
Which professional journals and organizations would help me learn more about this field?
What do you think of the experience I’ve had so far in terms of entering this field?
From your perspective, what are the problems you see working in this field?
If you could do things all over again, would you choose the same path for yourself? Why? What would you change?
With the information you have about my education, skills, and experience, what other fields or jobs would you suggest I research further before I make a final decision?
What do you think of my resume? Do you see any problem areas? How would you suggest I change it?
Who do you know that I should talk to next? When I call him/her, may I use your name?
You can interview a teacher, relative, friend, friend of a friend, and much more. If you are having trouble finding someone to interview, go to a department on your school campus and interview a professor in the field.
You can conduct your interview remotely via Zoom. It is okay to do more than one interview (this is encouraged). Get creative! You have options to complete this assignment:
Write a one-page reflection or create a video of the person and career field you interviewed:
Who did you interview? What is their job title?
What does a day in the life look like? Was it similar to your expectations?
What steps would you need to take to get there from where you are now?
What types of work-experience or internships would be valuable as you are working toward your final goal?
What is the salary range of the job you chose?
What are some aspects of the job that are most appealing to you? What aspects of the job do you think you would find most challenging or unappealing?
What surprised you?
How did you feel going in to the interview? How do you feel about it now?
Did you find this assignment to be valuable? Why or why not?

Review my attachments as well as school text book for relevancy I have already

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Review my attachments as well as school text book for relevancy I have already created the outline you just have to complete the paper now
please no AI PLAGIARISM OR CHATGPT USED TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNEMent
This final assignment enables you to share a strategy for community advocacy for a specific social action topic (such as, neighborhood recreation programs, town senior care, organization of neighborhood watch groups, teen coffee house, etc.).
Plan a task or a treatment group for a community social service or health care agency you are familiar with.
Outline for planning a group:
Introductory paragraphexplaining the group and the purpose of the group (its goals
Role of the worker in the group (e.g., chair, facilitator, therapist)
Literature review on the social problem being addressed and on the group work methods that have been used to address the social problem
Agency Sponsorship: Agency name, mission, resources relevant to the group (i.e., physical facilities, financing, staff, etc.)
Agency geographic location(community, not address), sponsorship, demographic characteristics of clientele, type of staff, any other characteristics that might affect group
Membership & Recruitment: Target population for the group—who you would like to reach. Appropriateness of the population with respect to the agency mission and group purpose. Recruitment: Method(s) for recruiting members.
Composition & Characteristics: Criteria for including or excluding members. What characteristics you would like group members to be heterogeneous on, and what characteristics homogeneous, and why. Size: Open or closed membership.
Demographic characteristicsimportant to group purpose. How will the expected composition affect interaction or group development? Include age, gender, ethnicity/race, sexual orientation, disability or any other special considerations that may affect the composition.
Norms and Roles: What are the most important group norms you would like to develop?
How will composition affect the norms or their development? Are there specific roles you would like members to develop within the group? If so, describe these roles.
Orientation: Whether potential members will be screened, and if so, how and for what characteristics. Preparation for group membership and roles( pre – group interview or letter, discussion at beginning of group.
Contract: Describe and justify the number of meetings, frequency, length, and times for meetings. If appropriate, depending on the type of group, desribe the types of contracts with individual group members, or the group as a whole that you would try to foster.
Environment: Physical arrangements (room, space, materials, room set-up, other considerations. Financial arrangements (budget, expense, charges, income) and any special arrangements (child care, transportation, access for persons with physical handicaps, etc.
Structure: How will the group conduct its work? (e.g., discussion group, arts-and-crafts, exercises, role plays, etc. Will there be a structure for each group meeting? How will the structure help the group achieve its’ goals.

Unit 15Assignment: Policy Advocacy Portfolio – Part 5: Complete Unit 15: Introdu

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Unit 15Assignment: Policy Advocacy Portfolio – Part 5: Complete
Unit 15: Introduction (1 of 4)
Unit 15: Reading and Activities (2 of 4)
Current Assignment: Unit 15: Assignment – Policy Advocacy Portfolio – Part 5: Complete (3 of 4)
Unit 15: Discussion – Jose’s Family (4 of 4)
Instructions
For your policy advocacy portfolio, you will select legislation currently working its way through your state legislature which impacts your specialization and the clients whom you interact with in your field agency. If the legislature is not in session, your focus will be on legislation which was proposed and acted upon during the previous session.
The goal of this portfolio is to: Develop skills to track the specific legislation-(tracking) create a detailed understanding of the policy and its implications-(analysis), create and assess an advocacy strategy to influence the proposed legislation-( advocacy strategy), draft an opinion essay, to be published in the popular press or on social media-(Op-ed) and to present your evaluation of the impact of your advocacy strategy-(infographic).
The policy advocacy portfolio will take the form of 5 tasks over the course of the semester:
Presenting an infographic as to the results of your advocacy strategy-PART 5- 100 points
For the final part of your assignment, create an infographic is illustrates the topic as it relates to your specialization, your analysis of the issue, the strategy and what your assessment of the implementation of your strategy was.
This should take the form of a poster. You will be sharing your poster with your peers in the class who will provide feedback. From there, you will submit the final version of your poster as an assignment.
Estimated time to complete: 3 hours
Rubric
MSW 640 Unit 15 Rubric
MSW 640 Unit 15 Rubric
CriteriaRatingsPts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCompetency 3MSW640-CO1, CO2, CO3
Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice. Engage in practices that advance social, economic, and environmental justice.
30 ptsExceptional
The paper provided exceptional demonstration of understanding of how the bill impacts social, economic, environmental, and human rights at the individual and system levels Ideas and concepts are consistently clear and always well explained.
27 ptsProficiency
Proficient demonstration of understanding of social, economic, and environmental and human rights at the individual and system levels Ideas and concepts are clear and well explained.
24 ptsCompetency
Demonstration of understanding of social, economic, environmental, justice for human rights at the individual and system levels. Ideas and concepts are reasonably well explained.
21 ptsEmerging Proficiency
Attempted to demonstrate understanding of social, economic, and environmental justice for human rights at the individual and system levels are somewhat presented. Basic ideas and concepts are presented; however, they are under-developed and poorly explained.
0 ptsSkill Not Present
The required skill was not found in the work, or no work was submitted.
30 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCompetency 5MSW640-CO1, CO2, CO3
Identify social policy at the local, state, and federal level that impacts wellbeing, service delivery, and access to social services. Assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services.
30 ptsExceptional
All discussion and arguments are thoroughly supported with research and/or resource materials that are pertinent, valid, and reliable.
27 ptsProficiency
Discussion and arguments are supported with research and/or resource materials that are pertinent, valid, and reliable.
24 ptsCompetency
These could be further strengthened with additional research or resource materials.
21 ptsEmerging Proficiency
No additional research, or research that is pertinent and valid, is produced.
0 ptsSkill Not Present
The required skill was not found in the work, or no work was submitted.
30 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWritingProfessional writing is demonstrated throughout the work.
20 ptsExceptional
The presentation exhibits a superior command of written English language conventions. The presentation has no errors in mechanics, grammar, or spelling.
18 ptsProficiency
The presentation exhibits a strong command of written English language conventions. The presentation has no errors in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that impair the flow of communication.
16 ptsCompetency
The presentation exhibits command of written English language conventions. The presentation has minor errors in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that impact the flow of communication.
14 ptsEmerging Proficiency
The presentation exhibits a limited command of written English language conventions. The presentation has frequent errors in mechanics, grammar, or spelling that impede the flow of communication.
0 ptsSkill Not Present
The required skill was not found in the work, or no work was submitted.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPAThe paper adheres to APA guidelines.
20 ptsExceptional
The required APA elements are all included with correct formatting, including in-text citations and references.
18 ptsProficiency
The required APA elements are all included with minor formatting errors, including in-text citations and references.
16 ptsCompetency
The required APA elements are all included with multiple formatting errors, including in-text citations and references.
14 ptsEmerging Proficiency
The required APA elements are not all included with multiple major formatting errors, including in-text citations and references.
0 ptsSkill Not Present
The errors in formatting demonstrate limited understanding of APA guidelines, in-text citations and references.
20 pts
Total Points: 100