MSW 521 Module 4: Application Assignment

Module 4: Application Paper: Gender Vulnerability Applied to Other Populations Purpose

This assignment will allow students the opportunity to consider how social work practices taken to address gender issues in disaster management could be applied to other vulnerable populations.

CO 3: Assess how social workers play roles before, during, and after disaster or mass violence events.

Alston, M., Hazeleger, T., & Hargreaves, D. (2019). Social work and disasters: A handbook for practice. Routledge.

• Chapter 9: Factors Shaping Vulnerability, pp. 165-180.

• Chapter 10: Gender and Disasters, pp. 181-197.

• Chapter 11: Vulnerable Populations, pp.198-214.

Assignment For this assignment, review the actions suggested for practice with women in disaster situations in Chapter 10 (p. 190) and apply them to another vulnerable population discussed in Chapter 11.

• Provide the meanings of vulnerability and intersectionality. • Explain what makes a population you selected from those mentioned in

Chapter 11 vulnerable in before, during, and/or after a disaster situation. • Illustrate how two social work practices suggested in Chapter 10 for work

with women in disaster situation might be applied to your selected vulnerable population relative to trait and/or circumstance.

Requirements

1. The written assignment will be graded on use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.

2. Create your exercise using Microsoft Word (a part of Microsoft Office), which is the required format for all Chamberlain College documents. You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word document because it will end in ".docx."

3. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about your assignment may be posted under the Q & A Forum.

4. The length of the exercise is to be no less than 2 pages and no greater than 3 pages excluding title page and reference pages.

5. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page but no abstract. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headings (upper and lower case, centered, boldface): Note: Introduction - Write an introduction but do not use "Introduction" as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (2010, p. 63). Also remember that the APA manual provides students with much information related to the general rules for writing in a grammatically correct way.

6. In addition to the required readings (course textbook(s) and module readings) you are also required to incorporate and cite a minimum of (3) outside credible and relevant sources, including peer reviewed journal articles published between 2014-2019. The best journal sources for this course are Journal of Human Rights and International Social Work, though depending on the topic, you might find resources in other journals to support the application paper assignment.

7. Write a 2 to 3-page paper that includes the following elements: o Introduce the purpose and what you intend to address in the paper. o Articulate the meanings of vulnerability and intersectionality. o Explain what makes the population you select from Chapter 11

vulnerable before, during, and after as disaster event.

o Illustrate how two practices with women in disasters noted in Chapter 10 might be applicable to the population you selected relative to the trait and/or circumstance that characterizes it as vulnerable.

Directions and Grading Criteria

Criteria Points Description

Introduction 10 Illustrates the purpose of the assignment and the topics to

be addressed in the paper (purpose, three general

topics).

Organization relative to the assignment

prompts

15 Organizes paper in a way that follows the prompts

sequentially.

Content on meanings of vulnerability

and intersectionality

20 Articulate the meanings of vulnerability and

intersectionality.

Content on selected vulnerable

population

20 Explain the vulnerability of a population you

select that is identified in the text.

Content on apply practices with women

in disasters to another vulnerable

population

20 Illustrate how two social work practices with

women are applicable to the vulnerable

population you selected.

Criteria Points Description

Clarity of writing relative to guidelines

for APA format

15 Writes with clarity relative to correct grammar and

guidelines for APA format (correct citations, use of

words, paragraphs).

Total 100 A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above

requirements.

Rubric Module 4 Application Paper Grading Rubric

Module 4 Application Paper Grading Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion

is linked to a

Learning

Outcome

Introduction

10 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Provides short but succinct

introduction related to the

purpose of the paper and

topics covered

9 pts

Very Good or High

Level of

Performance

Partially addresses

the purpose of the

paper and topics

covered

8 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Minimal introduction

of the purpose of the

paper and topics

covered

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Introduction is

incomplete or

missing.

10 pts

This criterion

is linked to a

Learning

Outcome

Organization

15 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Organizes the paper

very well sequentially

relative to the

assignment prompts.

13 pts

Very Good or High

Level of

Performance

Organizes the paper

well sequentially

relative to the

assignment prompts

11 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Organizes the paper

somewhat well

sequentially relative to

the assignment

prompts

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Organizes paper not

at all sequentially

relative to the

assignment prompts.

15 pts

Module 4 Application Paper Grading Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion

is linked to a

Learning

Outcome

Meanings

20 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Articulates very well

the meanings of

vulnerability and

intersectionality.

17 pts

Very Good or High

Level of

Performance

Articulates partially

the meanings of

vulnerability and

intersectionality.

15 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Articulates minimally

the meanings of

vulnerability and

intersectionality.

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Lacking is the

articulation of

meanings for

vulnerability and

intersectionality.

20 pts

This criterion

is linked to a

Learning

Outcome

Population

Vulnerability

20 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Explains very well

two traits and/or

circumstance that

makes selected

population

vulnerable.

17 pts

Very Good or High

Level of

Performance

Explains partially two

traits and/or

circumstance that

makes selected

population

vulnerable.

15 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Explains minimally

two traits and/or

circumstance that

makes selected

population vulnerable

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Lacking is an

explanation of two

traits and/or

circumstance that

makes selected

population vulnerable.

20 pts

This criterion

is linked to a

Learning

Outcome

Applying

Social Work

Practice with

Women

20 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Illustrates very well

how two social work

practices with women

are applicable to the

vulnerable population

selected

17 pts

Very Good or High

Level of

Performance

Illustrates partially

how two social work

practices with women

are applicable to the

vulnerable population

selected.

15 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Illustrates minimally

how two social work

practices with women

are applicable to the

vulnerable population

you selected.

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Lacking adequate

illustration of how

two social work

practices are

applicable to the

vulnerable population

selected.

20 pts

Module 4 Application Paper Grading Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion

is linked to a

Learning

Outcome

Clarity of

Writing

Relative to

Guidelines

for APA

Format and

Standards

15 pts

Highest Level of

performance

Excellent clarity of

writing relative to the

guidelines for APA

format and use of

standard English

grammar and

sentence structure.

13 pts

Very Good or High

Level of

Performance

Very good clarity of

writing relative to the

guidelines for APA

format and use of

standard English

grammar and sentence

structure.

11 pts

Acceptable Level of

Performance

Good clarity of

writing relative to the

guidelines for APA

format and use of

standard English

grammar and

sentence structure.

0 pts

Failing Level of

Performance

Lack of clarity in

writing relative to the

guidelines for APA

format and use of

standard English

grammar and

sentence structure.

15 pts