Social Advocacy Proposal Assignment
Writing a proposal that functions as a focus of change is a significant part of being a social worker and policy advocate. The proposal is your opportunity to use your advocacy skills to change and improve the lives of others by influencing decision-makers.
For this Assignment, you write a proposal for some form of social advocacy to change a social, organizational, or legislative policy. The proposal may also involve advocacy for the amelioration of a social problem.
This assignment aims to plan how you will advocate for changing a social problem or policy that interests you.
The policy and advocacy practice can take whatever form you wish and can be on one or more of the agency, community, or state levels.
Selected at least five sources to support your advocacy proposal. The sources may be related to specific consequences of the social problem, issues related to the policy, or steps for advocacy. (Homelessness)
Submit a 2- to 3-page proposal that addresses the following:
Provide a brief synopsis of the social problem you selected in Week 2.
Provide a brief synopsis of the policy you selected in Week 4.
Explain your selection of a policy—why, as a policy advocate, did you select this specific policy to promote change regarding the social problem?
Identify the person or group who enacted the policy and explain their motivation or reason for advocating for this policy. How does the reason differ from your advocacy and change goals?
Describe how the policy impacts the populations and discuss the consequences, intended and unintended. Hint: Build on your answer to the following part of your Week 4 Assignment:
Explain how this policy affects clients you might see in a clinical setting and why it would be important to advocate for change as a clinical social worker.
Describe your initial work to change the policy (i.e., plan for social advocacy).
Be sure to incorporate the sources you found using standard APA format.