discussion

  

Week 10 6361 Troubleshooting Policies

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Readings

Day 1

• Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate:

From policy practice to social justice. (8th ed.). Pacific Grove,

CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series.

o Chapter 13, “Troubleshooting the Implementation of

Policies in Task 7” (pp. 460-487)

• Lane, S. R., & Humphreys, N. A. (2011). Social workers in

politics: A national survey of social work candidates and

elected officials. Journal of Policy Practice, 10(3), 225–244.

doi:10.1080/15588742.2011.582809.

Discussion 

Policy Implementation Challenges

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your thoughts on whether social workers might try to

undermine the implementation of specific policies. What ethical issues

might they confront? Discuss how social workers can implement

policies that they feel may be against their social work values. Discuss

a specific policy’s impact that you would try to mitigate in the

implementation phase. Provide an experience you have had with a

policy you had difficulty implementing or a policy you are aware of that

you would have serious qualms about implementing.

Be sure to support your post with specific references to this week’s

resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full

APA-formatted citations for your references.