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Field Agency Macro Paper

Purpose:

The purpose of this assignment is to help you understand and think critically about the agency in which you have your field internship, its place within a field of practice, its organizational purpose, structure, and function and, particularly, the specific program or service unit to which you are assigned. It is designed to help you get a beginning “feel” for what it is like to be a worker with a client in your agency or program.

Instructions:

Follow the outline precisely.
Be brief and factual in your answers.
Use agency charts where possible, e.g., budget, organizational chart for staffing pattern. Do not insert charts in lieu of the narrative presentation. If a chart is not available, you may create one to summarize the information.
Use the latest available data, e.g. annual report.
Locate key people who will help you find the information for this assignment and interview them.
5 pages, excluding charts. Use APA format.

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Grading criteria:

Grading Guide for Field Agency Paper

	Possible Score
Part I. Agency Values & Policy and Organizational Structure	40
A. Values and Policy	20
Summary of agency mission and values
State/federal policy issue
Comparison of your values and agency values
Identification of public laws that impact delivery of agency services.
B. Organizational Structure	20
Identification of the specific program in which you work
Identification of catchment area or geographic boundaries of area served
Inclusion of agency charts (organizational)
Identification of organizational structure and staffing patterns (at all levels)
Funding Pattern
Identification of community/interagency interactions
Part II. Population Served	40
A. Describe the client population served in your program	30
Age groups Racial and Ethnic Composition Gender Socioeconomic class
Identification of specific problems clients bring to your program & oppression.
B. Identification of the predominant referral sources	10
Part III. Evaluation	10
Agency evaluation
Initial impression of strengths and limitations of program
Other: conformity to directions, APA style, overall appearance, correct grammar, etc.	10
Final Grade	100