Need Help With A 3-4 page paper.

HBSE II

Dr. Norwood

Risk and resiliency paper

Hutchison summarizes social work research that has focused on risk, protection, and resilience to

understand human behavior. Research has documented correlates between specific

risk/protective factors and various problems. The biopsychosocial-spiritual framework helps

social workers to conceptualize risk and protective factors in all domains of a person’s life.

The purpose of this assignment is to convey an understanding of the concepts of risk and

resiliency, integrate a biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment of a client or person known to you,

and identify evidence-based intervention that may improve the client’s resiliency.

Assignment Instructions:

• Choose a current or past client from your field placement or professional agency; be sure

to protect confidentiality by changing names and other identifying information. If you

have never worked with a client before, you may choose someone you know or a famous

character or celebrity.

• Briefly, define the concepts of risk and protective factors and resiliency. Explain the

relevance of these concepts to social work practice.

• Briefly, describe the agency in which you encountered this person, the reason he/she was

seeking services, and necessary demographic information to help the reader “know” the

client.

• The bulk of the paper should then consist of a biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment of the

client, with a particular focus on the risk and protective factors that are evident in his/her

life. Be sure to assess each domain in the person’s life.

o Identify the risk and protective factors present regardless of whether or not they

are currently impacting or have had an impact on the individual’s life. Discuss

overall well-being and potential functioning over the life course if the current

trajectory continues.

o This section of your paper should also include peer-reviewed sources to

document why you categorized these client characteristics as risk or protective

factors.

• Identify any social and economic injustices that the client may have experienced as risk

or protective factors. Again, use peer-reviewed sources to document why you believe

these factors would promote or decrease resiliency.

• Provide a brief conclusion

Additional criteria:

• The paper must be in APA format and include properly formatted title page and reference list. An abstract is not needed.

• You must use at least 3 peer-reviewed articles. You may use other properly cited resources such as the textbook and legitimate, professional websites, but these will not

count towards the 3- article requirement.

• The paper must be written professionally; this means that there should be no contractions or slang used and spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors are minimal. The writing

needs to be logically organized; use of an outline to follow as you write is very strongly

encouraged. Use very clear transition sentences that indicate the topic of your paragraphs,

and only discuss one topic per paragraph.

• The paper should be 3-4 pages in length. I will stop reading at the end of the 4th page and you will be graded accordingly.

• Submissions must be in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. There will be a 20% deduction for every 24-hour period following the due date until the correct format is submitted.

Grading Rubric:

• Content, 15 Points

o All criteria above are addressed.

o There is evidence of critical thinking.

o Mastery of core concepts is evident.

• Use of Literature, 5 Points

o Literature is current and relevant.

o Literature is incorporated into the paper fluently, without over-use of direct

quotes, and cited and paraphrased appropriately.

o The minimum number of sources are incorporated.

• Use of APA Format and Professional Writing, 5 Points

o Adherence to APA formatting guidelines is evident.

o Writing is clear, organized, and has smooth transitions, correct grammar,

punctuation, spelling, and professional writing.

Submit your assignments to the Turnitin.com dropbox and the Moodle assignment box. You

must submit to both boxes! The Turnitin box will allow you to have the ability to submit the

assignment, review the grammar and plagiarism suggestions, and withdraw the paper to correct it

as many times as you wish prior to the due date/time. Please take advantage of this, as there will

be no exceptions regarding reporting plagiarism to the Student Advocacy and Accountability

office. Have a peer, colleague, or trusted friend review your paper for you, also, to further

decrease the writing errors that will negatively impact your grade.